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From YouTube: News Update - Pisgah Elementary School Wetland
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Students, Faculty, Garden Clubs, Volunteers, and Community Organizations were all involved in making the wetland at Pisgah Elementary School a reality. This project was coordinated by the Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District.
A
They
wanted
to
keep
the
wetland
habitat
for
outdoor
classroom
kind
of
setting,
so
we
worked
with
them
to
install
this
wetland
that
is
capturing
the
stormwater
runoff
from
the
parking
lot
and
the
roof
and
how
that
works
as
a
kind
of
filters
through
the
wetland
and
it
improves
the
water
quality
and
that's
what
the
soil
water
conservation
really
works
to
do
is
improve
the
water
quality,
we're
using
several
different
programs
to
help
kind
of
assist.
The
funding
with
this
one
of
those
is
the
community
conservation
assistance
program.
A
We
call
that
C
cap
and
we
also
have
a
grant
for
an
outdoor,
Environmental,
Learning
Center
through
the
foundation
of
Solon,
water
and
Walmart,
and
that's
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
that
assists
at
the
outdoor
classroom.
So
we're
hoping
to
install
some
benches
out
here
and
a
little
observation
deck
and
we're
going
to
have
some
students
out
here
in
a
few
minutes
from
the
garden
club
here
at
pisgah
elementary
and
we've
also
had
assistance
from
the
principal
with
jada
and
leslie
cox.
A
teacher
here
that's
been
a
great
help
and
getting
all
this
going.
Renee.
B
And
I
have
worked
together
before
on
the
poster
contest.
The
fourth
grade
poster
contest
and
she
was
always
interested
in
what
was
going
on
on
our
property
and
I,
brought
her
down
to
show
her
the
garden
beds
and
what
we
were
doing
with
that.
So
it
evolves
from
there
and
she
said:
I
know
exactly
what
we
could
do
so.
A
Wetland
is
an
area
where
the
water
kind
of
pools
and
it
slowly
drains
back.
So
it
goes
back
into
the
groundwater
and
it
has
overflow
down
here.
You
can
see
that
if
it
gets
hot
enough,
it
will
go
back
into
the
shrink,
but
the
way
that
the
mulch
in
this
works
the
plant
that
filter
filter
out
heavy
heavy
metals
and
things
that
come
from
the
park
and
won't
run
off
and
improve
the
pollution.
That's
in
the
water
before.
B
This
was
just
a
great,
a
great
pond
area.
Sometimes
it
was
full.
Sometimes
it
looked
like
a
big
brown
nasty
spot.
Sometimes
there
were
bugs.
Sometimes
there
were
tadpoles
and
frogs,
and
instead
of
filling
it
in,
we
just
decided
that
we
needed
to
do
something
with
it
and
Renee
was
just
so
wonderful
to
partnership
with
us
and
say:
I
have
an
idea
today.
A
We
have
the
guys
down
here
that
you
see
with
us
today
there
with
the
Buncombe
County
Envirothon
team
and
Envirothon
team
is
for
middle
school
in
high
school,
so
on
Water,
Conservation,
District
sponsor
those
and
they
compete
and
five
different
events
like
wildlife,
forestry,
aquatics,
current
environmental
issues
and
the
this
guy's.
The
middle
school
team
made
it
to
the
state
Envirothon
this
year,
so
they
did
really
well
in
that
and
they
have
to
get
into
volunteer
hours.
So
they
came
out
today
to
help
with
that.
I
joined.
C
D
E
Shoveling
mulch
and
putting
it
in
the
bucket
and
then
we
go
and
dump
them
in
the
wetland
area.
I
love,
gardening
at
home,
I
have
a
bunch
of
peacocks
and
dogs
and
chickens,
and
geeks
and
I
always
have
to
clean
up
after
him.
So
I
did
and
I
also
did
their
nests.
You
get
dirty
all
kids
love
to
get
dirty.
It's
just
the
part
of
a
kid
wanting
to
be
dirty.
Whenever
I
have
to
take
it
back,
I
say
no
and
I
try
to
run
away.
They.
A
A
We
really
like
to
work
together
and
it
probably
wouldn't
happen
without
this
PTO
did
some
of
the
funding,
but
they
had
a
couple
volunteers
here
today
and
also
the
Soil
and
Water
Foundation,
and
the
walmart
grant
a
neighbouring
Church
sent
some
volunteers
out
than
marathon
students,
and
without
that
it
probably
would
have
been
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
project.
If
we
had
to
bid
this
out-
and
we've
done
all
this
and
less
than
five
thousand
dollars
with
the
help
of
volunteers
and
donations,.