SILVER SPRINGS--Hands on learning experiences and individual research projects have readied high school students to offer activities to visitors at Carson River Festival.
Earlier in the year, Silver Stage High School students Kiley Woosley and Rachel Willimott traveled to Dayton Valley to work on stream bank erosion and due to their work along the river banks the pair will be presenting a booth about noxious weeds and agriculture at the River Festival. The annual festival, which is being coordinated by the River Wranglers, celebrates nature and the Carson River watershed. The Carson River Festival will be held on May 10 from 10 a.m. -- 2 p.m. at Fort Churchill State Park in the Fremont Picnic area. In preparation for the Festival, Woosley and Willimott worked on planting native seeds and staking down erosion control blankets along the Carson River.
"I like doing this because I am interested in pursing a degree in rangeland management." said Woosley a senior at Silver Stage High School, adding, "I know that I am making a difference in our watershed." Throughout the year Dayton Valley Conservation District has coordinated river bank erosion control and sediment control projects along the Carson River as part of a bioengineering project. In the fall, students from Dayton, Silver Stage and Fernley High Schools worked with elementary and middle school students from Dayton, Sutro, Silver Stage and Hugh Gallaher schools. The project includes bundling willows and placed them along the stream bank, and then by spring, the willows will take sprout and their dense root system will hold the soil on the river bank in place.
A few high school students returned to the project to provide final treatments and learn more about bioengineering techniques. "The teens are enthusiastic workers" said Rich Wilkenson, manager for the Dayton Valley Conservation District. "They are doing a great job and are interested and concerned about the river while learning about erosion control products available in the market today." The Dayton Valley Conservation District is sponsoring a plant giveaway at the Carson River Festival. Join River Wranglers at the Carson River Festival at Ft. Churchill State Historic Park on Saturday, May 10. The state park waived the entry fee for the day. Music is provided by Slidebase Jammers and Friends and food is available from the Train Station Concession stand.
The Festival is sponsored by Nevada State Park, Carson Water Subconservancy District, Western Nevada RC&D, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Smallwood Foundation, Dayton Valley Conservation District and Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.
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