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Recreation and
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Recreation and
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What would you do?
Hampshire H.S.-Moore
4/1/2008
As a tourist there are certain things that I expect when
I come to the Chesapeake Bay
area. What I do not want to see is broken bottles on the
road, trash, and other forms of
malnutrition and litter. I come here to see the animals
alive, not dead on the road, or
trapped in bottle cans, or their furs full of oil and
contaminated water. When I come here I
would like to see the exact opposite, I want to see
clean rivers, and clean animals. I want
to be able to walk through a State Park, or a campsite
with out having to side step every
second just so that I don’t step on trash or any other
contaminated liquids. Since I help pay
for half the stuff that goes on here, I should be
entitled to a few perks as to the condition
of the parks. Some of the things that I’d like to see
my money go to would be like a
cleaning crew or something to get rid of all the trash
and garbage that has accumulated
around the area; as well as specialists to help the
animals get out of their current and
painful conditions. In order for these things to be
complete I would be willing to pay more
money for admission and what ever else the park or camp
has to offer.
Ask a Thoughtful Question or Respond
Thoughtful
Questions
From:
Team Green - homeowner - HHS
Ask
4/7/2008
Do you think that you can find any places around here
that are actually clean and
would you be willing to physically help clean up your
part of the neighborhood to get
to your solution? Also, how much would you be willing to
pay to help clean up and
would you expect your money to go to cause as you wish?
From:
Foggy - recreation - HHS
Ask
4/7/2008
Would you be willing to join one of these cleaning
crews, do you want to be the
person who has to walk around and pick up other peoples
trash?
Response
What would you do? - recreation - HHS
4/10/2008
9:47:00 AM
If the cleaning crew was in my neighborhood I would more
in likely join the
cleaning crew, and help pick up the trash.
From:
DORY-DORY FISH - Waterman - MHS
Ask
4/8/2008
Why is it that you pay for half of what goes on in that
area, is it a fee for touring?
and how much is half?
Response
What would you do? - recreation - HHS
4/10/2008
9:44:00 AM
Our tax money helps pay for half the stuff, along with
the fact that in
'some' National Parks, and other areas of Historical
reference and whatnot,
there tends to be a gift shop where people spend their
money, and that
money they spend at the gift shop might sometimes get
put into the money to
help with the forest. Some places do have touring
fee's, and as far as the
half of the money that would probably depend on where
you went.
From:
Home Jackets - homeowner - MHS
Ask
4/8/2008
What did you mean about all this, I do not understands
this at all.
From:
fishies - CB_Ecosystem - MHS
Ask
4/8/2008
Well, how does this apply to the Bay's problems? How
does it affect state parks?
From:
The Forester Boys - Other - KHS(K)
Statement
4/10/2008
I don't think that paying more for the admission to
the park would be enough to
pay for the clean up crews in the park. You would have
to get the state to give more
money for them to be paid their hourly wages. Other than
that I couldn't agree
more with what you have stated.
Response
What would you do? - recreation - HHS
4/15/2008
I must say that I wholly agree with your statement.
Thank you for pointing that
out for me.
From:
Chicken Kickers'' 101 - farmer - MHS
Ask
4/11/2008
If you want to see the world be a cleaner place, why not
help clean it up?
From:
Chicken Kickers'' 101 - farmer - MHS
Ask
4/11/2008
Does the bay have campsites?
From:
DORY-DORY FISH - Waterman - MHS
Ask
4/11/2008
Instead of paying more money for the camp would you be
willing to offer some of your
time to clean up the litter in the area.
From:
Chesapeake Cottage Dwellers - homeowner - MdSA
Ask
4/16/2008
What if people aren't willing to pay more money? What
else can you do directly to clean
up and how do you know that the money goes to the clean
up? How do you know that the
money isn't going toward the restoration?
From:
Because we said so. - local_gov - JWHS(T)
Statement
4/21/2008
I like how you are being very suportive of cleaning up
the bay and how you even offer to
pay more money. It shows that the bay actaully means
something to the people who
come to visit it. It lame how other people don't care
and they keep making it worse for
the people who actaully want to enjoy the bay.
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Recreation and
Tourism
Foggy
Hampshire H.S.-Moore
4/1/2008
As recreationist we are important because we, care and
respect the environment. Problems
with the bay affect us because we use it for
recreational activities. The solution we
would prefer is Riparian Forest Buffers. This would not
cost much at all just some of your
time and patience. Not only would this BMP benefit us
but all other living organisms in the
area. Living near the bay or being able to get there
would make our group more interested in
participating. This would help reduce pollution and
help put nutrients back in the water,
causing fresher water and healthier fish. There
is a possible chance if the bay is not
cleaned people participating in recreational activities
may stop. If we give the land owners
tax breaks for leaving a certain amount of land as
forest on their development.
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From:
Yellow Lemons - recreation - JWHS(T)
Ask
4/15/2008
This is good idea you have about giving the land owners
a tax break. I did not even think
about that. And i agree that if the bay is not cleaned
then recreation will downhill. And
just to get get a better idea, how will you clean the
bay?
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mystery people
Jefferson H.S.-Gipson
4/2/2008
we are important because we want to help with
polution.the bays problems affect us
because we may not be able to take people across the bay
for tours.We wouldnt be able to
swim because of the polution.This affects us personaly
because we want to be able to
have fun but we can't cause it could make us sick and
could die.A solution we would prefer
would be to have lke everybody help out and clean up
around it and stop puttin stuff in the
toilets or any thing that led to the bay.we would have
to give up our free time and effot
yes if people accauly stop poluting the bay and streams
around us.i dont think we could be
harmed in the process
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From:
FAB Hunters - recreation - KHS(K)
Ask
4/10/2008
What in the bay could make us sick and could potentially
kill us? And what goes into
the toilets isnt the only thing that goes into the bay.
