Get Involved: Things You Can Do to Improve the Waters You Enjoy
Protecting Our Waterways
This article on how the boating public and vessel operators
can help protect marine and coastal habitats first appeared
in the newsletter The Foghorn.
Get Involved in Beach Protection and Clean Up Programs
There are many ways to get involved in protecting the nation's
beaches from water pollution. Getting involved in a local
clean up effort of other beach protection program is a great
way to assist federal, state, and local officials in protecting
your health while swimming at the beach. Some Volunteer Clean-ups:
Protect Coastal Waters from Nonpoint Source Pollution
When rain falls or snow melts, the seemingly negligible amounts
of chemicals and other pollutants around your home and lawn
get picked up and carried through storm drains to the local
waterway. This site lists specific "dos" and "don'ts" that will
help you reduce nonpoint source pollution and become part of
the solution to keeping beach water clean.
Surf
Your Watershed
Most water is polluted from pollution-generating activities
upstream. Therefore, it is important for you to know about pollutants
entering the water from other communities. Surf Your Watershed
will help you learn about pollutants and sources that affect
the water quality in your local watershed.
Information on the things everyone can do to help prevent
pollution (for
kids).
A number of resources for Children's education and environmental
stewardship.
BayScapes are environmentally-sound landscapes benefitting people,
wildlife, and the Chesapeake Bay. BayScaping approaches landscaping
through principles inspired by relationships in the natural
environment.