Hume Elementary students paint yellow fish on Fairview storm drains
By Nelson Daily Staff
Nelson residents may have seen some new informational art popping up beside stormwater drains around the city after an onslaught of painting Monday by students at Hume Elementary.
Students painted yellow fish at storm drains as part of “Know Your Watershed” program sponsored by Wildsight and Columbia Basin Trust. The program is to help spread awareness about protecting our waterways by letting locals know that anything that flows into the storm drain flows straight into a local creek, river or lake.
So empty the hot tub and pool water into the slowly into the ground; dispose of household wastes correctly; and recycle products when possible.
Hume Elementary students painted yellow trout around their community to remind fellow citizens which drains empty directly into Kootenay Lake.
