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Backyard Conservation Water Fest 

a student counts the rings on a pine tree to determine its age

(above) a student counts the rings on a section of pine tree trunk to determine its age (NRCS photo — click to enlarge)

Doris Washington, NRCS National Water Management Center, helps school children create an edible aquifer (NRCS photo — click to enlarge)

Doris Washington, NRCS National Water Management Center, helps students create an edible aquifer

More than 700 seventh- and eighth-graders learned how to protect water — our greatest natural resource — during a Backyard Conservation Water Fest held recently at Lakewood Middle School in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

At 35 learning stations, 49 presenters and 31 volunteers from local non-profit organizations; federal, State and local government agencies; and universities taught school children about aquifers, watersheds, wetlands, and what they can do to keep the State’s water clean.

Sponsors who helped make the event a huge success included NRCS, Pulaski County Conservation District, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Tyson Foods, Central Arkansas Water, Target and Waste Management.
Your contact is Creston Shrum, NRCS public affairs specialist at 501-301-3168.

Chris Kelly (left), Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, discusses critical ground water areas in Arkansas with Lakewood Middle School students

Chris Kelly (left) Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, discusses critical ground water areas in Arkansas with Lakewood Middle School children (NRCS photo — click to enlarge)