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The following images were taken during the past NOAA Restoration Days and throughout the NOAA bay grass growing and planting initiative which began in 2002. This archive dates from 2002 - 2007.

Note: Years are organized in reverse chronologic order -- most recent year first with photos shown sequentially within the year to most accurately represent the growing and planting sequence (i.e. starting with setting up the tanks and ending with the planting day). Return to the Main Photo Gallery.

2007 Photos

NOAA Restoration Day Activities -- Maryland Event: June 12, 2007
The fourth annual NOAA Restoration Day event was held at the Jug Bay Component of theChesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maryland in Upper Marlboro. More than 150 NOAA volunteers planted underwater grasses grown in 22 tanks in NOAA offices, transplanted wild rice, performed fish seining and sampling, mapped and removed invasive plants, and completed digital elevation mapping.

• Select links below to see photos and descriptions of the various activities.
• See Maryland Agenda Details
• See July 13, 2007 status/monitoring photos

NOAA Restoration Day Activities -- Virginia Event: June 12, 2007
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rice Center for Environmental Education

The second Virginia initiative, expanding upon Maryland's on-going event, was coordinated by the Virginia NOAA Chesapeake Bay office. This event was done in partnership with the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the US Fish and Wildlife, and Harrison Lake National Fish Hatchery.

• Virginia Event

Other 2007 Site Visits to Jug Bay:

• April and May 2007 - Jug Bay Site Visits

2006 Photos

NOAA Restoration Day Activities -- Maryland Event: June 13, 2006
Trent Hall, MD

On Tuesday, June 13, more than 100 volunteers from all NOAA Line Offices joined students from Congressional Schools of Virginia, and Sligo Elementary School to restore the Chesapeake Bay as part of the third annual NOAA Restoration Day event.  Participants planted underwater bay grasses (grown in 17-NOAA offices and three at local schools), stabilized the shoreline with native plants, seeded an offshore oyster reef, monitored water quality, sampled fish and invertebrates, and included demos of innovative restoration techniques by NGS and CO-OPS.  The activities were part of the Chalk Point oil spill restoration effort and took place in Trent Hall, MD. 

• Select links below to see photos and descriptions of the various activities.
• See Maryland 2006 Agenda Details

Other 2006 Site Visits to Trent Hall:

• Late August - Early September 2006 - Status Update / Monitoring Visit (Trent Hall, MD)
  
  
• April 24, 2006 - Field Visit to 2006 Restoration Day Site (Trent Hall, MD)
  
  
• March 13, 2006 - Field Visit to 2006 Restoration Day Site (Trent Hall, MD)
  
  

2006 Bay Grass Tanks in Silver Spring Offices:

• April 14, 2006 - Status of Silver Spring NOAA Tanks
  (page 2)
  
  
• March 27, 2006 - NOS/MB/CED Setting Up Bay Grass Tank
  
  
• March 24, 2006 - NOS/NGS Setting Up Bay Grass Tank
  
  
• March 23, 2006 - NOS/MB/Special Projects Setting Up
  Bay Grass Tank
  
  
• March 23, 2006 - Bay Grass Growing Workshop

2005 Photos

NOAA Restoration Day Activities -- June 14, 2005
Webster Field Naval Air Station in St. Inigoes, MD
Second annual NOAA Restoration Day event

On Tuesday, June 14, 2005, over 100 NOAA staff joined personnel from the U.S. Navy and St. Mary’s College to restore a portion of the Chesapeake Bay shoreline during the second annual NOAA Restoration Day event at the Navy’s Webster Field Annex, in St. Mary’s County, MD.  Participants planted 54 trays of underwater grasses previously grown in NOAA offices in Silver Spring.  They also installed 5,400 wetlands plants, distributed 100 bags of native oysters, and removed invasive species from the water’s edge.  All together these projects will help restore more than 1,000 feet of highly eroding shoreline.  The staff-led effort (administered by a team from Restoration Center, NCBO and NOS Special Projects Office), supplements an existing restoration project at the Navy site supported by NOAA’s Community-based Restoration program.

• Select links below to see photos and descriptions of the various activities.
• See Maryland 2005 Agenda Details.

Bay Grass Tanks in Silver Spring Offices (March - June 2005)

• March 24, 2005 - Bay Grass Growing Workshop

• March 24, 2005 - NOS/Special Projects (SP) Tank Set-up

• April 2005 - Status of Tanks (page 2)

• June 2005 - Status of Tanks (page 2)
  
  
  

2004 Photos

NOAA Restoration Day Activities -- June 15, 2004
First event
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Enviornmental Center (CBEC)

On Tuesday, June 15, over 90 Silver Spring NOAA volunteers waded out into warm, murky water in the Chesapeake Bay getting wet up to their necks while planting underwater bay grasses that they had grown in their offices.  This was the first NOAA Restoration Day event, an opportunity for NOAA employees to work together to make a difference through a variety of hands-on, in-the-field restoration activities.  Besides planting underwater grasses, volunteers participated in four other activities including wetland planting and the installation of biologs for shoreline stabilization, offshore oyster restoration, dock construction, and a shoreline cleanup.  All activities aimed to help improve habitat and water quality of the Chesapeake Bay, a local treasure that is severely degraded due to human impacts. 

• Select links below to see photos and descriptions of the various activities.
• See 2004 Agenda Details
• June 18, 2004 - Bay Grass Monitoring Status

Bay Grass Tanks in Silver Spring Offices (March - June 2004)
Images of the underwater grass tanks in NOAA offices.

• March 23, 2004 - Bay Grass Growing Workshop
  
  
• March 23, 2004 - NOS/SP Tank Set-up and Planting Redhead
  
  
• March 25, 2004 - NOS/CED Tank Set-up and Planting Redhead
  
  
• March 26, 2004 - NWS Tank Set-up and Planting Redhead
  
  
• March 30, 2004 - Restoration Center Trays of Redhead
  
  
• March 31, 2004 - Status of Some NOAA Tanks
  
  
• April 12, 2004 - Status of Some NOAA Tanks
  
  
• April 20, 2004 - NMFS Habitat Protection/Headquarters Tank
  
  
• June 9, 2004 - Last Look at NOAA Tanks Before Planting Day
  
  
• June 9 and 10, 2004 - Last Look at NOAA Tanks Before Planting Day (continued)

2003 Photos

Two underwater bay grass planting dates were held on May 31 and June 17, 2003 with NOAA volunteers and Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Otter Point Creek staff expertise at Otter Point Creek NERRS in Abingdon, MD (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cbnerr/opc.asp)

• March 2003 - Setting-up bay grass tanks at workshop (page 1)
  
  
• March 2003 - Setting-up bay grass tanks at workshop (page 2)
  
  
• NOAA grow tanks
  
  
• May 31, 2003 - Planting Planting at Otter Point Creek NERRS
  
  
• June 17, 2003 - Planting Planting at Otter Point Creek NERRS

2002 Photos

Underwater bay grass planting activity with NOAA volunteers and Chesapeake Bay Foundation expertise on June 27, 2002 at Otter Point Creek NERRS in Abingdon, MD (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cbnerr/opc.asp)

• March - June 2002 - NOAA grow tanks in Silver Spring, MD
  
  
• June 27, 2002 - Planting at Otter Point Creek NERRS (page 1)
  
  
• June 27, 2002 - Planting at Otter Point Creek NERRS (page 2)

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