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

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Website Accessibility Statement

Fountain Creek Watershed District (the "District") is committed to ensuring that its services are accessible to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, the District strives to provide an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, AA, and commercial screen reading software. Features of the website are created to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities.

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Contact our compliance support team via telephone at: (888) 765-1970

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Coordinator

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Compliance Procedures

The District is working to ensure all website content complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and controlling State laws. In an ongoing effort to continually improve and remediate accessibility issues, the website is regularly scanned to ensure ongoing compliance, and timely changes are made to any inaccessible content if found.

Accessible Documents Policy

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Linked Documents and Third Parties

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