Down By the Riverside 2007 was held at the Hoquarton Interpretive Trail site in Tillamook, Oregon.
3rd graders from Liberty Elementary School and South Prairie Elementary School each participated in a day of activities.
The activities
included the following:
- Art on the Dock, a creative art activity in which the students made elegant-looking weathergrams,
- Build a Bug, an activity during which the students learned about unique characteristics that insects have and included the dressing up of students with props that represented adaptations,
- Chips & Dips, a working activity during which students loaded bark chips donated by PUD into wheelbarrows and place the chips onto area trails,
- Freddie the Fish, and activity that clearly illustrated the dangers of pollution to fish,
- Let's Hear It for the Animals, an in-depth look at animal characteristics,
- Migration Headache, a very active activity that demonstrated the importance of safe waterways for migrating birds, and
- The Good, The Bad, The Riparian, and activity that taught students about native plants, invasive plants and healthy riparian plants.
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Instructors on Wednesday were the following:
- Art on the Dock, Nancy Caslick
- Build a Bug, Claudine Rehn of Tillamook Estuaries Partnership
- Chips & Dips, Moses, also of TEP
- Freddie the Fish, Robert Emanuel of OSU Extension Service
- Let's Hear It for the Animals, Clair Thomas of School District #9
- Migration Headache, Donna Nelson of OSU Extension Service
- The Good, The Bad, The Riparian, "Finch" Jeremy Rehn, a junior at Neah-Kah-Nie High School
Instructors on Thursday were the following:
- Art on the Dock, Linda Stephenson
- Build a Bug, Claudine Rehn of Tillamook Estuaries Partnership
- Chips & Dips, Moses, also of TEP
- Freddie the Fish, Robert Emanuel of OSU Extension Service
- Let's Hear It for the Animals, Clair Thomas of School District #9
- Migration Headache, Denise Lofman of Tillamook Bay Watershed Council
- The Good, The Bad, The Riparian, "Finch" Jeremy Rehn, a junior at Neah-Kah-Nie High School
Many volunteers were involved in Down By the Riverside in addition to those who presented lessons. They included:
- Jane Brown
- Jean Hemingway
- Linda Josi
- Sharon Lighthill
- Lynn McCollum
- Julie Morgan
- Linda Saroni
- Terri Ann Stavens
- Tamora Walker
Thank you Oregon SOLV for the grant money that provided half of the funding for porta potties, a new lighter wheelbarrow and rakes!
Thank you Tillamook Estuaries Partnership for providing the leadership and much of the materials!
Thank you Tennity and Son for the donation of half of the price of the porta potties!
Thank you PUD for the deliveries of loads of chips!