2025-11-17T13:50:08-08:00 2024-12-31 522408237 Carver Florek & James LLC 2315 McDonald Avenue Suite 300 Missoula MT 59801 990EZ 2024-01-01 810525373 THE WATERSHED EDUCATION NETWORK WATE 4065419287 P O BOX 9201 Missoula MT 59807 DEBBIE B FASSNACHT Executive Dir. 2025-11-17 true true Angel Sharp CPA P00964705 4067285539 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.montanawatershed.org X 149831 X 146799 2789 0 243 322 -79 0 149509 99566 11897 13697 370 27102 152632 -3123 202477 199354 X 106631 167608 101661 37078 208292 204686 5815 5332 202477 199354 NATURAL RESOURCE & WATER EDUCATION SERVICES WEN'S MISSION: TO FOSTER KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WATERHSED HEALTH THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE, YOUTH AND SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO GROW FUTURE STEWARDS. CITIZEN SCIENCE STREAM TEAM: WEN TRAINS AND LEADS A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK OF DEDICATED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, INTERNS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE STREAM TEAM ALL WORK TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT WATER HEALTH AND SHARE THEIR FINDINGS WITH AGENCIES, PARTNERS, AND THE COMMUNITY. OUR CITIZEN SCIENCE STREAM TEAM INCLUDES PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE - INCLUDING RETIRED SCIENTISTS, COLLEGE PROFESSORS, NEIGHBORS LIVING NEAR THE CREEKS, AMERICORPS MEMBERS, STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS-WHO WANT TO LEARN MROE ABOUT WATER MONITORING AND BY COLLECTING BASE-LINE DATA, HELP TO ENSURE THE HEALTH OF OUR LOCAL WATERSHEDS. WEN'S STREAM TEAM MONITORS TEN SITES ON RATTLESNAKE CREEK, FOUR SITES ON GRANT CREEK, AND GROUNDWATER ELEVATIONS IN LOWER RATTLESNAKE CREEK IN GREENOUGH PARK. WEN'S TEAM IS OBSERVING AND DOCUMENTING BASELINE DATA FOR USE BY A MYRIAD OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA. WEN ALSO LEADS A CITIZEN SCIENCE YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAM. BACKCOUNTRY STREAM CORPS (BCSC) IS OUR TWO-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR HIGHSCHOOL-AGED YOUTH. WE TRAIN OUR BCSC MEMBERS IN DATA COLLECTION AND OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES AND THEN LEAD THEM INTO THE RATTLESNAKE RECREATION AND WILDERNESS AREAS IN ORDER TO COLLECT SPECIALIZED DATA ON THE UPSTREAM, AND LESS ACCESSIBLE, REACHES OF THE RATTLESNAKE CREEK WATERSHED. THE BCSC PARTICIPANTS ARE HIKING AND BIKING TO THEIR FIELD LOCATIONS AND GATHERING DATA IN REACHES BEYOND THE CITIZEN SCIENCE STREAM TEAM. OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS, WEN HAS EXPANDED TO MONITORING ON GRANT CREEK IN ADDITION TO RATTLESNAKE CREEK SITES NEAR MISSOULA, MT. 76048 BACKYARD CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM: WEN'S TEAM DEVELOPED AN ACCESSIBLE PROGRAM FOR GUIDING EVERYONE IN CITIZEN SCIENCE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARDS, INCLUDING CREEKS, RIVERS, AND PONDS. WEN'S BACKYARD CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM (BYCS) INCLUDES, A FACILITATED FIELD SESSION WITH WEN STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, A LEADER'S GUIDE, TAKE-HOME KITS WITH SUPPLIES AND TOOLS, ALONG WITH DATA SHEETS. THE CITIZEN SCIENCE TOOLS, FOR EACH INTERESTED GROUP. THE BYCS PROGRAM SUPPLIES COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO EXPLORE, OBSERVE, AND COLLECT DATA AT THEIR WATER LOCATION. WEN'S TEAM LEADS PARTICIPANTS THROUGH INTRODUCTORY SESSIONS AND GUIDES THEIR FIELD DATA COLLECTION. THIS CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM HAD TWENTY PARTICIPANTING GROUPS AND TEAMS. 45629 OUR YOUTH AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS: WEN REACHES SECONSIST OF INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM ACTIVITES AND EXPERIENTIAL FIELD TRIPS TO INTRODUCE RIVER ECOLOGY AND HEALTHY WATERSHED CONCEPTS TO STUDENTS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN - HIGH SCHOOL. OUR FIELD TRIPS TAKE PLACE AT STREAMS AND RIVERS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA EACH FALL AND SPRING. MOST SCHOOLS VISIT THE SAME WATER SITE EACH SEASON TO FACILITATE SEASONAL AND LONG-TERM COMPARISONS OF CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL DATA. FIELD TRIPS ARE A GREAT WAY FOR STUDENTS TO GET OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, GET FIELD SCIENCE EXPERIENCE, AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR WATERSHED FROM A SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY PERSPECTIVE. WEN WORKS WITH A VARIETY OF PARTNERS, AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS TO SERVE YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 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