August 2, 2024
Local Students Learn about Conservation Careers from Pros Through a Week of Adventure Exploring the Ohio River and its Tributaries
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Local Students Learn about Conservation Careers from Pros Through a Week of Adventure Exploring the Ohio River and its Tributaries

This summer 13 greater Cincinnati area high school students participated in the Ohio River Conservation Course, an intensive week-long course about aquatic science and watershed conservation presented by  Ohio River Foundation (ORF), Foundation for Ohio River Education (FORE), Northern Kentucky Sanitation District No. 1 (SD1), and Thomas More University Biological Field Station (TMU). 

THE IMPACT

Your Donation Makes a Big Impact

  • $25 can provide food for the freshwater mussel “ambassadors” we use in our Mussels in the Classroom program.
  • $100 can buy water quality equipment to enable us to identify pollution problems.
  • $500 can help 50 students be River Explorers for a day of learning in a river or creek.
  • $1,000 can plant 100 native trees to restore critical habitat and help keep our water clean.