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Volunteer Now for 2009 NOAA Restoration Day


Ed Levy
NOAA Office of Communications

Are you interested in making a positive impact on our environment?

If so, please join hundreds of NOAA employees and partners on Thursday, June 18, 2009, for the sixth annual NOAA Restoration Day, which is being held in two Chesapeake Bay locations in Maryland and Virginia.

Volunteers.

Volunteers plant underwater grasses during 2008 NOAA Restoration Day (from left: Theresa Northington, NOAA Workforce Management; Diana Abney, NOAA Library; and Candace Nachman, NMFS Protected Resources. Photo Credit: Peter Bergstrom, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office.


Restoration Day is an opportunity for those of you in the Mid-Atlantic area to improve the well-being of an endangered ecosystem, as well as to share in the camaraderie with your NOAA friends and colleagues.

This year, the Maryland event will take place at Otter Point Creek, about 18 miles north of Baltimore. The Virginia event will be held at First Landing State Park on Cape Henry in Virginia Beach.

Some of the volunteer activities include:

  • Planting underwater grasses grown by NOAA employees.
  • Removing trash and marine debris from the shoreline.
  • Planting native trees and/or removing invasive plants.

To participate in the Maryland event, please contact Tonya Kane (Tonya.Kane@noaa.gov) by June 3. For the Virginia event, please contact Andrew Larkin (Andrew.W.Larkin@noaa.gov) also by June 3.