The Watershed Warrior Program
Is your group looking for a way to inspire the next generation of lake care takers in your community? Bring the Watershed Warrior Program to your next community event!
How the Program Works:
Participants travel through the six activity stations. They experience hands-on fun while learning about lake ecology and simple everyday things that can be done to help keep lakes healthy. At the end of the circuit, participants have the opportunity to become a ‘Watershed Warrior’ by pledging to do at least one lake-friendly activity daily.
All Watershed Warriors earn a multicolored sticker and certificate. The program can be tailored to the age of your group (programs can be adapted K-12) and your event schedule.
Watershed Warrior Activity Stations:
Station 1: How do lakes form? It’s your turn to be the limnologist! Read clues about how some of the lakes in New Hampshire are formed and make your best guess!
Station 2: How does water move around? Learn about the water cycle as you move around as water droplets and build a beaded bracelet. (Adapted from Project Wet’s Incredible Journey.)
Station 3: Reduce watershed runoff and pollution! Do you know what a watershed is? Build one out of sand and see what happens when pollutants are introduced, and it rains.
Station 4: What lives in and around the water? Learn about food webs and the plants and animals you might see around New Hampshire’s lakes. Then play a card game to learn who’s higher on the food chain.
Station 5: Prevent the spread of the invasives! Some plants and animals don’t belong in our lakes. Learn how you can prevent their spread and how our Lake Hosts are lake heroes!
Station 6: Take the Watershed Warrior Pledge! Commit to lake-friendly practices to get your certificate and waterproof sticker.
Bring this program to your community!
Borrow the activity station kit from NH LAKES and recruit volunteers from your group to run the program. NH LAKES provides training free of charge, and the kit comes complete with all materials and simple instructions.
For more information, or to make a request to bring the Watershed Warrior activity circuit to your community, contact Erin Mastine, NH LAKES Outreach Manager, at emastine@nhlakes.org.