Fifth grader Julian Garcia hides his eyes as he picks out a task to do as he and his Selah Intermediate School classmates prepare to paint signs on storm drains near the school March 25, 2009. Students at the school painted signs this week on 108 drains cautioning against dumping waste down storm drains as part of their study on ecosystems. Garcia got the job of painter. Parent volunteer Steve Black holds the bag of task assignments.
Nate Peterson, 10, picks up a stencil as he and his fifth-grade classmates at Selah Intermediate School prepare to paint sign cautionary signs on storm drains in the area of the school March 25, 2009. The painting project was part of a study on ecosystems at the school. The sign warns against dumping waste into storm drains because they run unfiltered directly to the Yakima River. The project is a collaboration between the Selah School District, the City of Selah and the Washington state Department of Ecology.
Selah Intermediate School fifth graders run up a street near the school to paint cautionary signs next to storm drains on March 25, 2009. The students painted the signs warning against dumping waste down the storm drains because the drains run unfiltered to the Yakima River. The project is part of a study of ecosystems at the school and is a joint effort between the school district, the city of Selah and the state Department of Ecology.
Bob Tuck instructs Selah Intermediate School fifth graders on painting signs next to storm drains in Selah March 25, 2009. The students painted signs cautioning against the dumping of waste down the storm drains and is part of their study on ecosystems. Tuck is with the Yakima Basin Environmental Education Program.
Jacob Villanueva put plastic bread sacks to protect his shoes from paint as he and his fifth-grade classmates at Selah Intermediate School painted signs on storm drains in Selah March 25, 2009. The signs cautioned against dumping waste down the storm drains and was part of a study on ecosystems.
Parent volunteer Steve Black and his fifth-grade daughter Sarah Black figure out which storm drains they are to paint on March 25, 2009 in Selah, Wash. Fifth graders at Selah Intermediate School painted next to storm drains signs cautioning against dumping waste into the storm drains because the waste runs unfiltered to the Yakima River. Students painted the signs on 108 storm drains. The project, which is a joint effort between the school, the city of Selah and the Washington state Department of Ecology.
Selah Intermediate School students walks past an already-painted sign on a storm drain near the school on March 25, 2009. Fifth graders at the school painted the cautionary signs as part of a study of ecosystems in which they learned, among other things, how dumping waste water down a Selah storm drain can affect water quality in the Pacific Ocean. The painting project was a joint effort between the Selah School District, the city of Selah and the Washington State Department of Ecology. DOE funded the project.
Kourtney Silver holds a cardboard shield as Jacob Villanueva spray paints a sign next to a storm drain in Selah on March 25, 2009. The signs cautioned against the dumping of waste down the drains and is part of the students' study of ecosystems. The painting project is a joint project between the Selah School District, the city of Selah and the Washington state Department of Ecology.
T.J. Lane picks up a stencil after helping paint a cautionary sign next to a storm drain March 25, 2009. Fifth graders at Selah Intermediate School painted the signs this week as part of their study of ecosystems. One lesson they learned is how waste dumped down a storm drain in Selah can adversely affect the Pacific Ocean.
Kourtney Silver, 11, wipes down a stencil after helping paint a sign on a storm drain near Selah Intermediate School on March 25, 2009. Fifth graders at the school painted signs cautioning against putting waste down the drains as part of their study of ecosystems.