Staff from the DEP Northeast Regional Office created an “interactive” table at RiverFest 2016 in Wilkes-Barre in June to educate the public about river health.

The event celebrates the Susquehanna River and its importance to the region. Attendees were able see and touch some of the insects that DEP studies as part of the health of the river.

They also got a chance to use tiny “booms” to cleanup a simulated oil spill in the river by using soap containers. Each child that participated took home a fossil that was collected near the river in Bloomsburg.

How Clean Is My Stream?

For more information and find out how clean streams are in your county, visit CBF-PA’s Clean Water Counts In Pennsylvania webpage.

NewsClips:

Crable: Pennsylvania Lags On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Op-Ed: Trade Your Bad Habits For Better Water, CBF-PA

Teachers Learn Clean Water Lessons

Yough Is Getting Cleaner, But Its Tributaries Are Warmer

Lawrence County Adopts Clean Water Resolution

Spring Brook Authority Looks To Wetland To Meet Mandates

StreamWatcher Training Available In Pike County

Delaware RiverKeeper July 8 RiverWatch Video Report

Invisible River’s Aerial Performance Returns To The Schuylkill

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7/11/2016