Here is a list of the students who are interested in being a part of this year's Envirothon teams:
Katie Crocker
Steph Brandon
Paul Hearn
Fraser King
Jack Weiler
Joel Brodie
Jeff Gibson
Megan Cardno
The following students may be interested.....
Courtney Karounas
Spencer Gibbs
Jeremy Crocker
Lydia Calderwood
Please come see me if you didn't attend the meeting last week. Even if you don't want to do Envirothon...it's fine! Come tell me though. Thanks!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Hello 2010 Envirothon participants at CHSS!
This year's special topic is the protection of groundwater. Here's some text about the topic from the envirothon website. Remember, you can open the links to envirothon materials here on the blog to get current information and your modules.
I would like to have a meeting of all potential envirothon participants on Thursday March 4th. Please attend, or let me know if you can't.
Current Issue
Envirothon allows you to explore a current environmental issue each year and relate it to the core Envirothon topics (forestry, soils, wildlife and aquatics). The Ontario Forestry Association prepares materials on the Current Issue each year with examples and case studies specific to Ontario.
2009-2010 Protection of Groundwater
Access to clean and safe drinking water is essential to a healthy and thriving community. If a safe drinking water source is compromised or lost, there would be harmful consequences to human health, the environment, and the economy. These losses can be prevented or mitigated to protect current and future sources. The potential for contamination and the high cost of treatment and expense of locating or developing alternate sources make it imperative for government to adopt and implement effective strategies for long-term protection. Many factors including increasing populations and extensive development, put stresses on groundwater supplies. These include the use of pesticides, fertilizers, animal manure, and storm water runoff which contains metals, nutrients, salts and other chemicals that can leach into groundwater basins. Planning for groundwater protection often receives insufficient attention for addressing periods of drought, water conservation and efficiency, pollution prevention, recharge zones, surface water management and conjunctive use, storm water management and future water needs. Due to its nature, most communities have no clear understanding of how much groundwater is available. Envirothon participants will learn the importance of groundwater and efforts that need to be taken to protect this resource for the future.
This year's special topic is the protection of groundwater. Here's some text about the topic from the envirothon website. Remember, you can open the links to envirothon materials here on the blog to get current information and your modules.
I would like to have a meeting of all potential envirothon participants on Thursday March 4th. Please attend, or let me know if you can't.
Current Issue
Envirothon allows you to explore a current environmental issue each year and relate it to the core Envirothon topics (forestry, soils, wildlife and aquatics). The Ontario Forestry Association prepares materials on the Current Issue each year with examples and case studies specific to Ontario.
2009-2010 Protection of Groundwater
Access to clean and safe drinking water is essential to a healthy and thriving community. If a safe drinking water source is compromised or lost, there would be harmful consequences to human health, the environment, and the economy. These losses can be prevented or mitigated to protect current and future sources. The potential for contamination and the high cost of treatment and expense of locating or developing alternate sources make it imperative for government to adopt and implement effective strategies for long-term protection. Many factors including increasing populations and extensive development, put stresses on groundwater supplies. These include the use of pesticides, fertilizers, animal manure, and storm water runoff which contains metals, nutrients, salts and other chemicals that can leach into groundwater basins. Planning for groundwater protection often receives insufficient attention for addressing periods of drought, water conservation and efficiency, pollution prevention, recharge zones, surface water management and conjunctive use, storm water management and future water needs. Due to its nature, most communities have no clear understanding of how much groundwater is available. Envirothon participants will learn the importance of groundwater and efforts that need to be taken to protect this resource for the future.
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