{"id":19172,"date":"2019-10-08T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/learning-flows-from-fraser-river\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T09:26:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:26:46","slug":"learning-flows-as-mphs-freshmen-measure-health-of-fraser-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/learning-flows-as-mphs-freshmen-measure-health-of-fraser-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning flows as MPHS freshmen measure health of Fraser River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6472868217054\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-60711-273\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/River-shn-100919-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/River-shn-100919-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Eli Pace \/ epace@skyhinews.com | Middle Park High School freshman Matthew Baumgartner and Thomas Tindle, right, measure flows at the Fraser River in Granby on Thursday. The students were performing the test with their classmates, tasked with forming a complete picture of the river\u2019s overall health.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Middle Park High School freshman Matthew Baumgartner and Thomas Tindle, right, measure flows at the Fraser River in Granby on Thursday. The students were performing the test with their classmates, tasked with forming a complete picture of the river\u2019s overall health.<\/strong><br \/>Eli Pace \/ epace@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/River-shn-100919-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Middle Park High School freshman Matthew Baumgartner and Thomas Tindle, right, measure flows at the Fraser River in Granby on Thursday. The students were performing the test with their classmates, tasked with forming a complete picture of the river\u2019s overall health.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/River-shn-100919-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/River-shn-100919-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Eli Pace \/ epace@skyhinews.com | Students from Middle Park High School wade out into the Fraser River on Thursday to perform a number of tests looking into the overall health of the waterway.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Students from Middle Park High School wade out into the Fraser River on Thursday to perform a number of tests looking into the overall health of the waterway.<\/strong><br \/>Eli Pace \/ epace@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/River-shn-100919-1-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Students from Middle Park High School wade out into the Fraser River on Thursday to perform a number of tests looking into the overall health of the waterway.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/learning-flows-from-fraser-river\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/learning-flows-from-fraser-river\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Thomas Tindle waded into the Fraser River on Thursday so deep the waters nearly spilled over his green waders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In one hand, the freshman from Middle Park High School held a bright yellow tennis ball. In the other, he held half of a tape measure with classmate Matthew Baumgartner on the other end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cPretty much, we\u2019re just seeing how fast the stream moves,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cWe\u2019re just putting tennis balls (in the river) and seeing how fast they travel and long it takes them to travel that distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">All along the Fraser River by Kaibab Park on Thursday, freshmen from earth and space science teacher Carla Hargadine\u2019s class were checking on habitat quality, counting macroinvertebrates, testing water chemistry and measuring stream flows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For the two boys tasked with gauging the flow, ranking the outdoor experience on a scale of 1-10 was perhaps a little too easy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s like a 10,\u201d Baumgartner said having just gotten out of the water. He explained that he\u2019s always been \u201ca hands-on learner,\u201d so getting outside in the warm fall air and cool river water was a real treat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Christina Burri, a watershed scientist with Denver Water, was on-site helping the ninth-graders perform their tests, and she too thought it a valuable lesson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s very important, especially understanding the importance behind the habitat and the biology of the stream, mixed with the chemistry,\u201d Burri said. \u201cIt\u2019s about understanding the well-rounded picture of the health of the stream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Burri also believes the knowledge the students learn through these kinds of projects will follow them for a long time to come, even if only on their fishing trips or when they\u2019re passing by the river on a bike or in a car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cOh yeah, they\u2019ll carry this knowledge with them throughout their lives,\u201d Burri said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Hargadine explained that the East Grand School District has been watching local waterways for nine years now, and the freshman class field trip was one of the \u201cgreat trips\u201d a number of local students get to take each year because of the effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After they do these tests, Hargadine continued, her students return to the classroom where they are tasked with forming a generalized picture of the river\u2019s health. As for what they discovered on Thursday, Hargadine said the results aren\u2019t back just yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWell, they are going to be finding that out (this) week,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019ll take all the data they collected, analyze it and come up with some conclusions, but I\u2019d say from what I\u2019ve seen, it\u2019s pretty healthy and what we would expect to see from the headwaters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/learning-flows-from-fraser-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle Park High School freshman Matthew Baumgartner and Thomas Tindle, right, measure flows at the Fraser River in Granby on Thursday. The students were performing the test with their classmates, tasked with forming a complete picture of the river\u2019s overall health.Eli Pace \/ epace@skyhinews.com Students from Middle Park High School wade out into the Fraser [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 21:09:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19191,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19172\/revisions\/19191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}