Req 7a5 — Managed Watershed
7a5.
Make a trip to a managed watershed. Write a report of more than 500 words about the soil and water and energy conservation practices you saw.
A managed watershed is one of the best places to see how connected conservation really is. Instead of one site, you are looking at a system that may include forests, streams, reservoirs, neighborhoods, roads, and farms all draining together.
You might visit a municipal water-supply watershed, a watershed district project, a stream-restoration area, or a reservoir protection program. Look for buffer strips, stormwater ponds, bank stabilization, forest cover protection, erosion-control structures, and public education signs.
🎬 Video: Watershed Forestry (Massachusetts) (video) — https://youtu.be/wniaQsuelWs
The next site type narrows back down to a facility where polluted water is treated directly.