The Chatham Soil and Water Conservation District invites the community to Creek Geeks Field Day on April 2, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Boling Lane Park located at 302 S Fir Avenue, Siler City. This family-friendly event is free and open to the public. The rain date is April 9th.
The event is an opportunity for the community to explore their local watershed and discover the plants and critters that live in the creek and wetland. Participants will tour Boling Lane Park, where the Town of Siler City installed Best Management Practices (BMPs) such as wetlands and riparian buffers. Attendees will learn about these BMPs, native vegetation, and the overall benefits for the Loves Creek Watershed.
Other exciting opportunities include exploring some of the techniques used in stream health assessment and water quality testing in the creek running along Boling Lane Park; searching for macro invertebrate critters living in the creek; and measuring chemical and physical parameters to assess the water quality.
Using an EnviroScape watershed model, participants will learn how nonpoint source pollutants affect local waterways, and they will learn ways to make small changes in their own lives which add up to a large impact.
Each of these activities will run every 45 minutes to give attendees a chance to visit all three. The first 20 participants can receive a free, native tree from the Loves Creek Watershed Stewards. The Chatham Soil and Water Conservation District also will distribute educational activity books.
Residents who wish to attend are asked to register online at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQzlaPwZxwyXAhki3_TJSIeMcBpU4gYf4m_pM0Z1wSTRXSJw/viewform?usp=sf_link. Participants will be asked to sign waivers at check-in on the day of the event.
Questions about this event may be directed to Brandy Oldham, Chatham Soil and Water Conservation District Administrator and Education Coordinator at (919) 545-8440 or brandy.oldham@chathamcountync.gov.
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