Draft Interpretive Plan Join the adventure! - Captain John Smith ...
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Boat Shows<br />
Participate in area boat shows to provide information about your water trail and its<br />
relationship to <strong>the</strong> ecology of <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake Bay.<br />
NOTE: These websites contain information on water quality monitoring:<br />
• US Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov)<br />
• Alliance for <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake Bay (www.acb-online.org)<br />
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation (www.cbf.org)<br />
The Ocean Conservancy sponsors <strong>the</strong> International Coastal Cleanup in which local<br />
groups clean up riverways and marine shores. The results are forwarded to <strong>the</strong><br />
Conservancy, which publishes <strong>the</strong> data: (www.oceanconservancy.org)<br />
Each spring <strong>the</strong> Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection<br />
(www.dep.state.pa.us) sponsors <strong>the</strong> Watershed Snapshot in which youngsters and adults<br />
engage in aquatic monitoring activities.<br />
For information about cleaning up waterways and shorelines:<br />
• American Outdoors: (http://www.nationalrivercleanup.com/)<br />
• Sierra Club: (http://www.sierraclub.org/ico/index.asp)<br />
• Water Keeper Alliance: (http://www.waterkeeper.org/maineducation.aspx)<br />
Every year <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake Bay Foundation and o<strong>the</strong>r partners coordinate an SAV Hunt<br />
that requires many volunteers: (www.cbf.org)<br />
NOAA Community-Based Habitat Restoration Program:<br />
(www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration)<br />
For information on dam removal, contact American Rivers: (www.americanrivers.org)<br />
For more information on restoration in your watershed, contact your state natural<br />
resources agency and county conservation district. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation<br />
(www.cbf.org) and <strong>the</strong> Alliance for <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake Bay (www.AllianceChesBay.org) are<br />
two regional nonprofit organizations that also have broad experience in restoration.<br />
The USDA Forest Service’s pocket-sized Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook<br />
is useful in <strong>the</strong> field: USDA-FS, Missoula Technology & Development Center, Building<br />
1, Fort Missoula, Missoula, MT 59804-7294.<br />
Download a copy of Stream Corridor Restoration – Principles, Processes, and Practices,<br />
produced by a federal interagency group: (http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/)<br />
Contact <strong>the</strong>se organizations for educational programming information:<br />
• Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum: (www.mhcm.org)<br />
• Earth Force:(www.earthforce.org)<br />
• Stroud Water Research Center: (www.stroudcenter.org)<br />
• Clearwater Education Center: (www.clearwater.org)<br />
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