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Environment
Henderson and Buncombe Counties

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(828) 697-4891 - Henderson
(828) 250-4875 - Buncombe
diane_silver@ncsu.edu

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The Henderson County Cooperative Extension Service announces a general education course on water quality. This 7-class series is modeled after the popular Master Gardener classes, but aimed at the aquatically inclined. The course will cover problems facing local streams and the solutions needed to slow and reverse stream degradation. The course is open to the public, but space is limited. There is a $30.00 registration fee to cover overhead costs.

The course consists of seven three-hour classes and will be held Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Henderson County Extension office at 100 Jackson Park Road, in Hendersonville, NC. There is ample, free parking. The series runs February 1 - March 14, 2012. The topics and dates include:

Class 1: February 1, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Introduction to watersheds What makes a healthy stream Pollutants impacting our streams	Class 2: February 8, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Erosion & Sedimentation - causes and solutions
Class 3: February 15, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Stormwater run-off - causes and solutions	Class 4: February 22, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Pond Construction and Management
Class 5: February 29, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Illicit Discharges	Class 6: March 7, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Water Quality Monitoring - how do we know how we're doing?
Class 7: March 14, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Laws, regulations, ordinances Programs and agencies - Who does what?

This course is aimed at volunteers who are involved in citizen water monitoring, stream clean-ups, adopt-a-stream programs, or other water quality related activities, and landowners interested in protecting their property from stream degradation. Anyone interested in learning about water quality problems and solutions is welcome to attend.

Comments from Previous Participants

• "Excellent. Very informative. Outstanding."
• "Instructor is engaging and extemely knowledgable and maintained a high level of enthusiasm for the subject."
• "Wonderful class; learned a lot."
• "Course content and instruction were awesome! I was also especially impressed with the quality of the course handouts."
• "Very engaging! Very effective! After several years of grad school in landscape architecture, I felt more knowledgable and confident in understanding water quality through this course."
• "Very knowledgable and enthusiastic instructor."
• "Really, really useful for my own property and my volunteer work."
• "Very comprehensive course"

To register for the course, click HERE for a PDF brochure and registration form. Please print it out, fill it out, and send it in with the registration fee.

Cooperative Extension partners with communities to deliver research-based education and technology that enrich the lives, land and economy of North Carolinians. For more information call the Extension Service, at (828) 697-4891, or on-line visit: http://henderson.ces.ncsu.edu/.