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Americorps Voice Christine Smith and Maris Wilson

Published March 1st, 2019

Spring 2019 Christine Smith

Education at Umpqua Watersheds is flourishing with new connections resulting in more programs and additional youth interactions! Maris and I enjoy working in the office together, [...]

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Fishing with Fremont

Published December 13th, 2018

After learning rules, regulations, fish anatomy, fish identification, and knot tying with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fremont Middle School students were ready to try their hand at [...]

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Food Webs and Tree Rings with Fullerton!

Published December 3rd, 2018

Fifth grade students at Fullerton Elementary have had the chance to do some hands on science in their classroom in addition to their Science Wednesday program.

At the beginning of [...]

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Science Wednesday with Fullerton Elementary

Published November 30th, 2018

This marks week four of working with Fullerton 5th graders at Science Wednesday! Our group of 20 students have been getting hands on and learning about the environment. We have [...]

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Getting Messy with the BGCUV Garden Club!

Published November 26th, 2018

We have been partnering with the garden club at the Boys and Girls Club to teach lessons that connect the environment to their usual gardening activities. A few weeks ago, [...]

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Twin Lakes Youth Wilderness Campout

Published July 30th, 2018

July 27 – July 29, 2018

A summer weekend filled with fun, educational activities in the outdoors. Space is limited!

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Camp Kellogg

Published May 31st, 2017

Last week at Camp Kellogg we got the chance to teach Hucrest 5th graders about Water Chemistry!  We did hands-on activities learning about the properties of water and their uses [...]

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Thanks Tri-City Elementary!

Published May 26th, 2017

Last week was our last Crater Lake Field Trips for the season and we had wonderful classes!  This could be the last time the students get to see Crater Lake [...]

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Wilderness Sweets!

Published May 11th, 2017

Yesterday, was our last Wilderness Literature class at Phoenix Charter School!  The students presented their art projects for their class anthology; ranging from essays, to picture slideshows to drawings of [...]

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Sun, Seeds and Starts!

Published May 11th, 2017

Today at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Fir Grove Elementary’s Leadership group got to come help out with the planting of a salsa garden!  We started by spreading fresh dirt [...]

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