From:
K.A. Recreation Crew - recreation - MdSA
Ask
4/16/2008
Do you have any other solutions or plans? Maybe you
could put grass buffers and/or
trees along the edge of the Bay to help slow down
runoff.
From:
The Pitchforks - farmer - MdSA
Ask
4/16/2008
What are some of the possible things that could cause us
to die? How would you be able
to get people to help with pollution; like how would you
advertise it? What are some
things that could stop pollution?
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The redneck cleaners
Buffalo Gap H.S.-Riley
4/3/2008
We feel that we need to clean the bay. When we go on
vacation or on fishing trips we want
POV:
to be able to fish, swim, and boat. If the water is
dirty then the seaweed and other plants
get tangled in the motor. If it’s dirty then the fish
will all die and there will be nothing to
fish for. If I’m swimming in the bay I want to be able
to see the bottom and know what I’m
stepping on so I know it’s not a hole. Lastly if the
bay is dirty no body will want to be there
so there will be no tourism, therefore causing the lose
of many job.
In conclusion we need to do something about the
pollution problem for our and the
animals sake. We need to raise the wealthy mans taxes
double depending on their income,
therefore we can take that money and put it towards our
bay clean up project. We need
to focus more on the problem at hand which would be
trying to get rid of the bigger
companies because they are the main source of or bay
pollution problem and if the
inspectors would watch better and crack down on this
stuff we wouldn’t have this problem.
Next we need to take care of the problems on the
streets like pollution from cars oil any
kind of runoff that will be hard but if we all join
together we can prevent this from
happening.
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Thoughtful
Questions
From:
Remonster - recreation - CHS
Ask
4/11/2008
If the water was dirty then the sunlight wont get to the
plants so the plants wont grow.
Then you wont have to worry about your motor. What would
your bay project clean up
include?
Response
The redneck cleaners - recreation - BGHS
4/25/2008
the money in our project would include paying people to
take time and help clean
up the pollution in and around the bay.
From:
K.A. Recreation Crew - recreation - MdSA
Ask
4/16/2008
I think you have a good approach to the bay's problems.
I don't think you should just
tax the rich people, you could ask them if they could
give more money. Where would
their money go? I agree with you about the dirty water.
To help with cleaning the Bay
you could come up with suggestions. I like your paper
and your ideas.
Response
The redneck cleaners - recreation - BGHS
4/25/2008
our money would go toward paying people to help clean up
the trash adn pollution
around the Bay.
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Recreation and
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ballast fo life
Jefferson H.S.-Gipson
4/4/2008
i think we our important because we play sports and we
tour around these areas if we can
not play sports then people will not tour as much ...if
our enviroment is dirty then we will not
come tour the historical parts of our area......Some
people live off of sports and without
them they will complain and our enviroment will get a
really bad reputation.....Tourist are
important because we bring them here from other areas
and they expect to see clean
historical areas they would not like to see there
history destroyed by us.....
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From:
Foggy - recreation - HHS
Ask
4/7/2008
What would be your solution to pollution in the
Chesapeake Bay?
From:
S.E.E.K. - homeowner - HHS
Ask
4/8/2008
We feel your POV is unclear. Can you say exactly..What
is your point?
Do you have any real suggestions for solutions to your
problem?
We're happy to see you using this format to find your
voice. Please clear your
throat.
From:
What would you do? - recreation - HHS
Ask
4/8/2008
What does sports have to do with helping the
environment? I mean I know that
sports will help bring in publicity in some areas, but
it doesn't really help with the
environment in my opinion. Do you remember what the
ground looks like after a game
of baseball or any other sport?
From:
Home Jackets - homeowner - MHS
Ask
4/8/2008
Where did you get your sources? How does playing sports
and touring affect water
pollution?
From:
KFT - CB_Ecosystem - HHS
Statement
4/10/2008
Your ideas could be put to good use if you would correct
your grammatical errors
and make one good statement rather than multiple ideas
at once.
From:
KN tourist company - recreation - JWHS(F)
Ask
4/14/2008
What exactly is your plan to clean the bay? From the
looks of it you just want to
conserve the area and not help clean it.
From:
D.C.I.R. - CB_Ecosystem - JWHS(F)
Ask
4/14/2008
Hmmm, for a fleshy, you make some valid points.
However, as a critter, how will this
effect us directly? Ya lost me... And don't worry, I
won't direct you on your grammer.
It's your paper, your business!
That is all, so farewell!!!
From:
Bojangles - farmer - JWHS(T)
Ask
4/15/2008
what can you do to prevent the pollution in the bay?
From:
Bojangles - farmer - JWHS(T)
Statement
4/15/2008
You dont say what you can do to improve the inviromet or
to help you only talk about
how people effect it.
From:
awesomley amazing super spectacular envoirnmentalist -
Other -
Ask
4/17/2008
I really dont understanf what your trying to do. it just
sounds as if your promoting your
sports and are trying to get people ther so you dont
have to do anything to contribute.
