Approximately 650 fifth graders from around Chisago County poured into Wild Mountain to take part in the 22nd annual Chisago County Children’s Water Festival.
North Branch fifth graders study this boat to locate invasive specials in a station called “Boat Invaders.”
These Rush City students learned what is clean water and the many ways it can be studied and measured at a station called, “Exploring Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality.”
John Frank from the Minnesota DNR allows some North Branch students a chance to touch a real, live Minnesota fish at a station called, “Minnesota Fishes.”
Sean Hoppes from Wild River State Park, wearing the green shirt, helped Rush City students touch fur and skulls of river mammals at a station called, “Remarkable River Mammals.”
North Branch students play a game of “tag” that explains how plants can slow runoff, minimize erosion and improve water quality at a station called, “Muddy Waters.”
Rick Olseen, president of the East Central Chapter of “Let’s Go Fishing,” gives these Rush City students a chance to investigate both the outside and inside of several fish at a station called, “The Secret Insides of Fish.”
Some North Branch students were raindrops and some were plants to find out how vegetation keeps rainwater clean in a state called, “Just Passing Through.”
Barbara Heitkamp of the East Metro Water Resource Education Program teaches these Rush City students where the water that spouts out of your faucet comes from at a station called, “Tracing Your Water to Your Faucet.”
North Branch students learned how four different land uses result in different levels of water quality in a station called, “Raging Run-Off Results.”
The Chisago County Children’s Water Festival hosted fifth graders from around the county for the 22nd year.
The event was hosted by Wild Mountain on Thursday, Sept. 26. It looks to teach students the importance of water through 29 stations featuring hands-on educational activities.
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