Wednesday, July 2, 1:00-4:00
pm
Long Beach
Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences
Don’t miss
this fun family afternoon of learning about our Bay. Meet
the area organizations that are working to protect and
restore our Bay habitat. Short presentations will be given
by student scientists
who are studying the Bay and its challenges. Chat with these
inspiring teens about their experiences. View the osprey
nesting platform. Learn about rain gardens and native
plants. See the watershed model and how the waters of our
estuary are impacted by human behavior. Meet the MATES and
their diamondback terrapins. Learn about Bay-Friendly
products for your home and personal care. Print a T-shirt
with your favorite Bay creature. Decorate a shell. Learn
about the Clam Trail. Don’t miss the clam shucking contest!
And, pick up your copy of the
Island
Blue Pages: A Guitde to Protecting LBI’s Waters
to learn more about what YOU
can do.
Anticipated
Exhibits & Activities:
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Clean
Ocean Action:
Watershed model, Fishometer—status of legislation to
protect our bight, sign the petition
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Paint-A-Fish: Identify
typical bay fish and make a print of your favorite
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Attracting wild birds to
your backyard
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Paint
the Giant Clam
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Rain gardening:
Master Gardeners of
Ocean County
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Terrapins of the bay:
MATES
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LBI Neighbors coloring
projects
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Upwellers and reclamming
projects: ReClam the
Bay
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Check out the osprey
platform: Rutgers
Cooperative Extension
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Clean
Marina Program
(Robbie’s Ladies Marina): Program info, tide charts,
Birding for Boaters
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Rare
Find Nursery:
see the native plants that thrive at the beach while the
kids check out how carnivorous varieties survive
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Alliance for a Living Ocean:
Learn about seining
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Learn about the
Bay-related projects & activities of the
American Littoral
Society
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Pangea
Naturals
(a Bay Friendly Business) will provide samples of safe
Earth Friendly products and safe, eco-friendly &
effective household cleaning products
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Barnegat Bay National
Estuary Program:
information about various projects
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Check out the
USNSC Sea Cadet Program
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Clam
shucking contest @ 2:30 PM:
watch the local chefs as they vie for the championship,
then try your luck
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Island
Blue Pages: A Guide to Protecting LBI’s Waters:
Pick
up your free copy and learn how you can help Save Our
Bay
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Save Our Bay stickers
for sale: help us raise the money for the next printing
of the Island Blue Pages
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And more...
