SOS fun in the Fall!

Search hard for those bugs guys!

Find the good riffle!

New River Land Trust’s Annual Land and River Revel

Educational Outreach - September 16, 2007

Asa poses in front of their “pond”

The kids checking out our bug collection

Time for a game of “Macro-invertebrate Mayhem”!!

Trees for Life

Tom's Creek Buffer Restoration -  April 1st, 2006

The gang hard at work!

Concentrating on planting

Crystal and Lauren getting busy

Josh and Sara focused on digging :)

Crystal poses for a picture

Apple Ridge Farms

Camping and Service Project - March 31st: April 1st, 2006

The SWCS Apple Ridge Group :)

Talking with Peter Lewis, the Apple Ridge Farms owner.

Jacob hard at work re-blazing the trails.

Janette hard at work too...

Further instructions from Jim

Water quality testing at night!

Jacob getting dinner ready.

Asa and Tiffany get their tent set up.

Brona and Jacob working on their tent.

Community Outreach

First Lego League - October 25th, 2005

The Enviroscape model was used to promote environmental management practices

Brandon and Sara help the kids build their watershed

Where to start?

Fertilizer, pesticides, trash pollute our watershed!

Let's see what happens when it rains...

Brandon explains the importance of protecting water quality

Onto our next project...water quality testing

Janette surveys the groups, Brandon checks a sample in the background

Careful with those indicators

Asa checks on his team

Sara sneaks in for a closer look of the sampling

Janette helps them explore the World Water Monitoring Day kit

Brandon's group is looking good!

Hard at work...

Reading the sample results

For more outreach opportunities check the calendar!

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 Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)

Training and Certification - October 15th, 2005

Thanks to Cynthia Hancock from SWCD for giving up her Saturday!

The class begins their training bright and early at 9am

Some fun and games outside with the Incredible Journey (water cycle game)

One of the stations of Incredible Journey is Ground Water

Everyone gets caught up in the clouds!

Sheila stops as a water molecule in a lake

Back inside for some lunch and another activity for training

Asa and Megan work on their watershed design....

...Along with the rest of the class

Jenn displays her artistic abilities

Sum the parts: put together your watershed plans

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Save Our Streams

Big Walker Creek - October 1st, 2005

Big Walker Creek downstream view....

....and upstream.

Llyn Sharp checks Trevor's field ID skills

Kathy and Janette working on those metrics

Mr. Hellgrammite!

Trevor checking his ID chart

Brandon pays close attention to his bugs!

Kathy Kristin and Asa categorize the macro invertebrates.

Brandon, Giovanni, Jess and Sheila make sure they've collected everything

SWCS'ers enjoying the day!

Sheila examining her catch!

Brandon sharing his excellent bug ID skills

Make sure you collect all those bugs!

...We do mean all those bugs

Great day in the stream SWCS'ers!

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Officer Fundraising

Dr. Benham's House - September 18th, 2005

Sheila works hard at weeding the flower bed

Scott, Katie and Sheila happy to be outside working on Saturday morning!

Kathy poses quickly for a picture

Jacob making mince meat out of those weeds!

Scott and Dr. Benham finish up nicely

Brandon and Kathy focused on working

Scott clears up the drive way

The group after a great morning outside!

 Thanks officers!

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Stream Restoration

Blacksburg NRCS Restoration Project - August 18th, 2005

 Trevor and Sheila work on reseeding the bank

 Surveying their work

Stream bank reconstruction

 The crew happy but hard at work!

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SWCS International Conference

Rochester, New York - July 30th to August 2nd, 2005

Sheila and Katie excited about the 1st day of the conference!

The gang enjoy social night at High Falls

Scott, Sheila, Katie and Janette enter and present for the student poster competition

Sheila and Michelle socialize at the poster exhibit

Janette and Sheila relax after presenting the SOS poster

Our ever so colorful SOS poster....

....That won 2nd place and prize money!

Katie, Sheila and Scott and thrilled with the result!

The five of us attend the awards luncheon

Michelle was awarded the Kenneth E. Grant Research Scholarship

The poster presenters pose with the executive director

Dr. Dillaha congratulates Michelle on her award

Dr. Dillaha and the poster presenters

Way to go SWCS Hokies!

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