From:
awesomley amazing super spectacular envoirnmentalist -
Other -
Statement
4/22/2008
you are exactly right i want you people to clean it up
and i play the sports it helps both
of us we could hire people with the money we recieve to
help clean the enviroment
From:
Rollin' in the Green - Other - MRGS
Ask
4/23/2008
Sports are great; I understand that. But what do they
have to do with cleaning up the
Chesapeake Bay? You dwell on the fact that you want to
clean up the environment. But
you don't specify where or how. Also, you say that some
people live off of sports. Does
this have anything to do with the bay? If so, what
sports, or we can say "recreation
activities", are being affected?
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Recreation and
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The Red Neck Yacht
Club
James Wood H.S.-Fordyce
4/8/2008
We at the Recreation and Tourism Bureau of Frederick
County have proposed a plan to
help clean up the Bay and the waters that make up it’s
watershed. This plan will take
multiple factions of the state and federal governments
working together on a long term
basis to clean the Bay. Our plan will also need the
support of the local citizens, and
inhabitants of the watershed. Our plan has five key
steps to cleaning up the bay and it’s
tributaries.
Step One:
Create a Volunteer Network across multiple states that
would work to do road-side clean
up, education opportunities for school children of all
ages; work-release and probation
workers that could help clear trash out of local streams
and rivers, and run fund-raisers in
state districts to raise money to clean up an area.
Educate and advertise for the public to
get involved in recycling, park enhancement programs,
and stream clean up.
Step Two:
Petition the state and local governments to convince
them to set aside large portions of
land to use as state parks and land-trusts that will
protect the water systems and ecology
in that area. Our Bureau would provide volunteer labor
to help build trails for hiking, picnic
shelters, camp sights, and docks along the water ways
for boat enthusiasts and fishermen.
Theses parks would also provide a recharge zone for the
rain water and a preserve for
wildlife and plant life.
Step three:
Convince the large developing companies to build
Green, or at least Greener than they are
now. This will cut down on the run off pollution from
construction sites, and help save
energy and water. The states should also pass ordinances
that force developers to leave at
least 100 feet of natural grass, trees, and foliage
between them and the water’s edge,
and laws prohibiting drain fields directly near a water
source and stricter regulations on
septic tanks. Partition off an area of land that the
developers can use, on the condition that
they build ‘green’ (or as green as possible). Make it
mandatory that they must leave 100
feet of grass, trees, brush, and other natural
vegetation between the home and the water’s
edge. Have the plumbing arranged so that the waste
water is taken away from the bay,
and that is it buried deep enough that potential
hurricanes and floods can’t bust the pipes.
This will make the cost of building the homes higher,
but if it helps control the pollution that
is flowing into the bay less, then everyone benefits.
Step four:
Residential homes should have filters on their sewage
tanks and drains if they have a drain
field or septic tank that can be easily changed, to
help absorb toxins such as E. coli,
Botulism, Giarrdia, chemical toxins, and nitrates. If
you have city water, and you waste is
transferred to a water treatment plant, we should have
stricter regulations on how the
waste is treated. (Under the current regulations,
treatment plants can dump the excess
sewage (untreated) into the river. This is happening
more and more because there is too
much waste water for the small treatment facilities to
handle).
Step five:
Petition the local governments to pass laws
restricting farmers from having livestock
waste draining directly into water systems, and
ordinances prohibiting cattle and other free
range livestock from entering the water. The use of
sediment pounds and water troughs
would easily cut down the nitrate pollution in streams
and rivers that lead to the bay.
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From:
Home Jackets - homeowner - MHS
Ask
4/11/2008
Have you considered having programs in schools to help
clean up streams?
Response
The Red Neck Yacht Club - recreation - JWHS(F)
4/15/2008
Thank you for responding to our forum. I had never
really thought about
adding school programs to teach students specifically
about the environment. I
always thought that Earth Science classes and Ag classes
did a fairly decent job,
but it would be interesting to have a class dedicated
to teaching people how to
care for the environment.
From:
fishies - CB_Ecosystem - MHS
Statement
4/11/2008
I like your 5 step process its looks really well
researched.
Response
The Red Neck Yacht Club - recreation - JWHS(F)
4/15/2008
To the good people of the Team Fishies,
I wanted to thank you for responding to our forum.
I read yours last week
and really thought that you all had some great ideas.
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KN tourist company
James Wood H.S.-Fordyce
4/8/2008
As a tourism company having the watershed is very
important to my company because
without it I couldn’t give boats ride around the bay. I
also couldn’t give facts and historical
evidence that shows we need the bay more than people
think. With the bay my company can
make money and show tourists that the bay is needed by
other companies other than mine.
While the tour is going on in the bay we can show people
how to keep the bay clean and
healthy, and hopefully they will take it in and help
restore the bay to the once beautiful rich
bay it use to be.
Since the bay is dirty, filthy, and dieing it makes
touring of the bay useless. If we start to
clean the bay, we can start up touring the bay and
showing people how to keep the bay
clean. While the bay is dirty and unhealthy it makes
touring the bay unpleasant for some
people, and a learning process for others. If the bay
keeps going as it is then my touring
business will be ruined.
If the bay gets healthy and cleaner then my business
can start giving more tours around
the bay showing people how important the bay is. When
the bay is healthy we can show
people how to keep the bay healthy and show ways to
prevent it from going back to the
way it was. While living on the bay I have seen many
different things go on inside the bay,
such as dumping of waste, over crabbing, to many
ships/boats flooding the waters with
gasoline and oil.
