Water Quality Division

Blue Thumb Calendar of Events

It is the nature of Oklahoma's Blue Thumb Program to be with people in the field! Of course by "in the field" we often mean in the creek! For details about when we are working in specific areas of the state, call the Blue Thumb Coordinator at 918-398-1804.

Monique Moore, NRCS Intern, at Blue Thumb workshop

Monique Moore, NRCS intern at the Bristow Field Office, displays her artistic talent at the Blue Thumb Environmental Education Workshop sponsored by the Wagoner County Conservation District.

Blue Thumb Environmental Education Workshop

Saturday, November 7, 2009

"Let's Give Nature a Hand"
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Tulsa County Conservation District
5401 South Sheridan Road, Suite 201
Tulsa, OK, 74145
918-280-1595
$10 materials fee. Please register in advance. Lunch provided.

Sponsors are the Tulsa County Conservation District, Tulsa Area Conservation Foundation and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.

If you care about the environment and want to help others learn more about our soil, trees, air, wildlife and water, please attend this workshop. Learn about environmental education tools you can use to help both children and adults to be better stewards of our one earth.

Blue Thumb Training Sessions for New Volunteers 2009

Tuesday and Wednesday, October 20 & 21, 2009

Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex
17675 South Muskogee Avenue
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Training is from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days.
For more information call 918-398-1804.

If you want to do your part for clean water, please consider attending a Blue Thumb Training!

A few things to know about Blue Thumb training sessions:

Volunteers must attend both days
There is no cost
Best age range is middle school through retirement
Training is a combination of indoors and outdoors
Trainings are held in various locations throughout Oklahoma.
Trainings are frequently held on a Friday and Saturday, or in many cases on Saturday and Sunday.
Trainings introduce participants to stream ecology, with the presenters covering pollutants, watersheds, water chemistry, monitoring, field collections, stewardship, environmental education, volunteer responsibilities, and many additional topics.
Participants who complete the training sessions have the option of receiving a Blue Thumb test kit and working with us to monitor a stream and educate local people about the stream.

For more information, please contact:

Cheryl Cheadle, 918-398-1804

cheryl.cheadle@conservation.ok.gov

Last Modified on 10/14/2009