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Kids in the Creek students identify benthic bugs

from the Pigeon River at Canton Rec Park.

By Jane Falkenstein | Sep 04, 2012

Haywood Waterways Association will conduct

its annual Kids in the Creek program for

Haywood County eighth grade public school

students Monday, September 17 through

Wednesday, September 19, 2012. The event

will start daily at 8:30 A.M. and run until 2:30

P.M. at the Canton Recreation Park. With over

600 students, plus teachers and local and

regional instructors, Kids in the Creek is a

one-of-a-kind program in Haywood County.

Volunteers will receive a Kids in the Creek

t-shirt featuring this year’s original, student-art

design, as well as snacks and water. Laughs,

all the fun and energy you can handle, and

plenty of opportunities to make a difference

are included.

Kids in the Creek is Haywood Waterway’s

most important education program. It is a

hands-on investigation of water quality where

students rotate through four stations: fish,

benthic (bottom dwelling) insects, water

chemistry and the Enviroscape watershed

demonstration. Students learn about a variety

of methods to evaluate water quality and the

ecological interactions that occur within a

watershed.

We invite the public to attend this one-of-a-kind learning experience. Bethel Middle School

students are scheduled for Monday morning. Canton students are scheduled on Tuesday and

Wednesday mornings. Waynesville Middle School students are scheduled for afternoons on

Monday through Wednesday. If you can make it, come on out to support the students from your

school! If you have any questions, please call Jane Falkenstein at 452-7713 for additional

information or write to jfalken@earthlink.net.

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