Summer Teachers Institute 2017: “Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest – Glaciers, Freshwater and Forests” brought 30 teachers, 12 guest speakers and 7 staff together to take a deep dive into hands-on, experiential learning about this significant environmental issue and it’s impacts, present and future, on our watershed. John Hayes […]
Nisqually River Education Project
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Each school year, thousands of students participate in two water quality monitoring events hosted by the Nisqually River Education Project (NREP). The citizen science effort has been ongoing for over 25 years and helps to identify areas of the watershed that have poor water quality. NREP focuses on salmon recovery, […]
Over the last few weeks, the NREP has had the pleasure of providing the students with opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real world experiences in what we like to call service learning! Beforehand, we made classroom visits to inform the students about why healthy riparian zones […]
Linsey Fields is the new Environmental Education Intern for the Nisqually River Education Project for the 2016-2017 school year. Linsey is completing her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Conservation at The Evergreen State College. She is excited to gain hands on experience in the areas of environmental stewardship/protection by working […]
The NREP will bring new climate change related projects into the classroom over the next three school years through its NOAA funded climate literacy project. These projects will help students and teachers increase climate change literacy and highlight focuses on communicating community resilience through taking action. Projects include No Idling […]
Every September Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge hosts the ever-wonderful Nisqually Watershed Festival. The festival is put on by the Nisqually River Foundation and its partners, including the Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nisqually Reach Nature Center, and Tacoma Public Utilities. Included among the booths and various activities is the […]
The Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a great place to witness animals in their natural habitats, and to watch the plants of the northwest come to life. The NREP combines forces with our federal friends to take 4th and 5th graders out to the refuge for a […]
Continuing 24 years of impactful partnership, the Nisqually River Education Project and South Sound GREEN hosted the Annual Student GREEN Congress, bringing 399 student delegates together to share their water quality studies results and participate in community inspired workshops. Classes that participated in our Water Quality monitoring trips take this […]
Our water quality monitoring days are a huge hit with the students in our program. They feel excited to not only spend time outdoors next to a stream, but also to sample and test the water. The students have already seen a presentation about the importance of water quality for […]