W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir
The W. Kerr Scott Reservoir is in the beautiful Yadkin River Valley and it provides flood control, water supply, recreation, and fish and wildlife management. Outreach programs teach students about nature and the importance of stewardship to the environment.
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- NatureServe Explorer An authoritative source for information on more than 60,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species.
- EPA High School Environmental Center A resource page that provides a great deal of useful information for high school students studying or wishing to learn more about the environment and what they can do to help protect it. Major topics include air, waste and recycling, conservation, water, ecosystems, and health and safety.
- Lesson plan: Can we keep the lake clean? This lesson introduces students to the water cycle by having them help draw a picture of a lake ecosystem, adding human impacts that affect water quality.
- Earth 911: Making Every Day Earth Day Provides a wide variety of resources and information about air pollution prevention, recycling aluminum cans, hazardous waste, composting, recycling electronics, and water pollution and conservation.
- Lesson plan: Ecosystem Services - Water Purification This lesson teaches students the importance of healthy ecosystems by investigating the example of natural water purification. Students will learn how ecosystems remove pollution from the water and how much it costs humans to do this artificially once ecosystems are no longer healthy.
- Lesson plan: Rivers: Lifelines of the land This Xpeditions lesson introduces students to river ecology and addresses the societal and environmental impacts associated with dams and their construction.
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- Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve: Called the "pine barrens" by the settlers to the Sandhills, the Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve protects a remnant of the plant and animal communities of long ago.
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- Learn more about North Carolina, Raptor Release Program, Wilkes County, Yadkin River Basin, conservation, dams, environmental science, environmental stewardship, flood control, habitats, mushrooms, nature, nature reserves, reservoir, science, and water.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates the dam at the W. Kerr Scott Reservoir. It was created to protect the Yadkin River Valley from devastating flooding. Today the project provides a place for recreation, management of wildlife, flood control, and water supply. The Visitor Assistance Center gives an educational overview of the project’s natural resources. A comprehensive self-guided trail is located adjacent to the center.
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers brings programs to schools as well. Contact the Visitor Assistance Center at 336-921-3390 for more information.
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