Conservation Field Day 2017 - Washington County Tennessee

Washington County Conservation Field Day

Washington County Soil Conservation District

Roy L. Gillis

May 9th & 10^{th - 2017}

9 A.M – 2 P.M.  Fourth Graders.

1. Introduction

Work:  two Parks, one Forest, two Animal Research facilities & Land Management for 1,272,500 acres in northeast Utah. Conservation and the Environment are extremely important and we are all environmentalists. Still conducting natural resource advocacy.

2. Global Warming/Climate change/Climate Disruption

Carbon emissions/Carbon sequestering/methane (permafrost)/other gases/water vapor. Tectonic Plates.

3. Plastic: Recycling and in our waters.

Recycling description of plastics Number code on the plastic/over use of resources/human demographics

Every year, about 8 million tons of plastic gets into the ocean, and scientists estimate that there may be as much as 110 million tons of plastic trash in the ocean.

Plastics and Oceans Circular oceanic currents formed by the Earth’s wind patterns and the forces created by the rotation of the planet. The area in the center tends to be very calm and stable. This circular motion draws in debris. Debris eventually makes its way into the center where it becomes trapped and builds up. A similar garbage patch exists in the Atlantic Ocean. 

The motion prevents garbage and other materials from escaping. The amount of material in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch accumulates because much of it is not biodegradable. Many plastics do not wear down; they simply break into tinier and tinier pieces.

For many people, the idea of a “garbage patch” conjures up images of an island of trash floating on the ocean. In reality, these patches are usually made up of tiny bits of plastic, called microplastics. Microplastics that make up the majority of garbage patches can’t always be seen by the naked eye or Satellites.

4. Water quality, law and problems.

Agriculture/Water & Oceans

The United States has more than 330 million acres of agricultural land that produce food and other products. American agriculture is highly productive. Improperly managed farms and ranches can affect water quality.

5. Closing: Think, talk to your parents, Google, investigate, study science, be responsible, know your impact?

And the kids come forward

Learn about fresh water mussels

Another patch of kids 

Wouldn't be a field day without knowing sheep

Recycling

Surveying

Watershed knowledge

Geology

The last bunch