The Blue Thumb Program is the education arm of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission's Water Quality Division. Blue Thumb is a statewide citizen science effort focused on training volunteers to share their knowledge of water quality with others, with the goal of stream protection through education. Blue Thumb aims to inspire and empower people across the state to use education and monitoring to protect water in their region from nonpoint source pollution.

Blue Thumb will hold a training for new volunteers from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, S...