lies at the heart of Living Downstream.
Using game-like touch screen computer interfaces that activate a simulated flow of water on the mural, you learn about three important watershed
themes:
- the role of nutrients in aquatic ecosystems
- how toxic chemicals affect life in the watershed
- how ordinary people are helping water quality in their rivers and streams
By Selecting a Theme
from the touch screen interface, (nutrients, for example, as shown below), you set in motion a sequence of events that might surprise you.
You'll hear how nutrients are important to life in watersheds and how too many nutrients can have harmful effects. You'll also see where nutrients come from and how they get into rivers and streams.
Click on the image below to get an idea of what the Animated Watershed Mural will do.
Whether you select nutrients, toxic chemicals, or water quality, each animated sequence on the mural reinforces the underlying messages that
What Happens on Land Affects Water
and
All Upstream Actions Have Downstream Effects!
Exhibit
> Watershed Mural