Today, we talked about planning an Environmental Education Forum/Roundtable event in April. State, government, and individual agencies located within the watershed gather for presentations about environmental education and current events along the watershed. Nevada State Parks is one agency that is involved and I think I went to their last roundtable event in 2013, when I worked at Fort Churchill.
I volunteered for two upcoming events: Trout in the Classroom and a Family Science Night at a local elementary school. Trout in the Classroom is a program where students raise trout, then release them into the watershed at various points, depending on where their school is located. Somewhere I have pictures of the one at Fort Churchill. We had 70 students, each with a small trout in a vial around their neck and a letter to their fish, offering it advice to survive in the river by itself.
I also led a guided nature walk at Dayton State Park on Friday afternoon. I didn't know how many people to expect, but I had 20, including a few children! It was a pretty warm day; I didn't need my jacket, but I should have brought my sweater. Anyway, I just wore my long-sleeved uniform shirt and it was fine.
Compared to a completely dry riverbed in September 2015, this is looking great!
Most people had never walked the trails inside Dayton State Park. Most visitors were from Dayton; some were from Carson, and one was from Chico, CA and visiting family in Dayton.
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