5-29-08

Five Lycoming College Clean Water Institute interns helped Dr. Melvin Zimmerman, professor of biology, present a hands-on program on aquatic life in and around the pond at Indian Park in Montoursville on Friday, May 23. Lycoming has participated in the annual Montoursville Groundwater Education Program for more than 10 years. This year’s participating interns included Megan Schulze of Reedsville, Pa., Michael Russo of Sunbury, Pa., Desirea Gardner of Williamsport, Pa., Tracie Curtis of Kirkville, N.Y., and Maxwell Olsen of Muncy, Pa.

This year, each of the four third grade classes from Lyter Elementary School and three classes from Loyalsock Valley Elementary School rotated every 40 minutes between programs presented by the Lycoming Clean Water Institute, Lycoming County Conservation District, Montoursville Borough Water Works and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to learn issues about fresh water. The Clean Water Institute helped students collect and identify common fish, aquatic insects and plankton from the pond, and observed turtles and salamanders.  

Schulze, Gardner and Curtis also helped Zimmerman conduct water quality testing on Rose Valley Lake as part of the Rose Valley Lake/Mill Creek Watershed’s Third Annual Cane Pole Fishing Derby on Saturday, May 24. The individuals collected water from the lake and set up a demonstration testing lab for pH, nitrogen and phosphorus.

Collecting plankton at Indian Park	Collecting fish at Indian Park	Dr. Zimmerman and Megan Schulze
Schulze collecting water samples on Rose Valley Lake	Demonstration testing lab at Rose Valley Lake

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