Lakeshore Advance, 2013-01-23, Page 15Wednesday, January 23, 2013 • Lakeshore Advance 15
Students learn about dangers of thin ice, seasonal high
water through Spring Water Awareness Program (SWAP)
Ausable Bayfield
Conservation provides
program free -of -charge to
about one dozen schools
each year; wintertime is
good tiine to educate as
snow melts
More than 16,000 local elementary -
01 students have learned about the
ers of high water and thin ice
t ► nks to the Spring Water Awareness
Program (SWAP). Ausable Bayfield
Conservation is providing the safety
awareness program free -of -charge for
the eight consecutive year.
"It would be beneficial for students to
experience the program as soon as it
can be scheduled in a school': said Den-
ise Iszczuk, Conservation Education
Technician with Ausable Rayfield Con-
servation Authority (ARCA), "'the high
temperatures of this season's mild win-
ter have caused rapid melting of snow
and that led to some high and fast -flow-
ing water in the area during recent
days:'
Ausable Rayfield Conservation offers
the program on a first -corse, first-
served basis and usually visits about
half of the 22 watershed schools each
year. 'lite program runs from early Feb-
ruary to early March.
'Ihe Spring Water Awareness Program
is offered during the time of year when
the waterways have the highest level of
risk to children playing around them.
"Snow and ice melts in rivers, lakes,
ponds and streams in winter," lszczuk
said. "The water is cold and the banks
are slippery. Children learn, through
the activities of the SWAP program, why
they have to avoid waterways during a
season of thin ice and high, fast -flowing
water:'
Protecting life and property is part of
the conservation authority mandate
and SWAP helps students understand
for themselves the dangers high water
and thin ice can pose. The students
don't just get talked to about the dan-
gers of water at this time of year - they
learn through dynamic interactive
activities. Ausable Rayfield Conserva-
tion education staff members deliver
three presentations designed for differ-
ent elementary grade -level groups
- primary, Junior, and
intermediate.
Melting ice and snow,
combined with rain, makes it
especially important for peo-
ple to stay away from water-
courses. Parents, guardians,
and teachers can find some
safety -around -water infor-
mation at the ARCA website
at abca.on.ca and searching
for the keyword 'SWAP' or by
typing in the following 1)111,
address:
http://www.abca.on.ca/
page.php?page=spring-
water-awareness-progranl-
swap
The SWAT' program is
funded with the support of
the Ausable Rayfield Conser-
vation foundation and mem-
ber Municipalities of the Aus-
able Hayfield watershed.
For more information, or
to hook the Spring Water
Awareness Program, please
contact the Ausable Rayfield
Conservation Authority at
510-235-2610 or 1-11138-2116-
2(i10 or e-mail info abca.
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