Mike Shea

Preservation of the Little Susitna River is the main focus of Shea's seventh-grade students at Teeland Middle School for his winning program idea, "Little Susitna River Rangers". The goal of the program is for the students, known as "river rangers", to learn about watershed ecology and water preservation. Participants will analyze their data and identify one negatively impacted site that human development has caused. The students are then required to develop a re-vegetation plan with the Wasilla Soil and Water Conservation District. The seventh graders will carry their project on in to the eighth grade and then train the new seventh graders on their findings. Shea resides in Wasilla.