Carman Ainsworth High School Students Test River Health at For-Mar Nature Preserve

April 24, 2012 - A partnership between General Motors, Earth Force, and the Flint River Watershed Coalition is giving area high school students the opportunity to test their biology skills.

Students from Carman Ainsworth high school visited the For-Mar Nature Preserve today to take and test water samples from Kearsley Creek, which flows into the Flint River, to assess its water quality.

"Getting kids this age involved is fantastic because they take this message with them throughout their life – they bring it home to their parents, which then teaches their parents about it, and then they teach it to their future generations as well," said Irene Bashore, senior environmental engineer for General Motors.

Read the full article in the Flint Journal.