BHCS Bagaduce Watershed Study 2018-2019

Fall of 2018, we had the pleasure of working with Nell Herrmann and Kat Hudson and the 8th graders at Blue Hill Consolidated School on a Bagaduce Watershed Place Study.

During the study we did classroom presentations on conserved lands in the watershed, as well as important work being done by community groups to protect and restore the health of the watershed. We also visited four distinct BHHT properties within the watershed, to allow the students an opportunity to see up close and personal how vast a watershed can be.

The final product of this program was a newsletter that each student produced about the watershed and properties they visited: Ferry Landing in Brooksville, Hatch Cove & Schumacher Preserve in Castine, Snow’s Cove in Sedgwick and Weinland Nature Study Area in Penobscot. The top 6 were selected based on Style/Accuracy/Grammar and Spelling/Overall Feel. These 6 winners, accompanied by principal Shelly Schildroth, were invited to a special afternoon at the trust to have a pizza party and watch inspiring and fun videos about the work of environmental orgs and people doing good works around Maine and beyond.

Below are the top 6 newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading them, and learn a little more about the Bagaduce Watershed. Our thanks to Andy, Lily, Sarah, Charlie, Sam and Liliana for a job well done and for providing us with these great newsletters!

 

Sarah’s  Newsletter

Liliana’s Newsletter

Charlie’s Newsletter

Andy’s Newsletter

Lily’s Newsletter

Sam’s Newsletter