The Teton County Rally for Clean Water Initiative
POWJH received a nearly $100,000 EPA Environmental Education 2-year grant in 2022 and a $26,000 matching grant from the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. During 2023, POWJH staff used these funds to teach lessons about our community’s unique watershed ecology and water quality issues to over 200 6th-grade students and 100 Advanced Placement Environmental Science and Integrated Science high school students. The 6th-grade students participated in an on-site field science day focused on water quality testing and examined algae samples under a microscope. The high school students took a tour of the Town of Jackson Wastewater Treatment Plant and participated in hosting a drinking water well testing event, during which they provided free test kits and instructed community members how to do their testing.
