Conservation on the Ground –
Conservation Education in
Chambers County by Anne Miller, District Administrative Coordinator, Opelika, AL
What happens when you fertilize your lawn?
Where does your drinking water come from?
When it rains, where does that water go? Clean
water is essential to life, but many people are
unfamiliar with the answers to these and related
questions.
Rhoda Kerr, Soil Conservation Technician with
the Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) presented an
educational program
"Soil Investigation" to
Elizabeth Langley's 4th
grade class at
Chambers Academy in
Chambers County.
These students have
been studying soils
and water quality.
Rhoda used the
"EnviroScape," a
hands-on learning tool
that connects what we do
to our land, rivers, lakes,
students learned about th
their community affect the
about water quality, soils,
In addition to the EnviroScape activity, the students e
auger for soils borings. They were able to see the d
color, texture, structure, and absorption as well as pl
Rhoda emphasized that we all live in a watershed, w
waterway, such as a stream, lake, estuary, wetland,
valleys on the landscape define watershed boundarie
4th grade students became aware of actions that the
water resources.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its pr
gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital
programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternate means for commun
etc.) should contact the USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20250-9410, or call (202) 720-5964 (voice or T
The 4th grade students of Chambers
Academy Teacher Elizabeth Langley learn
about the relationships of soil, watersheds,
and water quality.
in our everyday lives with what happens
oceans and even our groundwater. These
eir watershed and how the activities in
entire w