About Wetland Learners
Wetland Learner Field Trips
Recently KVHA worked with several partners to launch a project called “Wetland Learners”.
Field trips are provided for 6th graders in the Lawrence area. The trips are facilitated community and partner volunteers as well as Wetland Learner Interns.
Post-secondary students in a range of disciplines are recruited for internships.
A $4,000 grant from the Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Foundation through the Douglas County Community Foundation has made it possible to launch this project in 2006/2007.
Stormwater Detention “Wetland”
A snow-filled channel through a freshly constructed stormwater retention “wetland”. The mock wetlands are east of the Haskell campus and northeast of the Baker/Haskell Wakarusa Wetlands. Haskell Indian Nations University Ecology students are using the area to study stormwater outflows from different types of wetland areas. A major interest is how to integrate green infrastructure with environmental needs such as habitat restoration. The wetland slows stormwater from the north and then drains south into a tributary of the Wakarusa River.A Rails-to-Trails walking trail runs along the east side of the wetland.
