Oscoda Middle School students take their studies to the shores of Lake Huron, adopting a local beach to enhance Great Lakes habitats and their local community.
Posted on October 14, 2013 by Brandon Schroeder, Michigan State University Extension and Helen-Ann Prince, Huron Pines AmeriCorps serving the NE MI GLSI
This past September, more than 40 students from Oscoda Middle School took their studies to the beach. Their trip to Lake Huron, part of an Adopt-a-Beach project, launched this class’s yearlong studies and stewardship of local water resources and Great Lakes coastal habitats. Through their learning, this student effort is developing valuable school and community partnerships benefiting their school and learning, Oscoda area communities, and healthy Lake Huron ecosystems.
Coordinated with the Great Lakes Adopt-a-Beach Program, an Alliance for the Great Lakes-supported program, students adopted a local public beach just south of downtown Oscoda, at AuSable Shoreline Park. Supported by NOAA B-WET and 4-H20 programs, their research project will gather valuable water quality data, monitor water quality, document status of coastal habitats, and generally improve these publicly accessed shorelines of Oscoda...
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