Some solutions my group would do is, show people ways
to prevent damaging/harming the
Chesapeake bay. While on the tour we will show people
before and after pictures of the
bay so they understand how the bay has been affected
over the years. When the tour is
done we would give the tourists pamphlets giving ideas
on how they can save, and keep the
bay clean for more generations to come.
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From:
Little Green Axman - Other - MRGS
Ask
4/23/2008
What methods of preserving the bay would you advocate on
your bay tours? I first
suggest that you advertise the positive repercussions of
recycling, set up proper disposal
units to reduce litter, and consolidate important bay
facts into pamphlets for
educational purposes.
Secondly, do you believe that giving Environmentally
driven lectures during a bay tour
would raise awareness or attract attention to your
cause? Is it possible that becoming a
politically charged company in supporting Bay
preservation could alienate certain
consumers who do not share this view? Bay tourism is not
inclusive only to bay tours, but
all tourism industries centered in its watershed.
Keeping the bay clean is vital to
everyone who relies on the bay for relaxation or
economic purposes. I believe that
raising awareness to the bay's poor condition is a good
first step, but how would you
advertise this? Would it be more effective to use a
portion of your profit to support the
bay clean up? Lastly, I think it would benefit your
company to 'Go Green' in your
attempt to help the bay. By reducing transportation or
use of environmentally harmful
fuel you would help champion the bay's clean up effort
and lead by example.
From:
DB Defenders - Waterman - JWHS(T)
Ask
4/23/2008
Do you know if there are any particular boats or types
of equipment you could use to
help save the bay? There may be some that are less
harmful to the environment. It
seems like you could contribute more than just educating
the public.
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WI tourist group
James Wood H.S.-Fordyce
4/8/2008
I as a tourist organization will be very important to
the water system that much as a
whole. I could help to open the eyes of the people that
have never seen the bay. This could
make them realize how precious this place really is and
we need to cherish and take care
of what we have before it is gone. The bays problems may
affect my group a good bit. If
the water is dirty and polluted it could draw people
away from the Chesapeake Bay
watershed. Also it could change there mind in seeing
that something needs to be done witch
is a very good thing. The government is going to start a
project that helps to clean up the
watershed with the help of juveniles and some
volunteers. The juvenile’s community service
will be cleaning the bay. But my idea is since I run a
tourist organization; I thought that
some of the profit would go to the study and cleaning of
the bay. I chose to fund the
CBCPA (Chesapeake Bay cleaning process association). The
solutions may affect my
company profits in the beginning, but when the watershed
is becoming clean and looks
beautiful it will convey tourist back in. When
sightseers come to my tourist organization,
being white water rafting or boat tours, we will tell
them some of there money goes to the
study and cleaning of the watershed. That could make
people more willing to want to give
there money, seeing that it is for a good cause. I don’t
think that our group would be so
harmed from the government’s actions that we would
disappear. If you think about we are
doing the same thing they are.
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Yellow Lemons
James Wood H.S.-Takarsh
4/9/2008
I am important to the Chesapeake Bay watershed because I
bring in tourist and money. We
bring in money that could go to helping to restore the
bay and its watershed. Money is
really important to this feild and anyone who tries to
distrurb it must be stopped. It is also
my duty to keep the attraction site well maintained,
were always thinking about how to
make things better to bring in even more money. The
solutions for restoring the bay will
boost the recreation and tourism and get people involved
with the bay. I will help clean the
water by picking up trash and making sure the areas are
clean. A significant portion of the
money I earn will go go to keeping the water clean.
The problem with the bay is that it is getting very
dirty and polluted. Fish kills around the
bay and watershed limit the number of fish that
fisherman can catch. In some areas of the
bay, they are labeled as dead zones which are areas
that cannot support most aquatic life.
If I manage to keep the water clean and the fish in the
bay then my business will flourish
with tourist and I will be able to raise to keeping the
bay clean. Anyone who plans to build
on a tourist attraction, I decide if it will work and
benefit the bay. The Chesapeake Bay
offers a wide range of acivities for the public to
enjoy, as well as tourists coming to
Washighton DC and its surrounding areas, and we want to
keep that enjoyment flowing for
many more generations to come.
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Thoughtful
Questions
From:
Fish's Wishes - CB_Ecosystem - KHS(K)
Ask
4/10/2008
Being a fish from the bay, I can tell you that our
living conditions are graciously
called that. Thousands of us water breathers die
everyday. How long do you think it
will take you to raise enough money so you can start
trying to clean the bay? Action
needs to be taken now. The question me and my (school)
are wondering is how you
plan to help the bay once your tourism and recreation
buisness hits it big.
Response
Yellow Lemons - recreation - JWHS(T)
4/11/2008
It will not happen overnight or in short period of time.
This will take months
or perhaps years to do. When we hit it big we will put
aside some of our
profit to clean the water. We will provide the money to
build water
treatment plants.
From:
Representing Luke Mill - Other - KHS(K)
Ask
4/11/2008
How are you going to keep the bay clean?
Response
Yellow Lemons - recreation - JWHS(T)
4/15/2008
We will clean the bay through water treatment plants and
cleaning the shore line
of trash and debris. The plants will be stagically
placed throughout the bay to
suck in the water, clean it, then release back into the
bay.
From:
KN tourist company - recreation - JWHS(F)
Ask
4/14/2008
I like how you are really concernd with the bay, but it
looks like your more into making
money then actually cleaning the bay. I think if you
spent more time figuring out ways to
clean up the bay instead of making more money you could
keep the bay cleaner.
