Virtual Power Zone
A collection of educational and fun activities designed to be appropriate for a variety of ages and grade-levels. Check back for more as we continue to develop and share resources related to electrical safety, science of electricity, renewable energy, water quality, our local environment and more! Visit the Power Zone
Classroom Presentations
Utility representatives visit elementary school classrooms with messages about electrical safety, environmental protection and utility careers at teachers’ requests.
Call us 360-992-3550 or email us to schedule a visit from a utility employee to your classroom.
Columbia Springs
Clark Public Utilities supports operations of the Historic Vancouver Trout Hatchery in partnership with Columbia Springs and Washing Department of Fish and Wildlife in its decades-long support of efforts to reduce environmental impacts to local fisheries. Alongside hatchery operations, Columbia Springs is an environmental education center that provides a variety of hands-on opportunities for local students and their families.
Additionally, StreamTeam volunteers have worked with Columbia Springs to restore critical riparian habitat along West Biddle Lake. Through these native shrub and tree plantings, our volunteers work to protect watershed health, provide habitat for wildlife, and create food sources for pollinators.
Salmon in the Classroom
Salmon in the Classroom is the dynamic program that brings salmon education and science right into the classroom of Clark County students. Teachers and students raise Coho Salmon in classroom aquariums and the students learn about salmon lifecycles, biology, and habitat. By the end of the school year students release their salmon into local streams. This program is funded by Clark Public Utilities and managed by Columbia Springs. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife provide the fish for the program.
Student Tours
Our popular student education program brings nearly 4,000 fourth- and fifth-grade students from all over Clark County to our operations facility every school year.
The tour features a video presentation providing background information about the utility, a walking tour of the warehouse, recycling area, truck bays, a lesson on electrical safety and much more.