CONN 130 | What's in the Water? Exploring Urban Creeks in Tacoma

This course will explore issues concerning human impact on water and the environment in urban and suburban Tacoma. This course is a learning-by-doing class. The class will investigate systems set up in Tacoma to reduce chemicals from being released to the environment and the health of urban streams and lakes. Experiential components of the course will include visiting a local creek to observe salmon returning to spawn, investigation of Tacoma's Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and a class project to devise and implement a plan to monitor pollutants in local creeks.