Response
Yellow Lemons - recreation - JWHS(T)
4/15/2008
First off if you would have payed attention to what we
wrote you would have
seen that we said a significant portion of the money
would be towards keeping the
bay clean. We are in this for the bay, and by having a
tourism buisness we do not
want profit we are dedicated to keeping the bay clean
because whats good for
the bay is good for us.
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FAB Hunters
Keyser H.S.-Kurtz
4/9/2008
Hunters: POV
Hunters in the Potomac Highland are losing much needed
hunting ground as forest Riparian
buffer zones are destroyed to make way for development.
Certain species of animals such
as deer, squirrel, and other woodland animals are being
forced out of their natural
homeland as forests are being cut down to create
real-estate space. When the amount of
fishing and hunting space begins to shrink so will the
number of hunters and in West
Virginia alone hunting is a 270 million dollar operation
creating over 5,000 jobs a year. If
the hunter population was to drop this would negatively
affect one of the states main
economical resources.
By planting a forest Riparian buffer the state will be
able to keep the Potomac River clean
and also create hunting grounds. Personally outdoorsmen
usually respect and love their
habitat. Losing fishing or hunting areas in the Potomac
Highlands takes away some of the
favorite pastime of West Virginians. With the decrease
in hunters and outdoorsmen, soon
the image of the Mountaineer may drift into the past.
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From:
Remonster - recreation - CHS
Ask
4/11/2008
Is that all you would want done for the Bay? Also, if
you just want riparian forest buffers
then your animals still wont have homes because just
having a riparian buffer wont house all
the animals you want to hunt.
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SAVE THE BAY
BUMPER STICKERS
Keyser H.S.-Kurtz
4/9/2008
Bay pollution is a serious matter; I have to deal
with the pungent odor of chemicals
everyday. We need to do something about this, that’s
why I made my own sticker company
begin printing these bumper stickers. It provides the
pubic that are unaware that the Bay’s
condition is worsening with each passing day that we
need to do something to stop it
before it spirals out of control, causing widespread
wildlife death and pollution of our
water supplies. Fifty percent of all proceeds will go
directly into the cleanup of the
beautiful Chesapeake Bay. Purchase yours today! Help
me educate the people to change
their ways before it’s too late!
New slogans include: “Make the day help save the
Bay!”, “Clean the Bay you’ll help save
the day!”
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From:
Yellow Lemons - recreation - JWHS(T)
Ask
4/11/2008
I was wondering how much you plan on selling these
stickers for.It will cost alot of money
to clean up the pullution and only using half price
will not be much much money to put
towrds it. i just want to know how much money you plan
on making and how you plan on
cleaning up the area.Its a fantastical idea i hope it
will work for you.
Response
SAVE THE BAY BUMPER STICKERS - recreation
4/16/2008
Okay first I have to pay for the cost of the stickers
while still making a profit
enough to support my own company. Half is never enough
but it's enough of a
contribution to show that I’m trying correct my ways, I
care and at least I'm
trying to educate people. Furthermore your grammar,
capitalization, and
punctuation use is atrocious.
From:
The Red Neck Yacht Club - recreation - JWHS(F)
Ask
4/17/2008
It seems that you are more conserned with turning a
profit than the bay.
Response
Yellow Lemons - recreation - JWHS(T)
4/21/2008
i agree with the red neck yacht club. you seem to be
waning nothing but a profit.
your a typical person who is obsessed with money. what
are bumper stickers going
to do with saving the bay?
Response
SAVE THE BAY BUMPER STICKERS - recreation - KHS(K)
4/22/2008
I have to make enough money to support my company, while
trying to educate
people. The entire idea behind the bumper stickers is
education about the clean up
of the Bay, not personal gain for which you have
mistaken my actions. Reading my
POV carefully might help in answering your questions
(in other words DON'T
SKIM, use your critical reading skills).
Response
Because we said so. - local_gov - JWHS(T)
4/25/2008
I like this idea. Bumper stickers are fun and a lot of
people really do notice them.
Maybe have some kind of numeric fact on them so it will
really get peoples
attention and they will notice that the bay is really
getting bad.
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Remonster
Calvert H.S.-Gustin
4/10/2008
The Chesapeake Bay watershed is the second
largest watershed in the United States,
and drains into the largest estuary in the country “The
Chesapeake Bay”. As a tourist and a
caring citizen in this country it would be a shame to
loose such a beautiful and essential
part of our ecosystem. According to the Chesapeake Bay
program, “One hundred acres of
forest are lost each day in the watershed.” The
increasing population in the bays
watershed is a major cause for this deforestation in our
region. With a booming population
will only come more tourism and recreational needs.
Along with population increase come
many concerns for our bay such as pollution from excess
run off, landscape changes,
erosion, and chemical contaminants. We as tourists,
homeowners, developers and
government officials can all do our part to help out
with saving one of the countries most
prized natural habitats.
As a tourist I realize that we may not be
perfect for the Chesapeake Bay; however
everyone needs and wants to enjoy this wonderful
environment. The Bay is a perfect place
to relax, canoe, boat, fish and spend a lot of leisure
time. Tourists are important not only
to spread the word about how important the Chesapeake
Bay is, but also to give money to
the surrounding areas. They support a lot of local
businesses; tours of the bay, charter
boat fishing trips and much more.
