The River Mile Network
An Education Program of the National Park Service
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Greetings,
This version has the updated links.
What a different year 2020 has been! As with everyone else we are adapting to and shifting how we do what we do. For the near future we have shifted our regular in-person training to virtual live events. We are also working on additional on-demand learning and training opportunities.
As we continue forward in this "new normal" there will no doubt be additional opportunities. If you have any ideas or needs, let us know!
Stay well!
Sincerely,
Janice Elvidge, Program Director
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Investigating Crayfish Virtual Training
August 11 and 17, 2020
9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Online FREE
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Learn to engage grade 2-16 students in fascinating crayfish studies in this hands-on STEAM workshop. Rick Reynolds, veteran educator and author of
Investigating Crayfish + Freshwater Ecosystems, will team up with other partners from The River Mile Network to step you through student activities including scientific investigations in your local watershed. Gain confidence to participate with The River Mile's Crayfish Study to support important research by scientists and wildlife managers.
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Investigating Sagebrush Ecosystem Virtual Training
August 13 & 14, 2020
9:30 am - 1:30 PM
Online FREE
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Join Rick Reynolds, veteran educator and author of
Inquiry, Exploration, and Service Learning in the Sagebrush Ecosystem
and Janice Elvidge from the National Park Service and The River Mile network as we explore a variety of resources from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Audubon, BLM, and other partners. Earn PD contact hours or college credit while exploring hands-on NGSS/STEAM activities. Help us inspire students to think critically about sagebrush ecosystems and ways to protect them and their fascinating species!
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IdaH2O Water Quality Training
September 16 and 23, 2020
4:00 pm to 5:30 PM
Online
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Investigating Crayfish In-Person Training
November 16, 2020
Historic Davenport Hotel
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Learn to engage grade 2-16 students in fascinating crayfish studies in this hands-on STEAM workshop. Rick Reynolds, veteran educator and author of
Investigating Crayfish + Freshwater Ecosystems, will team up with other partners from The River Mile Network to step you through student activities including scientific investigations in your local watershed. Gain confidence to participate with The River Mile's Crayfish Study to support important research by scientists and wildlife managers.
More information and registration information soon!
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Spokane River Forum
November 17-18, 2020
Historic Davenport Hotel
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2nd Sesquiannual Crayfish Conference
April 12, 2021
Historic Davenport Hotel
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Lake Roosevelt Forum
April 13-14, 2021
Historic Davenport Hotel
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Have an upcoming event
you'd like us to promote?
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Our network partners are always on the move. If you would like to see your next event in our quarterly newsletter, please email us at
LARO_river_mile@nps.gov.
Want to see it on The River Mile's website?
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Pacific Education Institute needs your help!
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Colorado River Is in Danger of a Parched Future
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They are compiling information about community education programs into a database which will be shared to enable educators to connect with those resources. This database will be online.
To share your information please complete the form at this link for each program you offer. The form asks about how for you can travel to do the program
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ROCK OUT with New Resources from the Rock Pack Experiment!
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Scientists and educators at the Stroud Center and Montana State University are working to increase awareness of these less-well-known ecosystem engineers through the
Rock Pack Experiment
, an expansion of the
Leaf Pack Network
® that investigates the world of the net-spinning caddisfly using artificial rock packs.
More....
Check out this video!
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The Monitor My Watershed® data portal lets you explore macroinvertebrate data from the Leaf Pack Network® and sensor datasets from EnviroDIY™, a do-it-yourself environmental science and monitoring community.
More.....
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Macroinvertebrate online website!
You can quite literally experience the creature comforts of staying at home with
Macroinvertebrates.org
, an innovative, web-based resource to support aquatic macroinvertebrate identification by citizen scientists, water quality professionals, students, educators, and entomology hobbyists alike! Funded by the National Science Foundation and created collaboratively by the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University with Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Stroud Water Research Center, and Clemson University, this online Atlas of Common Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Eastern North America features highly interactive, gigapan images of 150 total taxa. The vast collection includes nine orders of aquatic insects plus other benthic macroinvertebrates commonly used in water quality biomonitoring and environmental education, such as mussels/clams, snails, and crayfish.
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Nature Journaling
Check out these free online training about nature journaling and drawing!
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The River Mile Website News
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Join the Community
Visit
therivermile.org
, click on "joinTRM" and complete the network registration form.
Community Groups
Once you log in you can request membership in community groups. Don't see a group you think would be valuable? Send the suggestion to the webmaster.
A Work in Progress
Do you see anything that needs attention?
Email us and let us know.
Seeking Feedback!
There are feedback buttons on the web pages for you to submit suggestions for content and organization ideas; and a form to submit documents, websites, PowerPoints, videos and other resources to the online library.
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