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Stewardship Projects 2014

Stewardship Projects 2014. Overview. Students will make connections between themselves, their school, and town They will make detailed observations on the impacts that their small area has on their wider community, watershed, and state. Investigations & Stewardship Project.

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Stewardship Projects 2014

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  1. Stewardship Projects 2014

  2. Overview • Students will make connections between themselves, their school, and town • They will make detailed observations on the impacts that their small area has on their wider community, watershed, and state

  3. Investigations & Stewardship Project • Investigations will mainly take place on the school grounds, but students should always think about how that impacts the larger watershed • These investigations will culminate in a stewardship project • GOAL: to increase biodiversity and/or decrease stormwater runoff at your school or community site. STEWARDHIP PROJECT (April – May) SCHOOL INVESTIGATIONS (Sep – Dec)

  4. Description & budget • Each club will get a minimum of $400 for their Stewardship Project (except for Woonsocket since they got a special grant from the Blackstone Valley Coalition). • Each club will submit a short description and simple budget – get students involved in this process.

  5. Spending money • You can either buy the supplies and submit receipts OR • Tell SMILE staff with plenty of time what you will need and we’ll purchase it and either have it sent to you or deliver it

  6. Find people to help • Depending on your project, there are ALWAYS people who are excited and willing to help out. For example… MANUAL • http://www.uri.edu/ce/wq/nemo/Publications/PDFs/SW.RGEdManual.pdf PEOPLE • Brad Fesmire, Program Director at RiverzEdge in Woonsocket - brad@riverzedgearts.org • Peter Hinrichs - Dig In It inc. http://diginplants.com/home / 508.330.1193 /info@diginplants.com • Eugenia Marks - she has offered to help!!! Senior Director of Policy Audubon Society of Rhode Island 12 Sanderson Road, Smithfield, RI 02917 Tel: 401-949-5454 ext. 3003 / Fax: 401-949-5788 emarks@asri.org

  7. timing • Planning for the Stewardship Project should be ongoing. Hopefully, students came up with some good ideas during the Fall investigations. • Depending on the project, it may be a one day event or several club meetings. • Students should also think about upkeep (i.e. rain gardens should be at a site where someone can water them)

  8. ideas • Rain Garden • Log Pile • Butterfly Garden • Tree planting • Green space • Making a paved area more pervious • Dog waste remediation

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