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[14] The Port of Baltimore ■ ISSUE 4 / 2022
EcoPort Environmental Management at the Port of Baltimore
Mid-Bay Project Stakeholders
Visit Poplar Island
On July 8 and 9, the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) successfully hosted tours at Poplar Island for 30 stakeholders of the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration Project (Mid- Bay Project). Participants had the opportunity to observe a plethora of habitats and wildlife, while learning about the work being done
at the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island, and how it will compare to the 2,144-acre Mid-Bay Project.
The Mid-Bay Island Project will replace Poplar Island as the main recipient of dredged material from the Chesapeake Bay federal shipping channels. Once complete, the Mid-Bay Project will be comprised of approximately 55% wetland and 45% upland habitats and provide 90-95 million cubic yards for dredged material capacity over the next 30 years.
FIND MORE INFORMATION on the Mid-Bay Project at www.nab.usace.army.mil/Mid-Bay. 􏰀
Mid-Bay Project stakeholders on a bus tour at Poplar Island
MPA team members explain the Mid-Bay Project in detail at Poplar Island during the site visit.
BEESMART student fishing at Masonville Cove pier
Masonville Cove Hosts Successful STEM Summer Program
The Living Classrooms Foundation (LCF) manages the Masonville Cove Environmental Education Campus and provides under- resourced communities with environmental education, stewardship activities and academic enrichment.
With the support of external donors, including the Maryland State Department
of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers, South Baltimore Getaway Partnership, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Hinkey-Benson Family Fund, Thalheimer Foundation, and The Nora Roberts Foundation, the Living Classrooms BEESMART (Baltimore Environmental Education Summer Math and Reading Trailblazers) Summer Program serves third through fifth-graders. It uses STEM concepts to increase reading levels and ultimately prevent summer learning loss. Also, students engage in hands-on experiments and cool projects such as building underwater robots with video cameras. 􏰀
PHOTOS BY AMANDA PEÑAFIEL / MPA
LILY S. / LCF