Adopt-A-Stream
achieves its mission of teaching people to become
stewards of their watersheds through a variety of
educational programs and publications which fall under
the umbrella name Streamkeeper Academy, a service mark of
AASF. AASF staff continue to develop programs and create
new educational and outreach opportunities for young and
old, students and professionals alike. Our staff has
conducted events for audiences in Washington, Oregon,
California, Nevada, Idaho, Alaska, as well as British
Columbia, Canada and Bogota, Colombia. We can travel to
your community, too! Continuing education credit options
or clock hours from Washington State University, can be
arranged for educators attending the Adopt-A-Stream
Workshops, Streamkeeper Field Training, and the Teachers'
Watershed Education Workshop outlined below. Costs for
these events vary by location. We will design a program
to suit your needs and budget. Call for details.
ADULT
PROGRAMMING
Adopt-A-Stream
Workshop
A multi-media
introduction to the ecological, social, and political
aspects of watersheds and the process of adopting a
stream. Participants learn how people and nature shape
watershed systems and how to carry out the five steps of
adopting a stream, which are:
1) Investigate
your watershed
2) Establish a Streamkeeper group
3) Identify short and long term goals
4) Develop an action plan
5) Become a Streamkeeper by carrying out the plan
Examples of
successful stream protection, monitoring, and restoration
activities are provided. The presentation is designed to
encourage learning through audience participation,
questions, and discussion.
Streamkeeper
Field Training
A
“hands-on” training in which participants learn
how to inventory and monitor the physical, biological,
and chemical aspects of streams. Activities include
mapping and surveying riparian and instream habitat,
measuring flow and basic water quality parameters, and
monitoring benthic macroinvertebrates. The training
generally takes place at two sites so participants can
compare healthy and unhealthy streams.
Watershed
Education Workshop for Teachers
A
“hands-on” workshop introducing classroom
activities and curricula designed to help teachers
integrate watershed education and stream adoption into
different academic disciplines.
Stream and Wetland Ecology
Basic Training for Real Estate Agents and Other
Streamside Property Owners
Gain insight
into watershed terminology used by the scientific
community. Understand the function and values of
wetlands, how they are defined by agencies, and how to
distnguish between different types of wetland. Discover
how streams function and their relationships to forest,
wetlands, underwater insects, fish, wildlife, and people
and explore the fundamental question of how close you can
build to a stream without affecting salmon. Become
familiar with the latest federal, state, and local
government stream and wetland protection regulations.
Discuss the Endangered Species Act and the effect of the
listing of Pacific Chinook salmo.
YOUTH
PROGRAMMING (Grades 3-9)
The
Adopt-A-Stream also provides educational programs for
local schools and colleges. Teachers can make
arrangements with Adopt-A-Stream staff to visit
classrooms or schedule field trips to the Northwest
Stream Center. Below is a list of courses offered for
youth K-8. Pre-Visit and Post-Visit materials are
included. These courses can be modified to fit the needs
of students.
Come
Back Salmon!
Students
interactively learn about the salmon life cycle, their
incredible journey to their natal streams and what kind
of habitat is critical for spawning and survival.
Students come up with simple solutions to do at home and
at school to help the survival of salmon.
Wetland
Wigglers
Explore
the mysterious lives of aquatic insects -both
macroinvertebrates and microinvertebrates - in a wetland
recovered from a parking lot at the Northwest Stream
Center. Meet these insects -face to face - and learn why
they are so important to fish and to people.
PRE-SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN
PROGRAMMING (Ages 3-6)
The following
list of programs are offered at the Northwest Stream
Center, Adopt-A-Stream's educational facility. To make
arrangements for your group of 10 or more, call the
Environmental Education Coordinator at 425-316-8592.
Up
a Tree
Discover all
of the different residents in a tree here at the
Northwest Stream Center! Take a close look at the smaller
residents with a magnifying glass.
S1 hour and
15 minutes
Bug's
Eye View
Learn about
the basic body parts of an insect. Take a close-up look
at examples of aquatic insects. Create your own “bug
craft” to take home with you.
S1 hour and
15 minutes
Please call Tom
Noland, at The Adopt-A-Stream Foundation, 425-316-8592,
to inquire about program pricing and/or to make
reservations. Please register at least 2 weeks in
advance.
Programs will
involve outdoor activities so dress appropriately for the
weather!
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