Learn what the Wetlands Education Team has been up to lately and how they have protected and improved our environment.

1. Wetlands Education Team
West Geauga Local Schools
C hester lan d , O hi o
K elli , Shaw n , C lay an d Z ak

2. O ur m ission: ed ucating the p ubl ic about O hio’s w ater resources, and
enl isting their ef f orts to p reserve w etl and s.
Things we have done:
C r eat ing a N ew W et l and
Marking buckthorn, an invasive
sp ecies, to rem ove

3. Creating Science Kits for
Classrooms

4. H el p ing anot her sc hool st ar t an
O u t door C l assr oom

5. Teaching Other Kids at Lake F arm p ark and
H o l den A rb o retu m

6. Storm grate stickers

7. Teaching about Wetlands

8. B uilding Osprey Platforms
W e got hel p f rom the G eauga P ark D istrict and D ivision of N atural
R esources to instal l som e osp rey p l atf orm s.

9. We erected Osprey nesting
platforms in Lake County using a
bucket truck

10. B r ochur e about O sp r ey

11. Creating the Outdoor Classroom

12. Grand Opening of the Outdoor
Classroom
O u r plant I D sig ns
are in th e f ou r
lang u ag es stu died at
ou r sch ool.
We made a directional post so
ev ery one cou ld tell w h ere w e
H u ndreds of stu dents came to ou r
are in th e w orld.
edu cational h alf -day .

13. Bioblitz at the Outdoor Classroom

14. H igh S c hool O u t door C l assr oom and
R aingar den
Before our garden installation
Installing the raingarden with help
from Geauga Soil and Water

15. Trail from high school
to a vernal pool

16. R aising m oney f or WE T ef f or ts
G etting
Money f rom
bird houses and
l ocal and
ad vice f rom
national
W il d B ird s
organiz ations
U nl im ited
H el p ing at the P ancake
B reakf ast to raise m oney

17. Working to have the Spotted
Salamander recognized as the
official Ohio state amphibian
With additional
recognition, more
people will become
interested in animals
that need vernal pools
to survive

18. Meeting with Interior Secretary
Dirk Kempthorne

19. Lobbying Senator Sherrod Brown to
endorse the Spotted Salamander bill

20. Introducing the Spotted Salamander
bill with the Earth Balloon

21. Widespread support for the Spotted
Salamander: postcards to the
General Assembly

22. M any way s t o p r ot ec t wet l ands in
nor t heast O hio
E d ucati on
V er n al P ool M on i tor i n g
Lob b y i n g
R ed uci n g C li m ate C han ge

23. U sing G P S to m ap w etlands
W E raised m oney and bought
T he ol d N ational W etl and I nventory
a G P S receiver to m ap
m ap s are d if f icul t to read , and
w etl and s.
incom p l ete.

24. V er nal p ools identif ied using G P S
W e used G P S to record ex actl y w here this vernal p ool is
l ocated on E arth.

25. P r ess ab ou t W E T
W e m ade t he f r ont p age!

26. A r ticles about WE T
Cousteau Kids magazine

27. WET wins President’s
Environmental Youth Award
Nominated by the Geauga Park District and
Ohio Environmental Council
Upcoming trip to Washington, DC

28. U p com ing P r ogr am s
Assistance to other
school s to m ak e O u td oor
C l assroom s and start
env ironm ental p rog ram s.
C F L l ig ht b u l b g iv eaw ay
p rog ram to hel p l essen
the ef f ects of cl im ate
chang e.

29. Ways we hope to help you
Raffle
GPS units to use to track
the location of wetlands
Tshirts
We won a Sea World grant,
and they gave us some
shirts to share
CFL bulbs