Columbia County Conservation District Holds Annual Water Education Day

Written by Shannon Wehinger on September 19, 2025. Posted in Conservation District Project Spotlight, Education

Students work together to build a filter for the Filter Challenge. Photo submitted by Columbia County Conservation District.

On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, the Columbia County Conservation District held its 8th annual Water Education Day at Briar Creek Lake Park in Berwick. About 190 eighth-grade students from two different school districts in Columbia County attended the event. The students rotated through six stations where they learned about various aspects of our water sources, water quality, and aquatic ecosystems. The six stations—Water Quality, Streams, Groundwater, Music and Discovery, Art and Poetry, and Fish Ecology—are all led by volunteers.

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