POSTPONED Due To Coronavirus Concerns: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA and local groups are hosting 13 on-water watershed exploration events in eight central Pennsylvania counties to give students in grades 6 to 12 a hands-on learning experiences from April 1 to June 4.

The Susquehanna Watershed Environmental Education Program (SWEEP) guides students through a series of water quality programs designed to reinforce in-class lessons and to emphasize the importance of clean water. 

Students enjoy the opportunity to paddle a canoe. They will also investigate the health of local waterways through a variety of hands-on activities like up-close studies of the bugs and other species living in the waterway; studying the physical characteristics of the waterway, the shoreline, and the adjoining lands; using water chemistry tests to determine quality; and by using maps to orient students with their specific watershed.

The purpose of the program is to provide field experiences that help students build a critical connection to the natural world in which they live that will motivate their decision-making as they develop into citizens and future leaders in Pennsylvania.

CBF-PA is working with students in Adams, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Dauphin, Lancaster and York counties.

Click Here for all the details.  Media is invited to cover these events.  Contact B.J. Small by calling 717-200-4521.

For more on Chesapeake Bay-related issues in Pennsylvania, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA webpage.  Click Here to sign up for Pennsylvania updates (bottom of left column).  Click Here to support their work.

Also visit the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership to learn how you can help clean water grow on trees.

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