On March 23rd, the Thurston Conservation District hosted Student GREEN Congress for the first time since 2019. After months of water quality testing and preparation, students from three different watershed programs (South Sound GREEN, Nisqually River Education Project, and Chehalis Basin Education Consortium) came together at the Evergreen State College campus to share their water quality data and participate in a wide variety of community partner-hosted workshops. One of those workshops was manned by Black Hills Audubon volunteers, Stevie Morris and Kathleen Snyder. Their workshop had students dissecting owl pellets and discovering all kinds of little bones and fur. Over 400 students and 80 volunteers participated in Student GREEN Congress. With the weather getting nicer, South Sound GREEN will be transitioning to nearshore field trips. Students will be coming out to local beaches to learn about the creatures that live in the nearshore and intertidal zone.
Photo credit: Students dissect owl pellets. Photo by Stevie Morris