The condition of the Bay will affect everyone
and everything whether we believe it or
not. As a tourist the condition of the bay really
deters me from wanting to spend my time
and money here. I cannot enjoy the real beauty of this
environment if there is
development, trash, pollution and all around
deterioration of the bay life I have learned to
love. As a tourist I believe there are many solutions
that would benefit me and all others in
the watershed community. One of my favorite ideas would
be to have public access points.
We need to increase the amount of areas allowed to the
public, while putting more
limitation on other areas. These access points would be
designated areas where tourists
could use the bay to there leisure. The main purpose for
these access points would be to
protect highly vulnerable areas from human interference.
Along with these access points,
the areas surrounding the bay should have tourist
attraction businesses set aside a portion
of their profit earned each year to go into a fund to
help the well being of the bay. The
amounts taken from each business wouldn’t be a large sum
but all together would add up to
a nice amount that can be used to keep the bay clean.
One last solution would be creating
a bay program, which could be designated as a bay
cleaning and maintenance job. This
would help with the increasing unemployment rates plus
it would give the bay a chance at
being saved. Altogether the costs for the solutions that
I am proposing aren’t very costly.
The solutions I have proposed, access points and the bay
program , would really only cost
a small amount from the businesses plus the public’s
ability to give up using parts of the bay
that will be blocked off from public use.
As a tourist, I think that the solutions that I
have proposed are very realistic. If each
and every one of us contributed to helping the
Chesapeake Bay, I believe that as a
community we can save it before it is too late.
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We Care, As Long As You Care - developer - CHS
Ask
4/11/2008
You made several wonderful points and your suggestion
for a series of access points along
the Bay is very inventive and probable. However, I don't
think that you realize just how
difficult that would be implement considering that for
so long the Chesapeake Bay was open
to everyone. So, my quesion is, other than raising how
would you suggest that the local
governments pay for the construction of access points?
From:
Yellow Lemons - recreation - JWHS(T)
Statement
4/25/2008
You seem to have put a good deal of thought into this
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BMK Ecotours
Calvert H.S.-Gustin
4/11/2008
As owners of an ecotourism business we are important in
several ways. Firstly, we provide
POV:
local economic stimulus by attracting tourists. These
tourists will undoubtedly patronize
local businesses such as hotels, restaurants, and
stores. More importantly, ecotourism
teaches important environmental principles that
ecotourists can take home and apply to
their own lives and hopefully impart on others.
The current problem with the Chesapeake Bay
has a profound impact on the ecotourism
industry. Ecotourists are ecotourists because they
treasure the natural environment and
want to protect it. This being said, it is nearly
impossible to attract ecotourists to an area
that is being desecrated by pollution. Since ecotourism
will suffer then the local economy
will also suffer.
The problems of the Chesapeake Bay must be
addressed, no matter what the cost. There
are many ways to address these problems, but
ultimately, many people will have to make
sacrifices, but they will be beneficial. A particular
solution that would affect the
livelihoods of many would be limiting or banning
motorized recreational boat traffic. This
would greatly diminish water pollution and destruction
of habitat. However, it would
greatly limit tourism and recreation, which would
devastate the local economy.
In addition to these solutions, we have
developed many other solutions that
would be more favorable for our ecotourism business. In
fact, we can even incorporate
many of these practices into the management of our
business. As a business promoting
good stewardship, we could educate patrons in
maintaining the health of the Chesapeake
Bay. Since our patrons are usually environmentally
inclined, we could incorporate picking up
litter and planting riparian buffers into parts of our
tours. Both of these would prevent
pollution from entering the Chesapeake Bay. Patrons
could take these experiences and
apply them to their everyday lives.
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From:
Remonster - recreation - CHS
Statement
4/14/2008
Nice essay
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Recreation and
Tourism
K.A. Recreation Crew
Mount de Sales Acad.-Sargo
4/14/2008
We are important because we educate the fellow
tourists about the bay and how
everyone can help to preserve it. We are also important
because we do what we can to stop
pollution. For example, we have recycling bins set up
throughout our parks to help prevent
littering. The pollution in the Bay affects us because
if it is polluted and unsanitary we
cannot use the Bay for recreational activities.
Pollution in the Bay may also kill some of the
animals living there. Some people come and fish for fun
in the Bay, but if the fish
population decreases they won't be able to fish and will
stop visiting. We have customers
who come to the Bay just to go canoeing. They are not
going to want to canoe in a dirty,
polluted Bay.
The rain water that runs downhill into our Bay
during storms often has fertilizer and
debris in it that comes into the Bay which then pollutes
it. By using buffers, we can help to
slow down this runoff water coming into the Bay. Boats
have exhaust and some gasoline
that drain into the Bay while they are in use. So a
solution to this pollution problem is simple,
we can make time restrictions on how long you can be
out on the Bay. We could also have
weekly checks of our boats so gas or oil won't drain
into the Bay. A fun way to get kids
involved in the cleaning up of the Bay is to hold events
for them to come to. These events
will include fun activities in which the kids will be
able to learn about the pollution in the Bay
and take part in cleaning it up.
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From:
Bojangles - farmer - JWHS(T)
Ask
4/15/2008
this is a good idea but who would end up paying for the
buffers to help the runoff of
fertilizer?
Response
K.A. Recreation Crew - recreation - MdSA
4/16/2008
We could use the money from canoe rentals, fundraisers,
and activities.
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Litter Bugs
Rappahannock H.S.-Settle
4/15/2008
There are many recreational uses of the Chesapeake
Bay. Activities include hunting, POV:
fishing, swimming, boating, camping, golfing, tourism,
and environmental enthusiasm. These
people have a great impact on the ecological and
economical watershed which is the
Chesapeake Bay, whether they know it or not. Although
some positive contributions towards
the bay are made, there are also many negative
consequences that some people are
unaware of.
