The Adopt-a-Highway program is well known and respected.

A community group will adopt a highway and maintain it's

appearance, keeping it clean and safe.Recently, a group

of homeschoolers from Fayette and Coweta County adopted a

stream at Line Creek Nature Center in Peachtree City.

"It's a good way to dispel the theory that homeschoolers just

sit at home in front of the television," says Nature Center

director Marcia Brown. "These kids are eager to learn and eager

to help."

They are involved in a statewide program that includes

over a thousand volunteersWhat the homeschoolers are doing is

learning how to monitor the macrobiotic activity and

cleanliness of streams. The data that they record will be sent to

the environmental protection division of the Department of Natural

Resources, where a statewide database is being kept. With

the knowledge that comes back from the adopt a stream groups,

the state will know where trouble areas may be.

The homeschoolers have taken classes on water monitoring

and the identification of macroinvertebrates, or bugs.

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