Free watershed education opportunities available through RiverLink
December 20, 2012
TEACHERS: As you transition through the Holidays into a new year, please think about adding free environmental education to your classroom. RiverLink offers free, hands-on, experiential programs for K-12 classrooms in the French Broad River Watershed. That includes Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania, Madison, Mitchell, Haywood, and Yancey counties!
Programs vary from outdoor Kids in the Creek water quality testing, indoor lessons incorporating art and poetry, tours of the City of Asheville’s water treatment facility, Project WET activities, and more! Programs are customized to meet the needs and goals of the teacher/school.
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Students learn the concept of the urban water cycle
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To sign up for a program, please visit http://www.riverlink.org/k12watershed.asp and complete the available sign-up sheet. Availability will be at a first come-first serve basis. Please contact Nikki Bauman, the RiverLink education coordinator at 828-252-8474 x18 or by email at education@riverlink.org.
Please take advantage of this opportunity, as we strive to strengthen our community by creating and empowering our young watershed stewards of Western North Carolina.