Noel Conservation Club

Stream Team Trash Pick-Up and Campout

2008-06-04T09:35:00.002-05:00

The Club held a river clean-up on Elk River on Saturday, May 31 and camped out that night. Like last year, the rain caught us on the river. Fortunately we found shelter under a tree with a tarp. The weather did get better and we finished our trip with the sun shining.

When we arrived back at Wayside, we were treated to lunch from Tyson foods and a prize drawing from the ERWIA. Afterwards, we made camp and the kids went swimming.

At 4:00 AM another storm passed through and we heard thunder and raindrops splashed on our tents. Unbelievably, some of the campers didn't even wake up! After we got up in the morning, more storm clouds moved in so we decided to send the kids home earlier than planned.

Now for the good part, the river and river banks were really clean! In the nine years we have been collecting trash on the river, we came back with the least amount of trash this year. Amazingly, this was the weekend after Memorial Day. Rod Lett, the owner of Wayside told me they had a record number of people floating that weekend, yet the river was very well maintained. I believe that people are really beginning to learn that our environment needs to be kept clean.

Jones Center Trip

2008-01-02T19:32:00.001-06:00

Check out the fun we had at the Jones Center. I bet you wish you had joined when you had the chance!

Watershed Festival 10/25/07

2007-10-29T06:56:00.001-06:00

BubbleShare: Share photos - halloween photos

Outdoor Classroom Cleanup 9/29

2007-10-01T08:47:00.001-05:00

Elk River Clean-Up Set

2007-05-10T10:02:00.000-05:00

The NCC will be conducting a river clean-up Thursday, May 24. We will be meeting at Wayside Campground in Noel at 7:00 AM. We will leave the campground at 7:30. We will camp out at Wayside Thursday night.

Members need to bring a sack lunch for Thursday. Dinner and Breakfast will be provided. You will also need to bring shoes for the river, no flip-flops. Also, bring stuff to camp out with. You should bring tents, sleeping bags, and your teddy bears.

NCC Trip to Tulsa Zoo 5/5/07

2007-05-06T16:51:00.001-05:00

May 5 Trip to the Tulsa Zoo

2007-04-23T12:06:00.000-05:00

The Conservation Club will be going to the Tulsa Zoo on Saturday, May 5th.

Outdoor Classroom Clean-up April 21

2007-04-23T12:05:00.001-05:00

Cleaning the Pond
Originally uploaded by Wm Chamberlain.

We continued the work on the outdoor classroom by planting flowers around the front pond. We also finished placing the rails around the rest of the classroom. The students weeded an area and we put much around where we planted. The classroom is slowly looking better.

Conservation Haiku

2007-04-10T14:38:00.000-05:00

A haiku is a 5-7-5 syllable poem. Write a haiku about the conservation of water or soil.

Listen to the rain
wash away the topsoil.
Plants can keep soil there!
by Mr. C

Planting

2007-04-06T22:09:00.001-05:00

Planting
Originally uploaded by Wm Chamberlain.

The Conservation Club doesn't just pick up other people's trash, we also are involved in planting and cultivation.

Blanca Works the Flowerbed

2007-04-06T22:08:00.001-05:00

Blanca Works the Flowerbed
Originally uploaded by Wm Chamberlain.

I received this email from Yahoo about this picture Dianna took at our Conservation Club cleanup in March.
From:

Yahoo! Answers Editorial
Subject:

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Time to Move to Web 2.0

2007-04-06T21:42:00.000-05:00

After using blogs for the past few months, I have decided to move the Conservation Club page to a blog. There are two main reasons I chose to do this. The first is because I can add content from anywhere on any computer. The second reason is because you can comment on the content. I hope you enjoy the new site.