Together with our partners we provide year-round, hands-on, watershed-themed learning experiences for youth of the Copper River watershed. We believe that engaging youth in inspiring education programs that literally immerse them in their surroundings will help develop a strong connection to and sense of responsibility for taking care of our watershed and its resources now and into the future. These personal experiences and connections to their surrounding environment will instill a strong stewardship ethic in the region’s future resource managers and harvesters. Furthermore, by connecting students from different schools via technology and in the field, we hope to help participants see themselves as members of a watershed community.
We aim to provide engaging opportunities to students throughout their school years, including raising salmon with elementary students in their classrooms, stream and pond exploration field trips with middle school students, and a field-based summertime adventure for high school students. We are also pleased to offer internships (upon request) and scholarships to graduating seniors looking to pursue a secondary degree that will benefit the economy, ecosystem, or cultures of the Copper River watershed.
Salmon in the Classroom
Salmon in the Classroom
Each year elementary students raise coho salmon in fish tanks as part of Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s Salmon in the Classroom education program.
Watershed Explorations
Watershed Explorations
Watershed students are literally immersed in the ecosystems they are learning about.
Copper River Stewardship Program
Stewardship Program
This hands-on program takes 10 youth from communities throughout the watershed on an in-depth adventure through the Copper River watershed.
Scholarship Program
Scholarship Program
In 2010, the Copper River Watershed Project released a new scholarship program for graduating high school seniors from the Copper River watershed.
