St.
Louis River - River Watch
The St. Louis
River - River Watch project is a citizen-based
water quality monitoring program for the St. Louis River
in northeastern Minnesota. The project promotes and inspires
stewardship of this valuable natural resource among youth
throughout the watershed. Since 1997, Fond du Lac Tribal
and Community College has directed and coordinated local
secondary schools in water quality assessment of the St.
Louis River and its tributaries.
Program Objectives
- to provide environmental education opportunities to students
and their teachers by offering a hands-on approach to
learning about the cultural and natural history of the
St. Louis River watershed
- to cultivate a life-long sense of stewardship toward the
river and the river communities
- to collect and interpret baseline water quality data using
sound scientific techniques
- to share water quality information with state and local
communities in a variety of ways, such as the media, brochures,
and public presentations
- to encourage citizen participation in reaching the long-range
management goals for the river
- to collaborate with other agencies and groups on watershed-related
studies
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St. Louis River Contact River
Watch:
Courtney Kowalczak
Environmental Institute Director
Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College
2101 14th Street
Cloquet, MN 55720
(218) 879-0862,
e-mail: courtneyk@fdltcc.edu
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