Youth Water Stewardship Program Participant Questionnaire
Fountain Creek Watershed Greenway Fund | P.O. Box 1976| Colorado Springs| Co | 80901 | greenwayfund.org
Tell us about yourself:
Name
E-Mail Address*
Date of Birth
Where do you attend school? ___________________________ Grade Level: _________________
Parent or Guardian Information
Name
Street Address
City ST ZIP Code
Home Phone
Work Phone
E-Mail Address*
*Email is the primary form of communication for event updates.
Why do you want to volunteer with the Youth Water Stewardship Project?
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Agreement and Parental Signature
By submitting this application, I affirm that my child agrees to volunteer for the Youth Water Stewardship Program. In
addition I give permission for images of my child, captured during YWSP Events through video, photo and digital camera,
to be used solely for the purposes of the Fountain Creek Watershed Greenway Fund promotional material and
publications, and waive any rights of compensation or ownership thereto.
Parent Name (printed)
Signature
Date
Thank you for completing this application form and for your interest in volunteering with us.
If you have any questions please direct them to Rachel Haddock, the Secretary to the Board for the Fountain Creek
Watershed Greenway Fund. She can be reached at ywsp@greenwayfund.org or 719-306-8830.
YOUTH WATER STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
The Youth Water Stewardship Program (YWSP) was designed by the Fountain Creek Watershed
Greenway Fund and funded by the Edson Foundation to change the lives of young people by fostering a deep,
lasting, and knowledgeable relationship with water. The preservation of our watershed is critical to assure a
healthy and sustainable community, so by using the drive, enthusiasm, and creativity of under-served kids,
YWSP offers hands-on, authentic learning experiences to aid the community in their efforts to protect and
sustain our watershed. YWSP is recruiting middle and high school students across Colorado Springs and
Manitou Springs who show eagerness and initiative. This program gives young individuals a chance to achieve
beyond their expectations, foster relationships across diverse backgrounds, and impact lives in meaningful
ways. Further, this kinesthetic learning experience teaches young people to value nature and make sound
decisions about the environment and the role they play in it.
YWSP is organized in four parts and is designed to meet Colorado Department of Education Academic
Standards and provide “21st Century learning skills.” Participants can receive service hours and an award
certificate upon completion of parts 1, 2, and 3 with the opportunity to serve on a student led board.
Activities include, but are not limited to:
Part 1 - Learn It:
The educational piece aims at teaching students: where our water comes from, what types of threats exist to
the water quality in the Fountain Creek Watershed, what storm water runoff is, and how flooding (especially
after the Waldo Canyon fire) impacts our streams. The water management professionals from Colorado
Springs Utilities, the City of Colorado Springs, and the Catamount Institute will provide educational
presentations1.
Part 2- Work It:
This involves active field participation in areas such as: water quality testing, a creek side clean-up, a stream
bank stabilization project, or a Waldo Canyon burn area restoration project. Field events will be coordinated by
several organizations – the Fountain Creek Watershed Greenway Fund (“Greenway Fund”), Rocky Mountain
Field Institute (RMFI), and the Coalition for the Upper South Platte (CUSP), and the Colorado Water Institute.
Field events will be available for participants to actively make a difference in protecting the Fountain Creek
waterway and its tributaries.
Part 3- Share It:
This enables the students to share with the community what they have learned. Participants can complete this
requirement in many creative ways such as: producing informative pamphlets, posters, and materials to hand
out to fellow citizens, posting blogs on social media, presenting at school assemblies or school
announcements, etc. High school students in video classes will be recruited to produce mini-documentaries to
be broadcast on school news channels, the Library Channel, Channel 18, YouTube, and other venues.
Students are also encouraged to use art or poetry as a medium to share this unique experience with their
community with the opportunity to participate in an auction that will aid in future fund raising efforts.
Part 4-Sustain It:
This provides selected students the opportunity to participate on a Student led Board. The board members will
get to experience real-life decision making. Two Boards will be formed – one for Middle School students and
one for High School students. The Boards will be responsible for assisting with Youth Water Stewardship
Program recruitment, brain-storming sustainable practices to maintain and enhance the Fountain Creek
Watershed in the future, and for fundraising ideas and efforts to continue the program. The Student Boards will
present their ideas and projects to the Fountain Creek Watershed Greenway Fund Board at the end of the
program, and receive a $50 stipend for each Student Board member.
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The presentations from all four entities have been designed to meet Colorado Department of Education Academic Standards and
provide “21st Century learning skills.”
Youth Water Stewardship Program Schedule
Learn It
Date
Time
Location
Topic(s)
Partners
10/19/2013
9 am - 12
pm
Sondermann Creek @ Beidleman
Environmental Center
Streamside survey, storm water
runoff, water supply system
Catamount Institute,
CS Utilities & City
Stormwater
11/9/2013
TBD
Bear Creek Nature Center
Creek health and Greenback Cut
throat fish
Rocky Mtn Field
Institute
11/16/2013
9:30 - 12:30
Cherokee Metro Water District
The microbiology and technology
of wastewater treatment
Cherokee Metro
Water District
On-line program
Water Quality/ stormwater
Project H2O
Location
Pikeview Reservoir, Garden of the
Gods Rd. and Nevada Ave.
Topic(s)
Storm water run-off mitigation &
clean-up
Burn area runoff mitigation;
stream flow
Partners
9/21/2013
Time
8 am - 12
pm
9 am - 12
pm
10/5/2013
9 am - 4 pm
Waldo Canyon burn scar
Cross Creek Regional Park - 8115
Parkglen Drive, Fountain, CO
80817
Burn area runoff mitigation
Garden of the Gods - Camp Creek
Flying W Ranch
Burn area runoff mitigation
Burn area runoff mitigation;
reseeding
CS Utilities
Rocky Mtn Field
Institute
Coalition for the
Upper South Platte
CCMD & Ftn Creek
Watershed Greenway
Fund
Rocky Mtn Field
Institute
Coalition for the
Upper South Platte
Location
What IF…Festival - north side of
Pioneers Museum
Topic(s)
Public art project launched at
What IF.
Partners
Imagination
Celebration
Spring 2014
TBD
Public art project completed
Imagination
Celebration
2013-14
School Year
At various events listed above
Student Film Crew will document
the YWSP
Colorado Water
Institute
12/1/13 due
date
http://www.stmarysca.edu/center-for-environmentalliteracy/art-poetry-contest
River of Words - International Art
and Poetry Contest with a
watershed theme
on-going
Work It
Date
9/14/2013
10/12/2013
10/19/2013
10/26/2013
9 am - 12
pm
9 am - 12
pm
10 am - 3
pm
Garden of the Gods-Camp Creek
Tamarisk removal & Greenway
trash pick-up
Share It
Date
9/7/2013
Time
10 am - 4
pm
More Learn It, Work It & Share It events are still being added. Check our website for added activity choices.