For the second year in the row, cbec has shared our hydrologic knowledge with the next generation of environmental scientists at Sacramento Splash’s Youth Environmental Leadership Camp (YELC). YELC is an annual immersive summer program for 6th and 7th grade students that empowers youth to become change agents to improve natural habitats in the fields of Water; Climate Change and Air Quality; Energy; Food, Waste, and Consumption; and Land Use and Habitat.

As part of the Water Day program, cbec led a tour at the site of our Cordova Creek Restoration Project on the Lower American River Parkway. The tour concluded with Ecoengineer Sam Diaz demonstrating the principles of water flow and restoration on a cbec-built flume table. Using sand and controlled water, the flume table provided students with hands on experience of how water shapes and interacts with its environment. Watch the flume in action below, and see more behind the scenes construction of it here. We are looking forward to meeting the new batch of students next year, and inspiring them to work on the water resources and environmental restoration challenges we collectively face.