Smith Island study: students learn Bay ecology on Tylerton visit
Middletown students spend three days on Smith Island Tylerton and nearby communities. They canoe to the wastewater plant collect water samples test phosphates and nitrates and tour crab boats. They observe marshes wildlife and the watershed linking Frederick County to the Chesapeake Bay.
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Ms. Kerres
Mr. Wiigis
Tylerton
Damon
Bradshaw
Marsh mucking field trip on Smith Island adventure
Middletown High School biology students led by Ron Albaugh spent three days on Smith Island Maryland staying at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation center. They canoe marsh creeks observed soft shell crabbing identified wildlife and tested salinity while learning how marshes support the Chesapeake Bay food chain and wildlife.
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Smith Island
David Turesi
David
Middletown High School
Ron Albaugh
Maryland
Chesapeake
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Middletown
Crisfield
Smith
Sland
Boal
Albaugh
Damon Simms
Ted Wilgis
Alison Valois
Toni McAfee
Missy
Plant
Bay Foundation
Mr. Wilgis
Craig Gorsuch
Chesapeake Bay
Students learn ecology on Smith Island voyage with teacher
Seventeen Middletown High School students and biology teacher Ron Albaugh spent three days at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Smith Island Center exploring life on the island in its natural state and as a human habitat. They joined canoe trips, birdwatching, marsh treks, and oyster tastings while discussing global issues like deforestation and carbon dioxide. The trip inspired plans to raise funds for a dissolved oxygen monitor and to pursue environmental preservation, with hopes to study endangered species and habitat restoration. Ann Stewart noted cold conditions in a Foundation house, while students like Missy Dirks and Heidi Ricker spoke about conservation and practical steps to curb pollution and protect ecosystems.
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Smith Island
Tylerton
Ewell
Rhodes Point
Tyletton
Ann Stewart
Middletown
Marie Keenan
Clay Clayton
Clay
Salisbury
Chestertown
Tylerton Harbor
Kelly Cook
Blue Crab
Damon Simms
Blue Devil
John Henry
Sook
Jimmie
Chesapeake
Potomac
Susquehanna
James
York
Bay
Smith
Annapolis
Denny Bradshaw
The
Bay Foundation
Watermen
Virginia
Maryland
Caroline Kurrus
Ted Wilgis
Missy Dirks
Shane Labrush
Jenn Duncan
Kurrus
St. Louis
University of Vermont
Germany
Vermont
Wilgis
Delaware
Connecticut
Foundation
Charlottesville
Craig Gorsuch
Gorsuch
Baltimore
Norfolk
Crsfield
Middletown High School
Ron Albaugh
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Smith Island Center
Pam Toms
Heidi Ricker
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