Each year the District teams up with Buckingham and Cumberland Virginia Cooperative Extension to provide Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE) to all 6th Graders in each county.

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Part of the MWEE is a reflective essay.  Reflective essays from students in each county are selected and the authors received a full scholarship to our Chesapeake Bay Watershed Exploration Camp.  Camp is usually held the last Tuesday in May and lasts for 3 days.  It includes:

 

• A field trip with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to explore marshlands, board a 40-foot boat and trawl for fish, pull up crab and eel pots and perform water quality monitoring

• A field trip to Virginia Aquarium and Science Museum

• An afternoon at Little Island State Park to play on the beach and explore the Atlantic Ocean

•  A canoe trip on the Lower James River

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