Students present on environment at Youth Water Summit
Makena Rader, Mars Hayes and Mantej Singh of Lake City High School presented to judges and fellow students about how the Bunker Hill Superfund Site affects local water during the Youth Water Summit Tuesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency added the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex to the National Priorities List for Superfund Cleanup in 1983.
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Lake Pend Oreille High School student Emma Hogan talks about her research and community outreach to Youth Water Summit judge Kelly Hanson. Her project focused contaminants on wooden power poles potentially impacting plant growth around them.
COEUR d'ALENE — It was a rotating showcase of scientific discovery as students took turns presenting their water-focused research projects at Tuesday's Youth Water Summit.
The Kootenai County Fairgrounds buzzed with energy as young scholars like Lake City High's Mars Hayes, Makena Rader and Mantej Singh shared findings from their environmental investigations. After forming hypotheses, conducting experiments and analyzing outcomes, they presented conclusions to judges throughout the day while also evaluating their peers' work.
For the Lake City trio, the focus was on how the Bunker Hill Superfund Site impacts water contamination levels in surrounding areas.
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