 Engaging Undergraduates, Community and Undergraduate Faculty in Local and Regional Water Resource Conservation By: Dr. Carolyn Thomas, Ferrum College,

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 Engaging Undergraduates, Community and Undergraduate Faculty in Local and Regional Water Resource Conservation By: Dr. Carolyn Thomas, Ferrum College, Ferrum VA, 24088,

Outline  Ferrum College programs  Community Colleges’ connections  Community outreach  Regional Water Resource Conservation

Ferrum College  Smith Mountain Lake Program  Ecological Research as Education Network projects  Leaf decomposition (DATIS)  Riparian Buffer Affecting Stream Temperature Project (RBAST)  Save Our Streams monitoring  Campus  Smith Mountain Lake  Booker T Washington National Monument  STEM programs

Community Colleges  Presentations to classes at Community Colleges  Recruit students  Starts in High School  Involve in summer work and outreach programs  STEM programs

Community Outreach  Master Gardeners  Master Naturalists  Upper Roanoke River Roundtable  Smith Mountain Lake Volunteers  Claytor Lake  Franklin County High School  Virginia Governor’s School

Local Water Resources Conservation  Smith Mountain Lake  Claytor Lake  Save Our Streams  Upper Roanoke River Roundtable