Some ways that recreational users are harming the
bay are leaving litter, chemicals, and
ecological disturbances. This is not only harmful for
the bay, but also costly for bay
maintenance. Golfers cause much damage to the bay
because of the use of fertilizers and
pesticides on the courses. Hunters and fishers also
cause damage by over hunting species
and littering. One example of this damage is unused crab
pots in the bay, which catch and
kill the blue crab. Litter is also a great problem.
Boaters also harm the bay with oil, toxins in
paint, and other chemicals such as engine fluid used on
the boat. Also, speeding on the bay
caused by jet skis, wave runners, and large boats can
disturb underwater ecosystems in
which plants and animals live. A great deal of time,
money, and effort goes into cleaning the
bay, which is another cost of recreation on the bay.
Money spent for bay recreation is a great
investment in bay restoration and
maintenance. Although donations, volunteer cleaning
programs, and government funding
greatly contribute to ecological and environmental
projects in the Chesapeake Bay, it is still
not enough to help clean and rebuild the damage done to
the watershed. Money spent by
tourists on things such as food, hunting or boating
supplies, and hotels is often put into
these maintenance programs because of the damage done by
the tourists. There are also a
great amount of businesses who do not contribute to the
bay’s economy; therefore, it is
harder to help protect the bay as well as clean it.
However, due to government advertising,
fundraising, and volunteer work, many people are now
willing to contribute to the bay and
learn ways they can reduce litter, pollution, and other
damages previously occurring in the
bay.
Many individuals, schools, churches, and other
organizations are greatly helping the bay.
Online foundations and community fundraisers are
contributing to the economy of the bay
through donations and the sales of earth-friendly
products. Also, community based
organizations and environmental enthusiasts are calling
for volunteers to help clean up the
bay and inform others about conditions of the bay by
running local television ads, supplying
propaganda and brochures, and holding community events.
People also help the bay simply
by not littering, recycling, and using recommended
products that are not harmful to the
watershed. Also, laws have been called for to set
restriction and limitations for the bay’s
recreational users. Such laws are speeding limits for
boats, and requirements for fishing
and hunting licenses and restrictions on money spent on
fishing supplies, age limit, and hours
for activities. There is still much more that people
should do to help protect the watershed.
Some ways to protect the watershed involve cleaning
up after others and using energy
efficient, bay-friendly products. Fertilizers and their
chemicals can be harmful to the
water if drained into the bay, so it is much more
efficient to use natural fertilizers. It is
also less costly to use these fertilizers sparingly.
Recreational users of the bay should also
be informed to recycle as much as possible. It is also
important for tourists, and residents
as well to be cautious when maintaining septic tanks or
dumping waste, so that it cannot
drain into the bay. Residents can help prevent erosion
in the watershed by planting shrubs
and small trees in their yards, which also obstructs the
flow of harmful chemicals in the
rain. People who drive less and keep their car in good
working order pollute less in the air
and land. The same goes for boating and cleaning related
chemicals on board. There are
many things people can do to help the bay if they are
interested, simply by researching and
getting involved in volunteer events.
Although tourists and long time residents may not
recognize the impact they have on the
environment, their overall actions show great
improvement or destruction of the
watershed in the long run. It is important for all
people to respect the ecology of the
Chesapeake Bay, and try to get involved in activities
that promote the cleanliness and life of
the watershed.
http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=584
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/service/fishinfo.asp
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2693.htm
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Fun in the Bay!
Rappahannock H.S.-Settle
4/16/2008
The perfect mix of fresh and salt water, the
Chesapeake Bay is a massively populated POV:
watershed that encompasses two hundred counties and six
states, including Washington,
D.C. The bay holds eighteen trillion gallons of water
and is about one hundred and eighty
nine miles from Maryland to Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay
watershed houses sixteen million
people, which plans to rise to eighteen million by 2020.
With all of the inhabitants living
around the watershed it is obvious that different types
of bay activities affect many
people. A main group that affects and if affected by the
bay are recreational users, which
consists of water sportsman, recreational crabbers and
fisherman.
If the Chesapeake Bay were to be graded by a
teacher they would receive a grade of a
C-, which is an increase from only two years ago in
2006. The Bay has only improved
because of an increase of improvements in the
phytoplankton community in the Upper
Western Shore and the Choptank River. Summer drought, in
June through September in
many watershed areas caused lower sediments and
nutrients going into the bay. In
watershed regions of Potomac River, Lower Western Shore
(Maryland), and Patapsco and
Back Rivers, an alge that produces harmful toxins are
killing fish; this is decreasing the Bay
health. To restore the Bay by 2010 it will cost $8.5
billion; therefore, money collected
from private donors and non-profit organziations could
be asked for to help save the Bay!
Jet skis cause more disturbances to shore animals
than motorboats, cars, vehicles, and
people. Jet skis are capable of operating in shallow
water near the shore, which most
motorboats cannot. Since jet skis are capable of going
near the shore, they have major
negative impact on the habitat near the shore. Birds
one of one the most impact by jet skis
because it interrupts feeding times and causing
displacement of nesting areas. Boating can
effect the Chesapeake Bay very much; while the effects
of a single boat may seem
insignificant, but when multiplied by the tens of
thousands the effects are dramatic. To
help improve some of the effects, you should purchase
the best possible environmental
practices when maintaining and operating boats, engines,
and marine sanitation devices such
as boat heads or toilets. Recreational boating and jet
skiing bring in $1.01 billion annually.
