Seale Harris junior campers discover living streams
Last week, Seale Harris junior campers learned about Camp ASCCA’s water source, while
having fun in a stream at the same time. Seale Harris junior camp is a camp for children with diabetes ages 6-12.
Living Streams is an acvitity lead by Geni Payne, ASCCA’s outdoor education director, and Tom Collier, ASCCA’s 
previous camp director. The activity kicked off with a short hike to one of Camp ASCCA’s small streams. Tom then explained to the campers where Camp ASCCA’s water supply comes from, gave interesting facts about Lake Martin, and discussed Alabama’s water sheds.
The campers were able to look at a sheet exlaining categories of macroorganisms. The three categories indicated if Camp ASCCA’s water is safe or not.
With the help of Geni, Tom, and their counselors, the campers began exploring the
stream. Some campers were afraid to get into the water at first; however, after seeing what the other campers were finding, they got right in.
After gathering rocks, mud, and insects, Tom and Geni placed the campers’ gatherings into a screen to see what was found. Campers found salamanders, mayflies, dragonflies, and much more. Luckily, no insects found showed unsafe water!
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