Educational materials and events which address solutions to environmental concerns are available for the general public. Program responsibilities include the development and presentation of EIC environmental education workshops, classroom presentations, presentations to organizations and groups, displays, and support services for youth, teachers and the general public through festivals, field trips, fairs, conferences and seminars. Susan also serves as an environmental information and education resource to students, teachers, earth clubs, service learning teams, stewardship groups, public agencies, businesses, and the general public and establishes and maintains partnerships and collaborations with local, state, and national environmental education and K-16 education providers to further the EIC mission. The EIC is a cooperative effort of WSU Cooperative Extension, Clark County, the city of Vancouver, Clark Public Utilities, the Southwest Clean Air Agency and WSU Vancouver. Gary is responsible for organizing and training volunteer Watershed Stewards.
Volunteers receive forty to fifty hours of training.
Watershed Steward volunteers then provide public education on water quality issues, and perform restoration work. Gary is also responsible for coordinating the activities of volunteer water quality monitoring, watershed restoration, and storm drain stenciling. The Watershed Steward Program is funded by Clark County. Contact Gary for more information. Carol is responsible for the overall leadership of the 4-H youth and adult development program which includes conducting, evaluating, and setting the educational tone and direction of the program in Clark County.