2017 Environmental Fair

RCRCA demonstrated their Stream Table to students that visited their workshop at the Environmental Fair. There is a picture from each workshop group. More pictures are available by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Some pictures are also on our Facebook Page redwoodcottonwoodriverscontrolarea.

• Canby Group 1

  Canby Group 1 students are working on rebuilding the stream table for the next class. Each student gets an opportunity for hands on time.

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• Marshall Group 1

  Marshall Group 1 students are pointing out the areas of erosion within the stream table.

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• Redwood Valley Group 3

  Redwood Valley Group 3 students are checking out the erosion happening within the stream table.

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• Watertown Group 7

  Watertown Group 7 - students are getting hands on experience shaping the land and making a river in the stream table

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• Redwood Valley Group 4

  Redwood Valley Group 4 - students are enjoying building up the watershed in the stream table

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• Adrian Group 1

  Adrian Group 1 - students are showing off their new backpacks and laynards. RCRCA has a card game to determine winners of prizes. This year they gave backpacks or lanyards to the winners.

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• Minneota Group 3

  Minneota Group 3 - the students were lucky when they arrived early and this was the last session for both of us. They asked to build a dam in the stream table after their session. So, the students built a dam and watched it fill up with water. Intently watching for the dam to fail, the excitement on their faces in anticipation

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• Ellsworth Group 2

  Ellsworth Group 2 - students working together to shape a river in the watershed of the stream table

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• Heron Lake Group 2

  Heron Lake Group 2 - Shawn Wohnoutka, RCRCA GIS/Outreach Technician, asked the students to find the 4 potential sources of pollution and 2 sources to protect our water.

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• Luverne Group 3

  Luverne Group 3 - the students are working together to make a river in the stream table. Setting toys on the very edge of the river, that will ultimately tumble into the river when erosion begins to happen.

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• Marshall Group 2

  Marshall Group 2 - students strategically setting all the toys along the edge of the river, so that they will fall in the river when the banks collapse

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• Luverne Group 1

  Luverne Group 1 - students are excited as the banks start to collapse. They really like to see the school bus fall into the river. Fire trucks, livestock and the bridge are also favorites.

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