Approximately 500 Lehigh Valley students learned about environmental stewardship and conservation during the Wild About Water Festival at Macungie Memorial Park Sept. 20. The students learned about water-related topics as part of the interactive event, which was led by Wildlands Conservancy staff and Deer Park employees. ABOVE: IT Business Analyst for Bluetriton Ian Fairbairn and his daughter Mackenzie (a student from Commonwealth Charter Academy who volunteered with her dad) demonstrate how water can move through items.

Deer Park maintenance employee Tom Dinbokowitz collects the student pollinator “bombs” to give to their teacher until they return to school.

Deer Park Maintenance employees Bob Holdorff and Tom Dinbokowitz talk with students from Brandywine Heights about pollination.

PRESS PHOTOS BY LISA DRAPERBluetriton/Deer Park employee Dave Dennis works with moving water from the spring sites to the tankers and was interested in hearing from Wildlands Conservancy employee Claire Derkhshan who ran the station on water testing for the students.