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Education Programs

Our education programs improve STEM skills and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards, voters, and leaders to love and respect local ecosystems. The Rivers to Classrooms Education Access Fund provides financial assistance to economically disadvantaged schools, ensuring all students have access to our programs.

Ohio River Conservation Course

Summer Program

Students learn leadership, stewardship and conservation while observe and engage in restoration activities in our Ohio River Watershed.

Mussels in the Classroom

School Program

Students learn about the importance of mussels to an ecosystem, their life cycle, and their current status in the environment.

River Explorer

School Program

Students climb into rivers to study fish, macroinvertebrates and water quality through our River Explorer program.

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.

Kingswood Park ORF Restoration Side B - Before

Kingswood Park ORF Restoration Side B - After

Kingswood Park