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We have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. Now, we have #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back.
Today, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.
It's a simple idea. Just find a way for your family, your community, your company or your organization to come together to give something more. Then tell everyone you can about how you are giving. Join us and be a part of a global celebration of a new tradition of generosity. Join us here to help us continue the work you see below.
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New Islands in the Coastal Bays
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MCBP is very excited to share the news that the Army Corps of Engineers is dredging the channel off of Ocean City and using the spoils to create the first new islands in the coastal bays since similar dredging was performed in the 1930s. These islands will soon be valuable habitat for breeding birds such as black skimmers. Planting of the islands is planned to begin in February. MCBP was instrumental in establishing the process.
Pictured above, staff member Amanda Poskaitis next to new island next to green marker 25. Notice the stick she is holding. It denotes the amount of very soft sediment before hard sand was hit.
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Coastal Stewards help second graders explore extinction and conservation
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 Coastal Stewards discussed extinction, recovered species and conservation with second graders. Together, they made origami passenger pigeons - learn more at foldtheflock.org. Most importantly, they discussed the positive impacts people can have when working together to protect nature, including rich habitats like our coastal bays. |
| eBird Tuesdays at the Ward Museum |
 The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University, invites birders and nature enthusiasts of all levels to join local birders, Ward Museum staff, and SU students and faculty every Tuesday at 9 am to collect data on local migrating bird populations and submit that data into the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's eBird citizen science program. For more information, click here. |
