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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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