Students at Elida High School had the opportunity to explore what lives in the Ottawa River on Wednesday(10/23/19).
More than 60 juniors and seniors from Elida High School's zoology class got hands-on with the Allen Soil and Water Conservation District by collecting water samples from the Ottawa River. Students gathered different specimens from the river and saw first-hand how they impact this ecosystem.
"We discussed with the groups about where our water- the water that ends up in the Ottawa - where it's coming from and where it has been and that it carries, unfortunately, garbage with it. And I think with some of them it was a light bulb moment - thinking ‘oh wow what goes into the storm drains is going into my river’," shares Casey Heilman - Community Outreach Coordinator for Allen Soil and Water Conservation District
And through the students' efforts, they learned that the water quality was excellent at the Allentown Road dam, which is good news as it travels to its final destination of Lake Erie.
