SWCD at "Pickin’ On the Pigeon
Thank you Darrell Rice, District Conservationist and Linda Powell, SWCD
Intern for having a District Display at Pickin" On the Pigeon in Garvin Park on
June 4th.
Pat Ingram (Grandsons Dalton & Wyatt from Florida)
Linda Powell demonstrated the Enviroscape (borrowed from Posey County SWCD) which shows when it rains how pesticides, fertilizer and soil leave and travel to our streams. This was accomplished with green and red kool-aide and cocoa powder. She let children spray the landscape to simulate rain. After experiencing how rain travels on top of the ground then participants watched as Darrell demonstrated how ground water and whatever is in it affects underground wells. He accomplished this with food coloring in the water. The groundwater display box was on loan from the Regional office of Indiana Department of Environmental Management located in Petersburg. Darrell and Linda also handed out coloring books and materials on how to take care of our water.
The Vanderburgh County SWCD sponsored a canoe for children to learn about our
waterways. Canoe rides were given on Garvin Park Lake at Pickin’ on the Pigeon.
County SWCD canoe at: 479-0771 Ext 5 or e-mail her at
paddlethepigeon@yahoo.com