5 years ago
What happens when you mix a branch of the military with a bunch of environmentalists? Maybe you find a way to mix security with a better bay.
9 News' Stacey Cohan takes a project we've been working on for weeks to be part of this unusual blend of green government.
Stacey Cohan's report
Sometimes 'Mother Nature' overdoes it. So it is left to us to hack away at things that could choke the Bay and its tributaries.
But too often, it's our actions that cause the problems. The shoreline around this naval base in southern Saint Mary's County is badly eroded thanks to years of pollution. So the Navy recruited civilian help.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA, is knee deep in a project aimed at restoring new these shore. Part of it involves planting new aquatic vegetation grown in offices around Washington.
You may remember that we've been growing bay grasses here at the station just for NOAA's restoration day. After eight weeks, our sprouted seedlings were ready for their new home.
The addition of our three trays made a total of 54 new plots of Sago Pond weed.
Everyone here knows the new beds are but a small splash in the tidal wave of devastation that has corrupted the bay's ecosystem. But it's proved a successful method.
And anyone who has spent weeks growing this stuff and hours of wet, sweaty work planting it, may go home with a new desire to protect what they themselves created.
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Written by Stacey Cohan
