A stormwater adventure magazine kids can read, print, and turn into a mission.
Stormwater Defenders Dispatch turns water quality education into a bold, comic-inspired learning adventure for kids ages 8–13, families, classrooms, MS4 programs, public works teams, and community outreach programs.
Start with the first free issue, explore the printable Mission Pack, and see how one story can spark real conversations about runoff, pollution, storm drains, local waterways, and everyday water protection.
- Ages 8–13
- Quarterly digital issues
- Printable Mission Packs
- Family, classroom, and outreach friendly
- First two issues free during launch
- First 100 Founding Defenders receive a bonus printable pack
- Digital subscription begins with Issue 3
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Click the cover to jump into the first mission.
Not just a magazine.
A mission-based
learning adventure.
Stormwater education is important — but it can be hard to make memorable. Stormwater Defenders Dispatch gives kids a story to follow, a mystery to solve, and a reason to notice what happens when rain moves across streets, parks, schools, yards, sidewalks, and drains.
Each issue invites young Defenders into a seasonal mission where they read the story, follow the clues, complete printable challenges, and discover how everyday places connect to local water.
Instead of simply explaining stormwater, the Dispatch turns learning into action. Readers meet heroes, track Degrader trouble, decode pollution pathways, explore science concepts, and earn a badge or certificate when the mission is complete.
they join the mission!
kid-sized missions. Built to make stormwater protection exciting, understandable, and worth doing.
Quarterly missions are digital-first and easy to print.
Each season unlocks a digital Dispatch issue with printable resources that can be used at home, in a learning group, or as part of community outreach.
The digital issue is the heart of the mission. Depending on the plan, subscribers receive a matching activity kit, classroom-ready printables, or outreach-friendly digital and printable materials.
Read it. Print it. Use it. Keep the mission going.
Kids get a story-driven seasonal adventure, while grown-ups get printable tools that make the content easy to use at home, in classrooms, or in community outreach settings.
Digital Magazine Issue
A full-color seasonal Dispatch issue packed with comic-style storytelling, real stormwater science, featured Defenders, and a mission that carries kids from the first page to the final badge.
Printable Mission Pack
Printable activity pages tied directly to the story — including puzzles, maps, sort activities, observation pages, checklists, experiments, and challenge sheets.
Badge or Certificate
Classroom and outreach packs may include printable rewards that help learners celebrate the mission they completed and see their progress.
Parent Guide
Available in classroom and outreach packs as simple support notes with prompts and easy ways to connect the issue to real life.
Educator Guide
Classroom-friendly support with learning goals, vocabulary, prompts, and printable activity ideas for teachers, homeschool groups, libraries, camps, and youth programs.
Mini Mission Emails
Optional digital follow-up ideas can help classrooms and outreach teams keep the mission going between quarterly releases.
Pick the quarterly Dispatch plan that fits your water heroes.
Start with the free launch issues, then choose the quarterly path that fits your audience. Families can keep it simple with the digital magazine and printable activity kit, educators can use a ready-to-print classroom pack, and outreach teams can share seasonal digital and printable resources for stormwater education.
Digital Defender Membership
The simple family option for curious kids who want to read each seasonal Dispatch and complete the matching printable activity kit at home.
- 1 quarterly digital Dispatch issue
- Matching printable activity kit
- Digital access for one household
- Simple screen-light activities families can print and use at home
Classroom Mission Pack
A streamlined quarterly digital and printable resource for classrooms, homeschool groups, libraries, camps, and youth programs.
- 1 quarterly digital Dispatch issue
- Printable student activity pages
- Printable educator guide
- Vocabulary and discussion prompts
- Classroom mission challenge sheet
- Printable certificates or badge page
- Print rights for one learning group
Digital Outreach Pack
A quarterly digital and printable outreach toolkit for MS4 programs, municipalities, public works teams, watershed groups, and environmental education partners.
- 1 quarterly digital Dispatch issue
- Printable outreach activity pages
- Printable facilitator guide
- Event-friendly mission handouts
- Printable group certificates or badge page
- Storm drain awareness messaging
- Internal education and approved outreach print rights
Want a version for your community?
Stormwater Defenders Dispatch can also be adapted for municipalities, MS4 programs, public works teams, watershed groups, schools, libraries, sponsors, and local outreach campaigns.
This is a great option for programs that want to connect stormwater education to a specific place, watershed, city, event, school district, or public awareness campaign.
- Local waterway references
- Sponsor recognition
- Storm drain messaging
- QR codes and event tie-ins
- Community-specific calls to action
- Printable outreach activity pages
Kids follow the water from everyday places to real waterways.
Every issue helps young Defenders connect familiar places to bigger water systems, pollution pathways, and simple actions that protect local water.
Everyday Place
Kids start with places they know: schools, parks, homes, sidewalks, roofs, and parking lots.
Rain Hits
They see how rain moves across hard surfaces, bare soil, grass, drains, and gutters.
Clues Appear
Leaves, litter, oil, sediment, fertilizer, plastic, and pet waste become mission clues.
Water Travels
Runoff can move through drains, pipes, ditches, creeks, rivers, lakes, and eventually the ocean.
Defenders Act
Kids complete missions, solve puzzles, earn badges, and learn small actions that protect water.
Help us build the first year of Stormwater Defenders Dispatch.
Tell us who you serve and how you might use the Dispatch, and we’ll send the launch updates, sample activities, classroom previews, outreach options, and custom community information that fit your audience best.
Whether you are a parent, teacher, homeschool educator, librarian, camp leader, MS4 coordinator, public works team, sponsor, or environmental outreach partner, this short form helps us send the right resources your way.
Tell us how you want to use the Dispatch
Quick Questions
Is this a printed magazine?
Yes. The program is digital-first. The magazine is digital, and the activity kits, classroom pages, outreach handouts, badges, certificates, and guides are designed to be printable depending on the plan.
What ages is it for?
Stormwater Defenders Dispatch is best for kids ages 8–13, with flexibility for younger learners with adult support and older learners through discussion, extension activities, and outreach projects.
Can teachers print the activities?
Yes. The Classroom Mission Pack and Digital Outreach Pack are designed with printable activity pages and usage rights for classrooms, homeschool groups, libraries, camps, and approved outreach settings.
How often are new issues released?
The Dispatch is released quarterly, with seasonal missions for spring, summer, fall, and winter.
What comes with each quarterly plan?
Digital Defender includes the quarterly digital magazine and printable activity kit. Classroom and Outreach packs add streamlined printable guides, group activities, and usage rights based on the selected plan.
Can my community sponsor or customize an issue?
Yes. PUDLE Outreach can create custom Stormwater Defenders content for local watersheds, municipal programs, outreach campaigns, community water heroes, and school-based learning.
Not sure which option fits?
Tell us whether you are exploring this for a family, classroom, library, camp, municipality, MS4 program, sponsor, or community outreach project, and we’ll point you toward the right samples, license, or custom version.
Send My Dispatch RequestReady to see how kids become Stormwater Defenders?
The Dispatch helps kids follow the clues, understand the science, complete hands-on missions, and see themselves as part of the solution.
Read the first issue free, explore the launch materials, and join the Founding Defender Interest List if you want samples, classroom previews, outreach options, sponsorship information, or a custom community version.
Built for curious kids, families, teachers, homeschool groups, libraries, camps, MS4 coordinators, public works teams, municipal educators, watershed groups, sponsors, and community outreach programs looking for a playful way to make stormwater education easier to understand and more exciting to share.
