Groundwater Protection Education to Promote Citizen Involvement in the Southern Willamette Valley
Free Nitrate Screenings Kid’s Day for Conservation – 2 screenings, 450 aquifers created Subsequent in office screenings from KDC – 10 Oct 14 th – Corvallis Farmers Market – 12 screenings
Upcoming Scheduled Outreach Oct 31 st – Albany Farmers Market November 7 th – Corvallis Saturday Market November 9 th or 10 th – Junction City November 18 th – Willamette Valley Ag Expo November 23 rd – Linn County Extension Office
The Future More screenings (22) Grassroots approach Community Groups Rural Living Basics and Living on the Land Classes Youth Groundwater Education
Kids Day for Conservation 2009 By Kevin Fenn and Family Edible Aquifers 1700 counted participants 200 volunteers 450 edible aquifers – highly rated
Pick Your Liquid Contaminant
Add in your septic tank
Solid Contaminants
Adding in the manure
Talking about Nitrate
Kids contaminating the aquifer
After all of the pollutants it rains
Refreshing groundwater
Yummy!