Blue Thumb - Stream Protection Through Education

Blue Thumb Trainings

If you would like to attend a Stream Monitoring Training, you must have already taken a Stream Ecology Education training.
*If you are interested in learning how to monitor and have already participated in a Stream Ecology Education training, or have taken a Stream Monitoring training and would like a refresher course on how to monitor, please email bluethumb@conservation.ok.gov for a special code to unlock the single day training.*

 Other Upcoming Events:

More dates and locations will be announced soon!
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Join Blue Thumb, GRDA, and OSU Extension for a Journey to the Bottom of the Creek!
Discover the water cycle, how water gets polluted, what lives under the water, and how erosion works! Seine for bugs and fish and wade in the creek with Cousin Ed!
July 11-12, 2019: 9-12 Year Olds
Armory Municipal Center
100 N Water
Talequah, OK 74465
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(Registration closes June 14, 2019 or until the camp reaches 25 participants)
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Join Blue Thumb, GRDA, and OSU Extension for A Grand Adventure!
Learn about the water cycle, zip across the lake on the GRDA Eco-lab boat, learn how streams form, check for water clarity, compare larva with the adult version of creek bugs and seine for fish!
July 18-19, 2019: 9-12 Year Olds
GRDA: Ecosystems and Education Center
420 E Hwy 28
Langley, OK 74350
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(Registration closes June 14, 2019 or until the camp reaches 25 participants)
Blue Thumb is excited to be a part of an important exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution that kicks off this summer in Oklahoma: Water/Ways. A partnership of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and state humanities councils, the exhibit is schedule to make stops in Oklahoma at:
  • Norman Public Library East: June 29 - August 18
  • Ada Public Library: August 26 - October 13
  • Locust Grove at Ingram’s Custom Rods: October 21 - December 8
  • *Fort Towson: December 16 - February 9, 2020
  • Altus at Museum of the Western Prairie: February 17, 2020 - April 12, 2020
The Cleveland County Blue Thumb contingency is already working on being a part of Water/Ways when it opens in Norman on June 29, 2019. Be sure that when Water/Ways comes close to your home that you pack up friends and family and experience it. There will also be opportunities for volunteers to have an official role at events. More will come out about this exhibit as it comes closer to your town. For more information, click here!
*(Please note that the Heaver State Park location has been changed to Fort Towson)*