EDUCATION
CCWCD strongly believes that the key to protecting our water resources while sustaining agriculture production is through education. We offer educational opportunities to our citizens from kindergarten through senior.
CCWCD water education programs began in 1991 under the direction of Tom Cech, Executive Director for Central from ______ to 2012. The first Children’s Water Festival was in the spring of 1991.
The first monitoring well was drilled that same year beginning the Well Watch Program, both programs are still offered today. The Children’s Water Festival was modeled after a water festival in Nebraska and attracted 1200- students the first year. The Well Watch Program
The Confluence Institute was added to the education programs in 2012, also still offered today. The Institute is designed to help build your understanding of basic watershed concepts, primarily related to the Cache la Poudre & South Platte Watersheds and water issues in north-central and north-eastern Colorado. Project Wet Curriculum Activity Guide 2.0 will be given out, and lesson activities explored.
The workshop is offered every summer and is set on a revolving three-year cycle: Focus on the Watershed, Focus on Urban, and Focus on Agriculture. Each participant can take the class for all three years for six continuing education credits.
