Marine Debris - Talking Trash & Taking Action - Fountain Creek Watershed District

Marine Debris - Talking Trash & Taking Action

An awareness poster about marine debris, with images of pollution and affected wildlife. — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) marine debris poster

An Educator's Guide to Marine Debris

Developed as a means to educate the next generation about ocean trash and, most importantly, how we all can prevent it. Created through an educational partnership between Ocean Conservancy and the NOAA Marine Debris Program. Flexible curriculum, appropriate for all ages.

Educational materials also available in Spanish.

Talking Trash and Taking Action

Ocean pollution: fish swimming amid floating plastic waste. — Photo by Naja Bertolt Jensen on Unsplash

Printable Debris Deck

Unit 1

Unit 2

How to Conduct a Beach Cleanup

Unit 3

additional curricula available on the NOAA Marine debris program website

Take action with the Fountain Creek Watershed District Creek Week, Great American Cleanup, and other activities and projects.

Boys & Girls Club Fishing Derby Pueblo Creek Week 2022 — Boys and Girls Club Fishing Derby Pueblo Creek Week 2022

For more information contact fcwdaa@gmail.com.

Website Accessibility Statement

Fountain Creek Watershed District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Fountain Creek Watershed District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at 719-650-7474

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Fountain Creek Watershed District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Fountain Creek Watershed District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 719-650-7474.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.