The mission has officially dropped.
Stormwater Defenders Dispatch turns water quality education into a bold, comic-inspired learning adventure for kids ages 8–13, families, classrooms, MS4 programs, and community outreach teams.
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Stormwater education with superhero energy.
PUDLE Outreach is all about creating ripples of change through learning and education. This magazine carries that mission into a fun, visual, kid-friendly format that makes stormwater feel exciting, approachable, and worth protecting.
Follow the Defenders
Readers step into the world of the Stormwater Defenders through missions, characters, comics, clues, and challenges that keep the learning moving.
Learn How Water Moves
Each issue helps kids understand runoff, drains, watersheds, pollution prevention, source control, and the small actions that protect big waterways.
Use It for Outreach
Share it at events, in classrooms, with youth programs, through municipal education campaigns, or anywhere your team wants to spark water awareness.
More than a magazine.
It is a mission kit.
Every issue is designed to give kids something to read, something to notice, something to solve, and something to do.
The first two issues are free.
To celebrate the launch of Stormwater Defenders Dispatch, the first two quarterly issues will be available at no cost.
After the first two issues, the magazine will move to a subscription model so schools, families, municipalities, MS4 programs, and outreach teams can continue receiving new missions each quarter. More subscription details are coming soon.
Read Issue 1
The first digital issue is live and available now.
Get Issue 2 Free
The second quarterly issue will also be released at no cost during the launch period.
Subscription Details Coming Soon
Join the mailing list to receive access updates, issue announcements, and future subscription information.
Turn each issue into a learning moment.
Stormwater Defenders Dispatch is designed to be flexible. Use it as a quick read-aloud, classroom discussion starter, outreach event handout, family activity, or youth program resource.
Read It Together
Introduce stormwater, watersheds, pollution prevention, and water protection through a fun, kid-friendly magazine format.
Start a Conversation
Ask kids what they notice in their own neighborhood after it rains and where they think that water travels next.
Pair It with an Activity
Use the puzzles, missions, and prompts as a classroom activity, youth program extension, or outreach event follow-up.
Share It with Your Community
Send the issue to families, classrooms, libraries, youth groups, public education partners, or community outreach teams.
More missions are on the way.
New issues of Stormwater Defenders Dispatch will continue exploring stormwater science, water protection, community action, and real-world environmental careers through stories, activities, and Defender missions.
Join the Dispatch List to receive the next free issue when it launches, along with updates about future educator resources and subscription options.
Built for young readers and the grown-up water heroes guiding them.
Families
Start easy conversations about rain, drains, pollution, outdoor spaces, and the role kids can play at home.
Teachers
Add stormwater concepts to science, reading, environmental education, project-based learning, and Earth Week lessons.
Municipalities & MS4s
Support public education, community engagement, youth outreach, stormwater awareness, and pollution prevention messaging.
Youth Programs
Use it with libraries, camps, after-school groups, scout-style activities, environmental clubs, and outreach booths.
Open the first mission.
The first issue is live and ready to explore. Click the cover below to read it in Simplebooklet.
Click the cover to open the full digital magazine in Simplebooklet.
Stay on the mission list.
Stormwater Defenders Dispatch is released quarterly. The first two issues are free, and future issues will move to a subscription model with more details coming soon. Sign up to receive new issue announcements and subscription updates.
Perfect for parents, teachers, municipal educators, MS4 coordinators, public works teams, libraries, youth leaders, and anyone looking for a playful way to help kids understand stormwater.
