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The following images were taken during the past two NOAA Restoration Days and throughout the NOAA bay grass growing and planting initiative which began in 2002. This archive dates from 2002 - 2006.

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.

2006 Photos

NOAA Restoration Day Activities -- Maryland Event: June 13, 2006
Third annual NOAA Restoration Day event at the Trent Hall Restoration Site in MD.

• Welcome Remarks - Speakers included: Dick Myers, Senator Mikulski’s staffer; Garry Mayer, Deputy, NMFS Office ofHabitat Conservation; Craig McLean, Deputy AA NOS (Acting); and, Tim Keeney, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere.

• Fish Seining - Six species of fish were identified at the beach site during the fish seining activity including Silverside, Bay Anchovy, White Perch, and Blue Crab. 
  
  
• Beach Planting - About 30 volunteers planted 500 Spartina alterniflora marsh plants at the beach site (two teams of 15 each).
  
  
• Underwater Bay Grass Planting by NOAA Staff - Approximately 20 NOAA volunteers planted 50 trays of widgeon and redhead underwater Bay grasses grown in 17 systems throughout NOAA's Silver Spring, MD campus.
  
  
• Underwater Bay Grass Planting by School Students - Fourteen students and teachers planted 6 trays of widgeon and redhead underwater Bay grasses grown in 2 systems in their classrooms (4th, 5th, and 6th graders from Congressional Schools of Virginia and Sligo Elementary School).
  
  
• Water Quality Testing - Approximately fifteen volunteers helped to test the water quality near the dock. Salinity was 12.6 ppt and water clarity was good for this site and time of year; Secchi depth was 0.9 meters.
  
  
• Oyster Restoration - Rich Takacs, RC guided approximately fifteen volunteers in seeding an existing off-shore oyster reef with 100 bags (approximately 250,000 oysterspat) of native oysters.
  
  
• Bottom Mapping & Bird Identification - Two NOAA vessels provided coastal bottom mapping and habitat characterization demonstrations In addition, a team of ten volunteers identified 56 bird species (135 individuals).
  
  
• CO-OPS Presentation - A team from NOS/Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) provided a poster presentation explaining what CO-OPS does related to tide stations and water level analysis, focusing on habitat mapping in the Chesapeake Bay.
  
  
• NGS Elevation Demo - Galen Scott and his team from NOS's Nationanl Geodetic Survey (NGS) provided a demo to explain three methods for creating elevation contours used for coastal mapping.
  
  
• Sampling Invertebrates - Bruce Moravchik, NOS/CED led over 25 volunteers in finding eleven taxanomic groups of macro-invertebrates (46 individuals) near the created marsh area.
  
  
• Monitoring Plant Survival - Walter Priest, NCBO and about fifty participants monitored the survival of wetland plants previously planted in the six acres of created marsh. 
  
  
• Planting Marsh Buffer - Approximately fifty volunteers planted 900 switch grass plugs and 200 marsh shrubs as a buffer around the six acres of the newly created marsh area. Megan Forbes, ORR and Jason Rolfe, ORR led this activity.
  
  

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
Second annual NOAA Restoration Day event at the Webster Field Naval Air Station in St. Inigoes, MD.

• Event Set-up

• Welcome Remarks
  
  
• Oyster Restoration
  
  
• Wetlands Planting
  
  
• Invasive Plant Removal
  
  
• Shoreline Clean-up
  
  
• Bay Grass Planting (page 2)
  
  
• Lunchtime Lecture with Rich Takacs
  
  
  

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 formal NOAA Restoration Day event held at the Chesapeake Bay Enviornmental Center (CBEC) in Grasonville, MD on the eastern shore.

• Opening Remarks
  
  
• Dr. Hogarth Visiting Site
  
  
• Bay Grass Planting (page 2, page 3)
  
  
• Oyster Restoration
  
  
• Dock Construction
  
  
• Terrapin Protection Lecture
  
  
• Installation of Fiber Coir Biolog for Shoreline Stabilization
  
• Wetland Planting (page 2, page 3)
  

• Hurricane Isabel Clean-up and Debris Removal
  
  
• June 18, 2004 - Bay Grass Monitoring Status
  
  

Bay Grass Tanks in Silver Spring Offices (March - June 2004)

• 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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