SOLA3 hosts annual Rehoboth school workshop
Save Our Lakes Alliance3, teaming with Envirotech, hosted its 10th annual school workshop at Rehoboth Elementary School April 18.
In an experiment led by Envirotech’s Todd Fritchman, fifth-graders examined water from Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach and another water body to determine their biodiversity.
From the first water body, the students found critters such as leeches, dragonfly nymphs, crayfish and mayflies, which Fritchman said are indicators of healthy water.
The samples from Silver Lake contained water mites, seed shrimp and midgefly larvae. Fritchman said the lake still lacks significant biodiversity, but it is improving. He said 10 years ago, students hardly found any critters in the Silver Lake samples but now, after restoration work over the last decade, lower-level organisms are coming back.
Among the students taking part were Cody Childs, left, and Wyatt Aiello. RYAN MAVITY PHOTOS
Ryan Mavity covers Milton and the court system. He is married to Rachel Swick Mavity and has two kids, Alex and Jane. Ryan started with the Cape Gazette all the way back in February 2007, previously covering the City of Rehoboth Beach. A native of Easton, Md. and graduate of Towson University, Ryan enjoys watching the Baltimore Ravens, Washington Capitals and Baltimore Orioles in his spare time.
