2025

Growing Oklahoma: Cleaning litter out of waterways
https://okcfox.com/features/living-oklahoma/growing-oklahoma-cleaning-litter-out-of-waterways

Water quality volunteer training set for February in Alva
https://www.alvareviewcourier.com/story/2025/01/22/local/water-quality-volunteer-training-set-for-february-in-alva/91977.html

Free environmental crafts and activities come to The Well
​https://www.normantranscript.com/community/free-environmental-crafts-and-activities-come-to-the-well/article_bca0d1c2-16e5-4654-be00-9367a375024f.html

2024

Limnology students do freshwater quality research
https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/limnology-students-do-freshwater-quality-research/article_b7c243cc-c474-11ef-a91e-f36c2ea5f521.html

2023

Blue Thumb Visionary Leadership Award
drive.google.com/file/d/1BJWqsGnBKMm1k5M1Y_BC_5lgW3Z1yqBT/view

Two thumbs up: Blue Thumb celebrates 30 years of monitoring the water quality of Oklahoma’s creeks and streams
​www.tulsapeople.com/city-desk/two-thumbs-up-blue-thumb-celebrates-30-years-of-monitoring-the-water-quality-of-oklahoma/article_d7d8b2e0-ca61-11ed-83bc-fbb7bb505757.html
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Blue Thumb Training to come to Tahlequah
​www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/blue-thumb-training-to-come-to-tahlequah/article_faf0e4a6-a544-5c66-82eb-3e19ae204763.html

Protecting the water: Training allows volunteers to monitor streams, creeks
www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/protecting-the-water-training-allows-volunteers-to-monitor-streams-creeks/article_ea391f56-4c3e-11ee-9ee3-db4b0f3d20fe.html

2022

A More Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
www.oklahomatoday.com/history-culture/a-more-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood

2019

A Letter to the Editor: Stormwater Issues are Major Problems
https://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-march/article_102f7f18-526e-11e9-a950-5fb8719db974.html

Tulsans working to restore Crow Creek
https://www.fox23.com/news/local/tulsans-working-to-restore-crow-creek/article_4875d380-2a9b-5893-ad10-d07b7c74d557.html​

Blue Thumb looking for water quality volunteers
https://www.duncanbanner.com/news/blue-thumb-looking-for-water-quality-volunteers/article_4f0ec936-2646-11e9-9838-0f467c8c265a.html

Event promotes water quality, environmental awareness
https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/event-promotes-water-quality-environmental-awareness/article_64a97b93-00c6-5b51-9774-98babe6b1027.html?fbclid=IwAR0GennrF9wLO-G3d009ISJBqygJB0OFAzj2w6WmwgJK38tho4Qq9sCNuMU

2018

Chicken houses to crawdads, students get a Spring Creek education
http://www.tulsaworldtv.com/Chicken-houses-to-crawdads-students-get-a-Spring-Creek-education-34148100?vid=34148100

How do you (and chicken litter) affect the environment? A trip to Spring Creek gave students a real-life look
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/how-do-you-and-chicken-litter-affect-the-environment-a/article_0fcfded1-4c24-5bbe-a75d-22e00d6168ff.html

Area residents attend Blue Thumb training
http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/local_news/area-residents-attend-blue-thumb-training/article_cee920e3-5b0b-5283-bc0b-e5a1cea210c9.html

'Oklahoma!' parody aims at legislators, spreads water-quality message
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/oklahoma-parody-aims-at-legislators-spreads-water-quality-message/article_b1ae1f8d-320c-514c-af4f-26a37f6f1d9b.html

Town Branch group works to keep creek clean
http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/local_news/town-branch-group-works-to-keep-creek-clean/article_ab2b5811-114c-5d0c-a8c2-fa44f5262672.html

2017

Crow Creek community spends Saturday morning in the water
https://ktul.com/news/local/crow-creek-community-spends-saturday-morning-in-the-water

Quest for water quality: Experts teach young campers that what they do makes a difference
http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/…/article_d8c9b916-db05-…

2016

Success stories told about water quality improvement in seven streams during Oklahoma conservation day at the capitol
http://www.oklahomafarmreport.com/wire/news/2016/03/00582_SuccessStoriesConservationShannonPhillips03242016_055706.php#.Vw06XvkrKCg

Blue Thumb volunteer says Barren Fork enduring stress
http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/blue-thumb-volunteer-says-barren-fork-enduring-stress/article_109580ca-1ddc-11e6-bc95-17d72aef6a60.html 

2015

Time to resuscitate Crow Creek
https://www.smartgrowthtulsa.org/its-time-to-resuscitate-crow-creek/

A healthy bug equals a healthy river
​https://www.nps.gov/waba/learn/news/a-healthy-bug-equals-a-healthy-river.htm

Young volunteers monitor water qualities in streams
http://www.news9.com/story/29927768/young-volunteers-monitor-water-qualities-in-streams

2013

​Oklahoma leading the way in water quality
http://www.farmflavor.com/us-ag/oklahoma/industry-overview-oklahoma/oklahoma-leading-the-way-in-water-quality/

Blue Thumb program lets volunteers help with Oklahoma's water quality efforts
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2013/01/08/blue-thumb-program-lets-volunteers-help-with-oklahomas-water-quality-efforts/61016096007/