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Dewey Beach Patrol hosts environmental outreach program
August 16, 2014
Chris Patrone of the Delaware Sea Grant Program helps Riley Faircloth identify plankton caught in the net while Luke Burton, center, and Joe Coveleski, hidden, await their turn. BY DAN COOK
Dewey Beach Patrol's Chico Barranco points out aquatic macro-invertebrates caught in his sein to the children gathered at his station. BY DAN COOK
Emma Keil, 7, left, and her brother Wyatt, 11, examine the aquatic life caught by Envirotech Environmental Consulting. BY DAN COOK
Luke Burton, 9, examines plankton under a microscope from the Sea Grant College Program. BY DAN COOK
Chance McGill, 7, examines the sea turtle shell brought by the Marine Education, Research and Rehabitation Institute. BY DAN COOK
Environtech Director of Operations Brooke Baker demonstrates how clams move to Victoria Parson, left, and Drew Fitzkee. BY DAN COOK
McKenzie Todd, 5, shows her shiner caught in the fish sein. BY DAN COOK
Sea Grant coastal hazards and resiliency specialist Wendy Carey explains how to escape the danger of a rip current. BY DAN COOK
Chris Patrone, right, of the Delaware Sea Grant Program helps Riley Faircloth identify plankton under a microscope. BY DAN COOK
Luke Burton identifies plankton caught in the Rehoboth Bay BY DAN COOK
Dewey Beach Patrol guard Chico Barranco shows sein-caught aquatic life to Ellie Roberts, Sam Starr, Carrie Clausios and Matthew Friscia. BY DAN COOK
The Dewey Beach Patrol combined with Envirotech Evironmental Consulting, the Center for the Inland Bays, The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, and The Delaware Sea Grant Program to reach out to the community and expose them to the plant and animal life in the Inland Bays ecosystem.
The August 7 outreach program invited participants to engage in educational activities such as fish seining, horseshoe crabs and their lifecycle, wetlands function, aquatic macro-invertebrate identification and marine reptile displays.
