Education and Sponsorship
The SLWD sponsors and volunteers with various programs around the local schools such as Envirothon, the Ducks Unlimited “Watershed EcoVan”, Water Festival, and the Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network.
Envirothon is a hands-on environmental education competition for high school students, designed to foster an appreciation for current environmental issues, encourage team work, and public speaking skills. Envirothon also uses knowledge in hands-on activities. This approach to environmental education helps students develop skills necessary to address environmental issues. The first place Manitoba team that wins the competition goes on to represent the province at the National level held at a predetermined location within North America.
The Ducks Unlimited Wetland EcoVan is another learning tool catered to youth. For groups that are not able to make it to Oak Hammock Marsh, the interpretive center's EcoVan will come to them with a variety of interactive, curriculum-based education programs. At every stop, nature interpreters educate students with hands-on materials on the importance of preserving our environment for the future.
The SLWD hosts an annual Water Festival at the Duck Mountain Interpretive Center where approximately 200 Grade 4 and 5 students gather from around the Swan Valley to learn about the environment. The goal of the Water Festival is to encourage students to get out into the living classroom and learn interactively about their natural environment. Students travel around to different stations such as tree identification, outdoor safety, flint knapping, critter dipping, stream table, Swan Lake Watershed model, animal/fur identification, and various environmental games. The Water Festival engages and educates students on water, fish and aquatic ecosystems which gives the students a greater awareness and encourages them to become good stewards of these resources and relay this message to other individuals.
An huge Thank You to all the various partnerships around the Swan Valley that make this annual event so successful!
Started in 2022, the SLWD partnered with the Lake Winnipeg Foundation Community-Based Monitoring Network (LWF CBMN) to collect water samples for phosphorus and salinity testing throughout the Swan River Valley. We match our monitoring sites up with flow metered stations whenever possible so that phosphorus loads and exports can be calculated. The reports are compiled by the Lake Winnipeg Foundation and all the most current data reports can be found below! There are numerous flow-metered stations in our district that we sample, including:
1. Birch River near Birch River
2. Woody River Near Bowsman
3. Swan River near Minitonas
4. Roaring River near Minitonas
5. Swan River near Swan River
6. North Duck River at Cowan
The SLWD also hosts a Watershed District tour showcasing past years projects, giving the sub-districts and other members an idea of what kinds of projects have been completed, the successes of these projects, and the benefits that have been ensued.
Envirothon is a hands-on environmental education competition for high school students, designed to foster an appreciation for current environmental issues, encourage team work, and public speaking skills. Envirothon also uses knowledge in hands-on activities. This approach to environmental education helps students develop skills necessary to address environmental issues. The first place Manitoba team that wins the competition goes on to represent the province at the National level held at a predetermined location within North America.
The Ducks Unlimited Wetland EcoVan is another learning tool catered to youth. For groups that are not able to make it to Oak Hammock Marsh, the interpretive center's EcoVan will come to them with a variety of interactive, curriculum-based education programs. At every stop, nature interpreters educate students with hands-on materials on the importance of preserving our environment for the future.
The SLWD hosts an annual Water Festival at the Duck Mountain Interpretive Center where approximately 200 Grade 4 and 5 students gather from around the Swan Valley to learn about the environment. The goal of the Water Festival is to encourage students to get out into the living classroom and learn interactively about their natural environment. Students travel around to different stations such as tree identification, outdoor safety, flint knapping, critter dipping, stream table, Swan Lake Watershed model, animal/fur identification, and various environmental games. The Water Festival engages and educates students on water, fish and aquatic ecosystems which gives the students a greater awareness and encourages them to become good stewards of these resources and relay this message to other individuals.
An huge Thank You to all the various partnerships around the Swan Valley that make this annual event so successful!
Started in 2022, the SLWD partnered with the Lake Winnipeg Foundation Community-Based Monitoring Network (LWF CBMN) to collect water samples for phosphorus and salinity testing throughout the Swan River Valley. We match our monitoring sites up with flow metered stations whenever possible so that phosphorus loads and exports can be calculated. The reports are compiled by the Lake Winnipeg Foundation and all the most current data reports can be found below! There are numerous flow-metered stations in our district that we sample, including:
1. Birch River near Birch River
2. Woody River Near Bowsman
3. Swan River near Minitonas
4. Roaring River near Minitonas
5. Swan River near Swan River
6. North Duck River at Cowan
The SLWD also hosts a Watershed District tour showcasing past years projects, giving the sub-districts and other members an idea of what kinds of projects have been completed, the successes of these projects, and the benefits that have been ensued.
