Youth water education: Programs and potential in the American Midwest

Justin Hougham is an associate professor, environmental education state specialist, and director of Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension, Madison, Wisconsin. Kristi Lekies is an Extension specialist and associate professor at the School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Zuzana Bohrerova is a research specialist in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering and the associate director of the Ohio Water Resources Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Christine Wood is the 4-H STEM field specialist at South Dakota State University Extension, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Katherine Jaeger is the youth outdoor education field specialist at South Dakota State University Extension, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Brandon Schroeder is the senior Extension educator at Michigan Sea Grant, Michigan State University Extension, Lansing, Michigan. Amy Timmerman is an associate Extension educator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. Anne Nardi is the marketing and communications specialist for the North Central Region Water Network at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension, Madison, Wisconsin. Rebecca Power is director of the North Central Region Water Network and a water resource specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension, Madison, Wisconsin.