2004

Environmental Education and Outreach

Ranger Steve Barker

Coffee Creek Watershed Conservancy

Chesterton, Indiana

Date

Institution

No. of Children
No. of Adults
No. of Faculty

Activity

2/7/04 Boy scouts
10
0
6
Bluebird box installation
2/15/04 Ogden Dunes Garden Club
0
15
0
Presentation of Coffee Creek and native plants
2/19/04 JF New
0
60
0
Coffee Creek Center Storm water presentation at wetland seminar
3/4/04 Land Trust Alliance
0
20
0
Annual Meeting
3/15/04 City of Racine and USGS
0
2
0
Tour and overview of storm water management and BMP's of Coffee Creek Center
3/25/04 Purdue University
0
15
1
Restoration Ecology Class; presentation on Coffee Creek restoration at West Lafayette campus
3/27/04 Chicago Wilderness
0
0
0
Member meeting and tour of Prairie Crossing
3/29/04 Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve
30
20
0
Frog Monitoring Hike
4/16/04 Boy scouts
8
1
0
Environmental Activity (Spring wildflowers)
 4/19/04 NPS 
0
0
0
Presentation, panel discussion on purple loosestrife 
4/22/04 Bethel College
0
25
1
Environmental Science Field Trip to the Indiana Dunes area, tour at Coffee Creek
4/22/04 Girl scouts 
0
 0
Environmental Activity 
4/26/04 Girl scouts
14
0
0
Education tour, nature hike
4/26/04 Boy scouts
0
0
0
Volunteer Work Day
4/28/04 Chesterton High School
80
0
4
Hoosier River watch Stream monitoring
4/30/04 National Park Service
50-100
0
12
4th Annual SCOPES Summit
5/8/04 CCWC
0
8
0
Bird & Flower Hike
5/12/04 Bielinski Homes (Wisconsin)
0
3
0
Tour of Coffee Creek
5/14/04 LaPorte County Parks Department
0
12
0
Tour of Coffee Creek
5/19/04 Indiana Green Builders Association
0
0
0
Tour of Coffee Creek
5/20/04 Summit Soil Water District
0
20
0
Tour of Coffee Creek
6/8/04 The Council of State Governments
0
40
0
Watersheds, Growth, Lake Use and Opportunity conference & tour at Coffee Creek
6/24/04 Indiana Water Resources Association
0
50
10
Watershed Science, Management and Education on all scales presentation on CCWC, storm water BMP's, water monitoring program
6/25/04 Indiana Water Resources Association
0
10
3
Watershed Science, Management and Education on all scales tour of Coffee Creek
8/7/04 JF New
0
15
0
Tour of Coffee Creek and Company Picnic
8/18/04 Chicago Wilderness
0
10
0
Tour of Coffee Creek
8/18/04 Michigan State University
0
30
2
Tour of Coffee Creek for landscape architect students
 9/14/04 Coast Week 
0
6
0
Tour of Coffee Creek 
9/16/04 University of Michigan
0
16
3
Tour of Coffee Creek for landscape architect students
9/18/04 Isaac Walton League
0
4
0
Tour of Coffee Creek
9/22/04 Boy scouts
30
3
0
Volunteer workday, environmental workday
9/30/04 Michigan State University
0
20
2
Tour Coffee Creek for environmental planning students
10/1/04 Ball State University
0
0
0
Tour of Coffee Creek for landscape architect students
10/2/04 Indiana University Northwest
0
20
2
Tour Coffee Creek for environmental planning students
10/5/04 Save the Dunes Conservation Fund
0
12
0
Invasive species task force meeting at Bailey Ranger station
10/7/04 Chesterton High School
80
0
6
Hoosier River Watch stream monitoring
10/12/04 Liberty Elementary School
80
6
6
4 Environmental stations to be set up at Coffee Creek, with tours, educational programs, etc.
10/14/04 Natural Areas Conference
0
100
0
Presentation on restoration activities at Coffee Creek
10/14/04 Chesterton Duneland Chamber of Commerce
100
50
0
Porter County Future Fest 2004 a career development and outreach effort for local highschools to be held at Wheeler High School