The course will be held on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Henderson County Cooperative Extension office, located in Jackson Park. The series runs February 1 – March 14, 2012. The topics and dates include:

Week 1: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
- Introduction to watersheds
- What makes a healthy stream?
- Pollutants impacting our streams

Week 2: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
- Erosion & sedimentation – causes and solutions

Week 3: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
- Stormwater run-off – causes and solutions

Week 4: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
- Pond construction and management

Week 5: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
- Illicit discharges

Week 6: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
- Water Quality Monitoring – How do we know how we’re doing?

Week 7: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
- Laws, regulations and ordinances
- Programs and agencies – who does what?

This course is aimed at volunteers who are involved in citizen water monitoring, stream clean-ups, adopt-a-stream programs, or other water quality related activities, and landowners interested in protecting their property from stream degradation.

Anyone interested in learning about water quality problems and solutions is welcome to attend.

To register for the course, call the Cooperative Extension office at 697-4891, or download and print the brochure from http://www4.ncsu.edu/~dfsilve2/MasterStreamStewards/MSSbrochure -Henderson-winter2012.pdf, and send in the registration form to the address listed.

Cooperative Extension partners with communities to deliver research-based education and technology that enrich lives, land and economy of North Carolinians. For more information call the Extension Service at 697-4891 or visit https://Henderson.ces.ncsu.edu/.

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