| After 25 years, Watershed Committee Still Educating Public |
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| Written by Erika Brame | |
| Thursday, 23 July 2009 | |
Listen in  MP3 format The Watershed Committee of the Ozarks is celebrating its 25th year of service in September.
Mike Kromrey is the education outreach coordinator for the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks and he is getting ready to teach some YMCA kids about water conservation. “Oh yeah, it’s great to have the privilege of bringing kids out here because we’re teaching about water but we’re teaching in this great place where they get to experience nature. And you never really know what’s going to light them up. Like last week there were baby toads all over the place and that was just so exciting and Japanese beetles were exciting especially when they figured out the fish would eat them,” he said. “We have a diverse audience that we teach to. We always say from kindergarten to engineers. And there’s a diverse range of things people need to know about water. When you’re a kid it’s things like turning off the tap when you brush your teeth not wasting water,” he said. Kromrey says he also works with engineers on rainwater run-off and sewage systems.
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