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ECOSYSTEMS--AQUATIC
Listed below are selected teaching resources from BLM national, state, and field offices, listed alphabetically by title.


BLM Oregon Roseburg Intern
State page
Environmental Careers Organization intern describes her work in the Fisheries program at BLM's Roseburg, OR, field office.
http://www.or.blm.gov/roseburg/Whatwedo/Fisheries/tiffany.htm

BLM-Oregon's Glide School Partnership
1998 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes middle school partnership for hands on learning re: water quality; 8th grade students collect water quality data used by field office.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1998/or/index.html

Cascade Stream Watch
Outdoor Education
Describes outdoor education facilities at BLM s Wildwood Recreation Site near Salem, Oregon, that allow visitors to learn about stream habitat. Includes a virtual tour, list of partners, and contacts.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/EESites/cascade.htm

Life in a Pothole
Classroom Activity from  Science & Children, March 1999, p. 39
Students are introduced to potholes and life within them. They speculate how various life forms come to populate potholes and create a classroom pothole to study.
http://www.blm.gov/education/colplateau/classroom/

Stop the Flow!
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, May 2000
In this activity students simulate protected and unprotected streamsides and compare their impact on aquatic
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/green_mansions/classroom.html

Welcome to the Third Annual Gunnison Water Festival!
2000 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes Gunnison, Colorado's, annual environmental education field day to celebrate water,  for all 4th graders in the Gunnison River Valley.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/co/index.html

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
Interpretive Center Outdoor Education
Describes the  interpretive center and educational opportunities at Yaquina Head, a BLM recreation area located on

Oregon's West Coast just north of Newport. Includes tide pool guidelines, a virtual tour, and contact information.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/EESites/yhona.htm

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