Stream Stewards Patch Project

Stream Stewards is a program offered in Northeast Ohio to promote awareness of and community involvement in clean water issues.  Participants complete four activities, one in each category, to earn a Stream Stewards patch.  In following years, they can earn a bar to add on.

There are many combinations of activities to include participants of all age levels and abilities.  Troop members or leaders can choose parts they find interesting to complete the project.  For example, in the discovery portion, the leader can present the story of a town called Away.  Troop members would then research where runoff from their home, school or meeting place goes by finding their watershed address.  With this knowledge, they can take action and participate in an outreach project to protect that stream by applying storm drain markers in a community, and help to educate the public by distributing door-hangars in the same neighborhood.  There is an activity booklet for the participants and also a Leader’s Guide that provides more details for those conducting the program.  Lake County SWCD is available to provide equipment and expertise for many of the activities.  We can also provide the activity booklet in print or digital format.