Plastics Everywhere! Public Health Department, Please Pay Attention

Plastics in the water. photo from Edinburgh Greens

Practicing our call-to-action presentation before presenting at the 2019 Healthy Rivers Youth Water Summit. photo by Sarah R. Johnson

by Stella Halferty, Aspen High School student
My name is Stella Halferty and I am a sophomore at Aspen High School. This year in Chemistry, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to research and talk to experts from all around the Roaring Fork Valley about different topics and concerns about the Colorado River Basin and more specifically our local watershed. 

​After doing some background research and learning more about the Colorado River Basin and our watershed in general, we then split into small groups based on our interests and personal concerns. From there, we got to meet with experts and do all sorts of research specific to our topic with the help of the Youth Water Leadership Program director Sarah Johnson and our teacher, Scott Zevin.

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