As Listening to the River field teams conduct Watershed Discovery activities, their collected media are stored and mapped. The map is the organizing mechanism for collected data. It is also the vehicle for display. When you see a map with icons representing photos, audio, video or combined multi-media, click the icon to see what was found. In some cases, media collected during an entire session form the basis of longer, published pieces about the watershed. These may be radio stories, videos or photo collections.
Use the links below to see what was collected during individual Listening to the River sessions.
Spring Break 2008
Nine intrepid middle-schoolers spent three days of their spring break braving cold weather, snow and wet ground to tell stories about the watershed. Take a look.
Spring Break 2008 Map!
Spring Break 2008 in Pictures
Grass River Natural Area Geocaching
A family day to learn about GPS, geocaching and enjoy the fantastic trails and scenery at the Grass River Natural Area. We did manage to grab a few photos. Take a look!
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Sound Walks 2007
Children and adults visited Grand Traverse Bay area natural areas with a naturalist and radio producer. To take a look at what they heard:
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Upward Bound 2007
Students from Northwestern Michigan College's Upward Bound program participated in Listening to the River as part of their summer residential program.
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Listen to the Radio Piece: Nature's Call
Find out more about this session.
Waterwatch Student Congress 2007
During the 12th annual Student River Congress, area students spent two 75 minute sessions geocaching and gathering small snippets of media.
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Spring Break 2007 Workshop
April 3-5 of 2007 was no ordinary Spring Break for 12 teens. Snow and wind were the name of the game as this group combined several watershed excursions with editing and production.
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Listen to the Radio Pieces: Salamanders, Chickadees
See the Photo Collections: Caitlin, Nor
Fall 2006 After-School Session
This after-school session was the first extended watershed discovery activity for the Listening to the River project. A group of 11 participants met weekly after school for eight weeks during the Fall of 2006.
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See the Videos: Pollution, Invasive Species, The Bottom of the Bay
Boardman to the Bay
Completed in mid June 2006, this was the Listening to the River Pilot session. With ten youth participants, we focused on the Boardman River from the Boardman Lake and the Traverse City Wastewater Treatment Plant to the mouth of the River.
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Waterwatch Student Congress 2006
This group spent a brief session collecting digital photos, audio and video during the 11th Annual Student River Congress on May 19, 2006. You can use the links below to see some of their work.
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This page last updated on 6/6/2008.
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