WQPA Project District Board & Staff District News History
2006 Conservation Field Day held
On May 19, 2006 the Lewis Soil Conservation District hosted their Annual Sixth Grade Conservation Field Day at Winchester State Park. This is the 34th year for this annual event.
120 sixth graders from Highland, Prairie, Nezperce, and Kamiah School District’s enjoyed the great educational opportunity. The students rotate every 20 minutes through 8 different stations learning about Water and Geology, instructed by Eileen Rowan, Idaho Soil Conservation Commission and Ann Moody, DEQ, Forestry, taught by Clark Christianson and Tim Tevebaugh, Idaho Department of Lands (IDL), Fish and Lake Health, instructed by Robert Hand, Idaho Fish and Game, Nature Trail, guided tour by Rich Talbot, private forester, Habitat to Hooks, instructed by Susan Sawyer, Dworshak Fisheries, Plants, instructed by Vern McMaster and Pamela Scheinost, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Fire Control and Prevention, taught by Jeanne Wilson and Jed Pentzer, IDL, and one of the kids favorite stations, canoeing, with helpers, Dick Pentzer, Jerry Reid, Steve Riggers and Bill Hammer, and Chuck Frazier, and Rosemary McLeod were the on-site EMT’s. Thank you to all the 6th grade students, teachers and Winchester State Park, and other volunteers for making this another successful year.
Below are pictures from the days activities:
Canoe Station Geology Station Eileen Rowan Clark Christiansen Jess Pentzer & Jeann Willson
Pamela Scheinost Students from Prairie Rich Talbott Robert Hand Susan Sawyer Vern McMaster
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Highland First Graders watch their worms disappear into the soil!
WATER CONSERVATION
AND WORM RACES 2006
Highland Elementary hosted the 2nd annual Worm Race sponsored by the Lewis Soil Conservation District. On Thursday May 4, 2006, Kindergarten through 2nd grades learned about how important water is for survival of all species including them. Therefore, everyone needs to conserve water such as: turning off the water when brushing our teeth or use a towel more than once after a bath. Virginia Frazier, I&E Specialist, Lewis SCD and the students talked about the fact that over 80% of our body is made up of water and we should think of water as fuel in our gas tank. If the tank is low on water, a person will get tired, and our joints won’t work as well. After a great discussion about ideas on what to not do we learned that you don’t drink water out of lakes, rivers or mud puddles, that can make you sick. Then it was time for the WORM RACE, each class got around buckets of soil, and in went the worms the class had chose and the race was on to see which worms disappeared into the soil first. It was nip and tuck for a while, the race took almost 15 minutes, while the students cheered on their worms. At the end the winning class was the 1st Grade, taught by Mrs. Joan Tiede. It was great fun and this class will be able next year to defend their title.
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BLUEBIRD HOUSE PROJECT 2006
May 4, 2006, the “All-4-Fun”, 4-H Club, met at the Craigmont Lutheran Church to assemble 20 Bluebird Houses as their 2006 Community Project. Everyone was excited about the project, because it gives 4-H students an opportunity to give back
to those who support them during the year, their Communities. Ten of the Bluebird houses will go to the Winchester Museum of History as a memorial honoring, Lois Tiede, one of 4-H’s greatest supports. The other ten will go to the Lewis Soil Conservation District to be used for one of their wildlife projects.
We would like to thank the following people: Mike and Linda Dupuis for the donation of all the wood and use of tools used to build the houses; Chuck Frazier for cutting the wood patterns for the houses and coordinating with Virginia Frazier, Earth Team Volunteer/ I&E Specialist for the Lewis SCD. Also to a wonderful group of students that worked so hard and did a fantastic job again this year. GREAT JOB KIDS!
