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Notes<br />

Extended to 9/09<br />

Project Title Year<br />

Initiated<br />

<strong>Interpretive</strong><br />

Signage<br />

Project<br />

Virginia State<br />

Parks in<br />

America's<br />

First Region:<br />

Recreation<br />

and<br />

Stewardship<br />

along <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Captain</strong> <strong>John</strong><br />

<strong>Smith</strong><br />

Chesapeake<br />

NHT<br />

“Reading <strong>the</strong><br />

Signs:<br />

Changes to<br />

<strong>the</strong><br />

Chesapeake<br />

Bay since Its<br />

Exploration by<br />

<strong>Captain</strong> <strong>John</strong><br />

<strong>Smith</strong>”<br />

Mount<br />

Landing<br />

Creek Water<br />

Trail<br />

<strong>Captain</strong> <strong>John</strong><br />

<strong>Smith</strong><br />

Chesapeake<br />

NHT Signage<br />

“From this<br />

Spot You Can<br />

See Over 400<br />

Years of<br />

History”<br />

Site/ Organization Project Description Date Completed Ongoing<br />

2006 2007 2008 2009<br />

A series of interpretive panels describe <strong>the</strong><br />

natural and cultural world of <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake in<br />

<strong>the</strong> early 1600s. X<br />

2007 Lawrence Lewis Jr. Park,<br />

Charles City, VA<br />

2007 Chippokes <strong>Plan</strong>tation,<br />

and First Landing,<br />

Kiptopeke and York<br />

River State Parks,<br />

Hampton Roads area,<br />

VA<br />

2007 Jefferson Patterson Park<br />

and Museum, St.<br />

Leonard, MD<br />

2007 Rappahannock River<br />

Valley National Wildlife<br />

Refuge, Tappahannock,<br />

VA<br />

2007 Sailwinds Visitor Center,<br />

Cambridge and Vienna,<br />

MD<br />

2008 Annapolis Maritime<br />

Museum, Annapolis, MD<br />

New interpretive signage will highlight <strong>the</strong><br />

ecological history of <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake Bay and<br />

river watersheds. The project will provide<br />

teacher training and field-based educational<br />

experiences for students, as well as public<br />

"paddlefests" to promote safe, responsible<br />

boating.<br />

This project will combine research and<br />

educational programming to document and<br />

interpret <strong>the</strong> changes to <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake Bay<br />

watershed since <strong>the</strong> seventeenth century. An<br />

archaeological collection will be paired with<br />

existing research to create a curriculum-based<br />

program for middle school students featuring<br />

classroom, field, and laboratory components. X<br />

A new water trail guide will address important<br />

wildlife habitats and <strong>the</strong> connection of <strong>the</strong><br />

Rappahannock River to <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake Bay.<br />

<strong>Interpretive</strong> wayside exhibits will link <strong>the</strong> site to<br />

<strong>Smith</strong>’s 1608 exploratory voyages.<br />

X<br />

Signage at <strong>the</strong> Sailwinds Visitor Center will<br />

orient visitors to trail exploration opportunities<br />

in <strong>the</strong> county, highlighting <strong>the</strong> Nanticoke River.<br />

In Vienna, additional interpretive signage will<br />

focus on <strong>Smith</strong>’s voyages, Vienna’s history,<br />

and important visitor services information. X<br />

<strong>Interpretive</strong> panels along <strong>the</strong> water’s edge will<br />

highlight cultural and landscape changes that<br />

have occurred in <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake region<br />

during <strong>the</strong> last four hundred years.<br />

X<br />

X

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