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 Hope for Bay Oysters and
Blue Crabs?
After years of overharvesting, habitat destruction, and bouts with disease, the Chesapeake Bay blue crab and oyster are on the verge of a comeback.
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 Students Provide a Great Service to Holland Island
Holland Island, once home to a thriving Bay community, is now a wetland with a unique graveyard. Find out how a class of middle school students honored the community through service-learning.
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- CBF Field Experience Applications Due June 17th—Fall 2011 will be the perfect time to bring your students on a one-day field experience on a CBF workboat, to Clagett Farm, or canoeing on a local river. The new application for both one-day and residential programs is available online and due June 17th. Questions? Contact educationcoordinator@cbf.org.
- Bay Program Releases Water Quality Assessment—In May, the Chesapeake Bay Program released its yearly water quality assessment, which painted an improving picture of Bay health. While certain things are getting better, CBF warns that the ecosystem is still dangerously out of balance. Read the article and CBF’s statement.
- Fall Teacher Workshops—Spend a day this fall learning how increased environmental literacy can create valuable and meaningful watershed experiences at your school. Details, dates, and agendas for workshops about leading student field investigations and student action projects, and developing curriculum are available online.
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 Learning About Underwater Grasses
Here's an interesting project for your students: get them to write down their definition of SAVs (submerged aquatic vegetation) and why they are important. Then show them this video for fun.
For more information on SAVs, see CBF’s Guide to Underwater Grasses.
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Help CBF's Baltimore Harbor Education Program win $30,000!
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Composting
Here's a summer project that will help reduce waste and provide wonderful soil for your garden—build a compost pile.
Composting is really easy. Just pick a convenient location for a pile or a bin, and start putting your garden weeds, lawn clippings, leaves, and kitchen waste (everything but animal products) in it. Turn the pile, or mix up the bins every once in a while, and before you know it you'll have rich, dark humus to add to your garden soil. For more information on home composting, check out composting101.com.
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