by Rich Collins | Jun 17, 2013 | AWWA in the Schools
On Friday June 14th, the Wakefield Paul school 6th Graders took a field trip with AWWA to Portsmouth for their last Watershed Education class of the year. Friday marked the culmination of the several weeks AWWA spent in the classroom this spring. AWWA stresses the...
by Rich Collins | Jun 11, 2013 | AWWA in the Schools
In the fall of 2011 AWWA began the task of writing school curriculum that would combine AWWA’s watershed education with the Wakefield Paul School and Acton Elemenatry teacher’s schedule. Over the past two years we have been teaching 6th, 7th, and 8th...
by Rich Collins | Jun 3, 2013 | AWWA News, Youth Conservation Corps (YCC)
Well…it’s June, and that means that summer is nearly upon us. Many of you have probably spent the last month or two opening up your seasonal camps and cottages, throwing the windows open, raking up the leaves and acorns, and removing debris from your...
by Rich Collins | May 31, 2013 | AWWA in the Schools
Every spring, AWWA spends upwards of 3-5 weeks in the Wakefield Paul School and Acton Elementary teaching 6th graders about watersheds, water quality, invasive species, and macroinvertebrates. The program is part of our AWWA in the Classroom: Watershed Education for...
by Rich Collins | Apr 30, 2013 | Watershed Word of the Week
Our final WWotW, as part of our erosion identification series, is “Gully”. A gully is a feature characterized by the erosion of land by water cutting sharp edges into soil, typically on a hillside. The photo above illustrates the severity in which gullies...
