Outreach and Education
Outreach
Nanticoke Watershed Alliance’s (NWA) outreach programs educate and empower watershed residents to improve local water quality and pollinator and wildlife habitat. The NWA reaches thousands of watershed residents each year through targeted outreach programs, community events, and publications.
The NWA’s outreach “season” roughly runs from April through October of each year. Please join our Mailing List or follow us on social media to stay notified about our upcoming programs.
Environmental Education
Nanticoke Watershed Alliance educates students and teachers on the importance of the watersheds. A watershed is a geographical land area that drains into a certain body of water, When it rains, the water flows downhill towards the nearest ditch, stream, or river. Watersheds are important because we all live in one, meaning we all play a roll in protecting our rivers, not just those people who own waterfront property. When water flows over the land, it can pick up pollution like litter, pet poop, excess nutrients from fertilizer or even chemicals like motor oil. This pollution can get washed into waterways and cause fish kills and unswimmable conditions. To spread the word about watersheds, water quality, and what people can do to help, the NWA works with all the seventh graders in Wicomico County. We deliver a three-step MWEE that includes, a classroom lesson, a field trip, and an action project that ties together everything the students learned.
Some of our interactive educational programs focus on water quality, water conservation, soil health, wildlife, forestry, and other issues. We also enjoy using our Enviroscape presentation to examine nonpoint source pollution and discuss conservation actions that can be taken to reduce pollution. Student-based action projects have been responsible for planting nearly 400 trees at Cherry Beach and Cope Bennett Park in Sharptown and for installing composting tumblers and raised beds to support organic produce for school lunches.
For more information, please visit the Environmental Education page.
