Youth Stewardship Education Program
Wallowa and Imnaha River Watershed Evaluation Teams (WET) Program
The Wallowa and Imnaha River WET (Watershed Evaluation Teams) Program is a collaborative watershed education, monitoring, and mentoring program for all schools in Wallowa County. Field teams of students and teachers, along with staff from WMI, the Nez Perce Tribe Fisheries, and the Oregon Department of Fish & WIldlife assess and track changing conditions in water quality and watershed function from headwaters in the Wallowa Mountains down to the Snake River.
The photos below were captured during field monitoring events:
Goals of this program are:
1) To educate our students about our local watersheds and their health in Northeast Oregon.
2) To connect students with the local landscape, and understand their impacts on it.
3) To provide a hands-on field data collection experience for students.
4) To involve students in community service and stewardship through a volunteer, citizen science program.
5) To build databases of information for the Wallowa and Imnaha Rivers that demonstrate potential changes over time.
6) To develop a mentoring relationship between middle and high school students, as well as natural resource professionals and Wallowa Mountain Institute field instructors.
For more information on the monitoring component, follow this link.
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