{"id":64721,"date":"2022-04-21T10:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=64721"},"modified":"2022-04-21T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:36:55","slug":"kwec-to-offer-water-science-camp-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=64721","title":{"rendered":"KWEC to offer water science camp this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Hays State University\u2019s Kansas Wetlands Education Center (KWEC) is offering a “Let’s Talk Water Science” summer camp for students who have completed grades 7, 8, or 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event \u2013 set for Thursday, June 9,\nand Friday, June 10 \u2013 is being co-sponsored by the KWEC, the City of Hays Water\nResources Department, Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the\nEnvironment, and K-State Research and Extension Cottonwood District (Barton and\nEllis counties).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will get in the water and test\nthe water quality (waders will be provided by the KWEC). Students will collect\ndata on alkalinity, bacteria, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, pH, phosphates,\ntemperature, and turbidity. Campers will also sample the water for aquatic\ninvertebrates and use them to determine water quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first day of camp will be spent at\nFrontier Park in Hays, and water testing will take place in Big Creek. In the\nafternoon, campers will tour the City of Hays Wastewater Treatment Plant. In\nany given year, approximately 25% of the treated water is beneficially used as\nirrigation water for multiple outdoor recreation facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 2 will be spent at Cheyenne Bottoms,\nthe largest wetland complex in the interior of the United States, and at the\nKansas Wetlands Education Center near Great Bend. Students will repeat water\nquality tests and invertebrate sampling in the wetland and compare the results\nfrom the previous day. Benefits and functions of wetlands will be studied. The\nday will include a driving tour of the wetlands in search of wildlife. The 4-H\nWater Ambassador team will supplement daily activities with hands-on and\ninteractive projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participation is free, and\ntransportation between Hays and Great Bend, as well as all necessary equipment,\nwill be provided. Campers will need to bring a sack lunch and reusable water\nbottle for each day; snacks will be provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camp will start at 10 a.m. at Frontier\nPark on June 9. Transportation from the Kansas Wetlands Education Center to\nHays will leave at 8:45 a.m. Camp is dismissed at 3:15 p.m.
\nCampers traveling back to the KWEC should return at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Friday camp will start at 10 a.m. at\nCheyenne Bottoms. Transportation from Hays to Cheyenne Bottoms will leave at\n8:45 a.m. from the Cottonwood Extension Office in Hays at 601 Main St. Barton\nCounty campers can meet at the KWEC at 9:30 a.m. Camp is dismissed from the\nKWEC at 3:15 p.m. Campers traveling back to Hays should return at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The KWEC, 592 NE K-156 Highway, is at\nthe southeast side of Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area northeast of Great Bend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration is limited to 12 \u2013 six\ncampers from Ellis County and six from Barton County. Registration deadline is\nMay 27.\n\nTo register for an event or camp go to: https:\/\/forms.gle\/cqaCp862fH4QcP9p9<\/a> or email Mandy Kern at amkern2@fhsu.edu<\/a> for the link. For more information on the\nKansas Wetlands Education Center, visit https:\/\/wetlandscenter.fhsu.edu\/<\/a>. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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