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Community-news | reformer.com–November 9, 2022The Connecticut River Conservancy is spreading the word about the EnviroScape Watershed/Nonpoint Source Model, a valuable tool for teaching students about how stormwater runoff collects pollutants and carries them into our lakes and rivers. "We recently brought along the EnviroScape to the Vermont Wildlife Festival," says Alden Dumas, an ECO AmeriCorps member serving with CRC focusing on outreach and community engagement. He adds, "It really was a great tool to explain watershed conservation to the kids.
News Flash • Millcreek Township, PA • CivicEngage • October 7, 2022Recycling Coordinator, taught the Enviroscape model to over 500 students. The Enviroscape models show point source and non-point source pollution. Students learned that point source is pollution from a single source, such as a factory, and non-point is runoff from storm water, drainage, seepage or any other contaminants collected by water....
Rocky View News–September 21, 2022The executive director added the fair will also have an interactive watershed model that kids can explore to get a better understanding of how a watershed works and explain how all the water ends up in Calgary (and Airdrie) for drinking water at some point....
Dalton Daily Citizen–September 14, 2022This year, the recycling and education program coordinator for the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority, will be working with Park Creek Elementary to teach students about the difference and impact of various pollution sources using the Enviroscape, a three-dimensional model that shows students the path that rain, and therefore pollution, takes. ...
Daily Press–August 19, 2022On land, teachers learned about oysters and their importance in the region, toured Fort Monroe and experienced an enviroscape watershed model, which shows how things that happen upstream from the Chesapeake Bay can affect the watershed....
Williamsport Sun-Gazette–August 8, 2022This internship helped me realize what I hoped it would – that I want to focus on environmental education. I figured out that one huge way to make a difference and protect the earth and its resources is to teach children about them. Teaching a child while they are young how to respect the earth will prevent them from growing up and working for industries that don't care about preserving the environment. I worked a lot with kids this summer, especially by using the Enviroscape model. I loved seeing how they slowly began to understand the impact that people have on the environment, rivers, and waterways. ...
Handley Regional Library System –August 3, 2022Education Specialist, Jamie McFadden brings a hands-on, interactive demonstration of the sources and effects of water pollution. Visit this exhibit that demonstrates how storm water runoff carries pollutants through the watershed to a pond, lake, river, bay, or ocean. Discover the best management practices to prevent this type of pollution from occurring....
Picayune Item–July 8, 2022Jeanne Allen from the Environmental Protection Agency explains to children in the Summer Reading Program at the library in Picayune how a run off works using a watershed model. Allen taught the children about what impacts water systems and how they can keep them clean....
Manistee News Advocate–July 8, 2022Laura Workman of Portage Lake Watershed Forever, demonstrates the effects nonpoint source pollution can have on a watershed Thursday during the sixth annual Onekama Block Party. Nonpoint source pollution occurs when runoff from rain and snowmelt carries pollutants into waterways such as rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and even groundwater.....
American Water–July 6, 2022An EnviroScape Watershed Model is a hands-on, interactive demonstration of the sources and effects of water pollution. Request for a Tennessee American Water employee to provide a demonstration with our watershed or water treatment plant enviroscapes for an engaging hands-on learning experience....
The Brunswick News–May 30, 2022Coastal Outreach Soccer participants check out an enviroscape model at the University of Georgia's Marine Extension Office in Brunswick ... The program is meant to be hands-on, rather than just a series of classes. Stormwater runoff creates challenges for many communities, including Glynn County. When the rain water falls on areas that cannot soak it up, like a parking lot with no absorption, problems like flooding and pollution can occur....
RaleighNC.gov–May 19, 2022An educational activity for students. EnviroScape is a 3-D model of a watershed that is: Hands-on; Interactive; and Shows direct impacts of pollution on streams. If you are interested in setting up a demo with our stormwater educator? Contact Carmela Teichman at 919-996-4032....
GrowPurpose Network–March 12, 2022The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium (Consortium) offers use of their Wetlands Enviroscape Model free-of-charge to any S.C. K-12, nonformal, and homeschool educator. The Wetlands Enviroscape Model provides a hands-on demonstration about how watersheds can be affected by development, pollution, and other human-made and natural impacts. Included as part of the demonstration are ways in which potential pollution impacts can be mitigated (e.g., riparian buffers and salt marshes)....
Great Lakes Echo–January 26, 2022Michigan students now can test watershed quality and model how groundwater flows in three dimensions with a new state classroom initiative. The Watershed Non-Point Source EnviroScape® model demonstrates water pollution. The Environmental Education Resource Lending Station became available in early December to Michigan educators. "Environmental education is really for people of all ages. You don't get to a point where you just know everything. You're always learning more and learning how you can make a difference," Boekestein said. Educators can fill out a form on the Lending Station web page to borrow the materials....