Recreational fishing brings in one billion dollars
into the Chesapeake Bay areas annually.
The Chesapeake Bay offers a wealth of sport fishing
opportunities. On average it costs you
$330 for a six-hour charter, $390 for an eight-hour
charter, and you have to put a $200
deposit plus tipping the mate. Chesapeake Bay species
include rockfish, bluefish, drum,
speckled trout, flounder, spot, and croaker. Fishing in
the Chesapeake Bay is also very
costly. Recreational fishing accounts for nearly a
quarter of the total catch of over fished
populations, including many of the most economically
valuable species such as red snapper,
red drum, lingcod, and bocaccio. Recreational fishing
targets top-level predatory fish in the
Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake. Removal of these
fish can create dramatic change in
ocean food webs and causing cascading effects that alter
the overall productivity and
health of marine ecosystems. In addition, some fish
populations have dropped to such low
numbers that they have been considered for placement on
the threatened and endangered
species lists.
We have a larger part of the ecosystem then we
think and everything we do has an
impact. Coastal Fisheries staffs are in the process of
developing ecosystem-based models
to better understand and quantify the impacts of
ecological disturbances. They have
restricted the laws limiting crabbing including:
shortening the season, exempt both
recreational and commercial crabbers from taking a day
off if the selected day falls on a
holiday or the day preceding a holiday, and require two,
different-sized cull rings in hard
crab pots, one at least two 3/16 inches and the other at
least two 5/16 inches. The cull
rings allow under-size crabs to escape. They also have
made up a couple more laws
including: changing the minimum mesh size for hard crabs
pots from one inch to one and
one-half inches. Crab pots with two inch by two-inch
wire mesh will not be required to have
cull rings. Ban the importation of dark-colored sponge
crabs, which are within two weeks of
releasing their eggs, into Maryland for sale purposes.
In the months of April, October,
November and December you can crab a half hour after
sunrise until five in the main bay
and till sunset everywhere else. In May, June, July,
august and September, you can crab a
half hour before sunrise until five on the bay and till
sunset in the attributions of the bay.
The minimum size for males from April to July is five
inches wide hard crabs, three and
one quarter inches for peeler crabs, and three and only
half inches wide for soft crabs.
Now in July till December, the male head has to be five
and one-quarter inches and three
and one-half inches. Recreational users are
important to the Bay. They are also major
tourist attraction. Events such as; boating and fishing
are among the favorites of the
tourist and are also apart of the lives of the people
who live in the watershed region.
Recreational users are not the only group that affects
the Chesapeake Bay. Along with
other groups such as crabbers, farmers, and construction
groups also play a major role in
the health of the bay. It is only together that all
interest groups can save the Bay and
better the health of the Bay and all of the Bay’s
inhabitants.
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/papers/lakes.pdf
http://www.rbff.org/uploads/Research_section/fishing_as_tourism.pdf
http://www.eco-check.org/reportcard/chesapeake/2007/overview/\
http://www.naturaltrails.org/issues/fieldguide2vehicles.html
http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=resources_facts_your_boat
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/programs/extension/communities/boating/recboat93/index.php
http://www.fishingonthebounty.com/faq.htm
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Water Works
Rappahannock H.S.-Settle
4/16/2008
Recreational fishing is a joy for families and
friends, a way to bond with nature and POV:
your fellow man through healthy activity. But this
activity isn’t so nice to our friends Boats
pollute the water by letting out pollution also known as
“toxic waste.” This waste comes
from a running engine. The engine gives off excess
gasoline, which pollute the water then
ends up killing the fishes and other animals in the
water. So cut back on your boating time,
or don’t run the engine unless needed.
Even though boats and fishing cause harm to the
waters they also help the state help
the waters. You can’t just grab a pole jump on a boat
and hit the waters you need licenses.
Fishing licenses, and boating licenses are required. For
a salt-water recreational fishing
license you would need to pay the fee of $12.50, for
your salt-water recreational boating
license a fee of $38.50 is required. If you added up
the fishing license fee to the 1.4
MILLION LICENSED FISHERS then you would have $1,750,000
also there is 2.3
BILLION dollars in economic activity and 90 MILLION
DOLLARS in state revenues. That is
a lot of money that could be used to better the water
environment.
And since fishing is one of America’s funniest
outdoor sports we don’t see putting an
end to it. So regulations are put in place to help the
waters, and fish. For example, the
Chesapeake bay has two fishing seasons a Spring season
which last from May 16th through
June 15th, and a Fall season which is from October 4th
to December 31st. The bag limit
for the spring season is 2 fish per person, and in the
fall from October 4th through
December 9th the limit is 2 fish per person, but from
October 10th to December 31st the
limit is 1 fish per person. Now the regulations on the
minimum and the maximum sizes the
fish caught can be are in the spring min=18 inches and
the max=28 inches. For the spring
season 1 of the 2 fish caught may be larger than 32
inches. Fall season sizes are min=18
inches and the max=28 inches, but 1 of the 2 fish caught
may be 34 inches or larger but
not between the size of 28 and 34 inches. These
regulations are put in place to insure the
survival of the fish, and the survival of the water.
http://www.mrc.state.va.us/Regulations/swrecfishingrules.shtm
http://www.mrc.virginia.gov/regulations/recfish&crabrules.shtm
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