Aug 11, 2018 | Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Informed Citizens
More than 3,000 Virginia students are immersed in local science, data, and the outdoors at the state’s Chesapeake Bay Reserve. Photos courtesy of Sarah Nuss. When teachers ask Sarah Nuss “how healthy is the bay?” she is happy to have some good news to share. “I tell...
Jun 20, 2018 | Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, Elkhorn Slough, California, Informed Citizens
KERSTIN WASSON: OUR “SECRET WEAPON” FOR ESTUARY PROTECTION 2018 National Wetland Award winner Kerstin Wasson (left) with NOAA National Ocean Service Deputy Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf. If you’ve been around the NERRS long enough, you know that when Dr....
Mar 15, 2018 | Informed Citizens, Tijuana River, California
Local students enjoy a well-earned field trip to the Tijuana River Reserve. Image courtesy of the Tijuana River Reserve Before Marci Sponsler attended her first Teacher’s on the Estuary (TOTE) training at the Tijuana River Reserve, most of her students had not even...
Mar 7, 2018 | Hudson River, New York, Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico
Story by Chris Bowser, Hudson River Reserve. Photos, courtesy of Augusto Menezes. Ernesto Olivares and I had been talking about a trip to Jobos Bay for more than a year. We were glad to make it happen last month, when I flew down with my friend, photographer Augusto...
