2022 Education magazine

2022 Education Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS February / March 2022 Page 43 L incoln College’s Dr. G. Dennis Campbell Creekside Outdoor Center for Environmental Education (Creekside), located north of Lincoln, was recently named 2021 Partner of the Year by Illinois RiverWatch. In its selection of Creekside for this award, the Illinois RiverWatch Network noted that Creekside has supported volunteers conducting annual RiverWatch surveys, sponsored RiverWatch activities with Master Naturalist volunteers and 4H youth groups, and participated in public communication efforts about research findings. Creekside has also organized public Earth Day celebrations and nature festivals that promote RiverWatch priorities within the local agricultural community. The Illinois RiverWatch Network is a volunteer monitoring initiative coordinated by the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC). RiverWatch is the only statewide biological monitoring program that provides volunteers a hands- on opportunity to become stewards of local waterways by monitoring stream habitat and water quality. The program, established in 1995, hosts over 200 participants annually. “Lincoln College Creekside has been most fortunate to be an official part of the Illinois RiverWatch Network program since 2014 when Illinois Extension Service Logan County Master Naturalist, Dr. Pam Moriearty, was seeking a site to participate in the RiverWatch monitoring program,” said Dr. Dennis Campbell, Director of Creekside. Creekside Named 2021 Partner of the Year Illinois RiverWatch Network is proud to recognize as the recipient of the 2021 Partner Prize Date RiverWatch Director January 6, 2022 The Campbell Creekside Outdoor Center for Environmental Education Lincoln College Campbell Creekside Center Recipient of Illinois RiverWatch Award Continued p