North... to Alaska!

After weeks of planning, conference calls and preparation, C&A headed to Sitka, AK in April, 2015. The task at hand was to help with the culmination of the first Stream Keeper program with the good folks at the Sitka Sound Science Center.

http://www.sitkascience.org/

A small group of interested kids were taught about stream ecology and "what makes a healthy stream" in both the classroom and the field.  C&A's roll came at the end of several weeks of teaching when it was time to build an actual living stream model on the Center gounds.  After three fun, busy days of a combination of designing, field work and building, we had a stream that the kids were rightfully very proud of - because THEY designed and built it themselves (with a little help..)  It was done and looked great by the time I flew home (with some sore muscles..).  Summer visitors will enjoy viewing the stream and will it be periodically interpreted by the Stream Keepers themselves.

It was a very rewarding and valuable project for both the kids and us grownups.  Thanks to the great staff at SCCC for the opportunity for C&A to be part of it.