SETAC Sponsors KinniRiverCleanUp – Kinni to the Gulf of Mexico

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is hosting several member-supported Earth Day activities across the United States. We are fortunate that one is an event with the Kinnickinnic River Land Trust. KRLT member Stefanie Giese-Bogdan, who is spearheading the SETAC partnership on this event, said “The Kinnickinnic River is at the upper end of the Mississippi River drainage in the northern U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Trust has been working to show the connection between the Kinnickinnic River and the Gulf of Mexico. Though far away, they are in fact connected, as the Kinnickinnic flows into the St. Croix River, which in turn flows into the upper Mississippi.”  SETAC members are contributing an interactive display, focused for children, on how to clean oil from water and a presentation on the Gulf oil spill and clean up efforts. The interactive display will include lake/lakeshore models, set up in 9 x 13 pans. Children will be able to explore the use of different materials to clean up a vegetable oil spill in their “lakes.” SETAC members also will be contributing a poster on endocrine disruption and financial support for a luncheon to be held as part of the event. A similar event currently is in the works thousands of miles away in Florida, another part of North America that drains to the Gulf.