Environmental Education & Outreach

To this end, the OEP has one of the nation's few Environmental Education and Outreach Programs. The program’s primary purpose is to teach Reservation youth about the different types of pollution, potential effects and consequences, and conservation efforts that they can implement on a local level.

Outreach and educational activities include teaching students about nature, all living things and how they all interconnect within the environment, such as:

• Potential land use impacts on the environment (picture of project wet table at the Earth Day thing)
• Ground and surface water susceptibility modeling (picture of the model)
• Teaching aids provided to local classrooms including plays, workbooks, and activities (picture of the Mother Earth skit/play)
• Native plantings made available at no cost to the public, and working with local schools on tree planting projects within the community.

Summer programs include:

• Nature walks to identify local wildlife and native plants and the cultural significance/uses of each.
• Geologic history of the area featuring local geology professors.
• Stream macro invertebrate sampling and identification.

Through these efforts, the OEP continues to strive to provide environmental awareness to preserve our land, air and water for generations to come.

Vina Smith
Environmental Educator
2cookies@nemontel.net