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Urge Your Representatives to Support Research and Education on the Chesapeake Bay
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    Kim Ethridge
    Arnold, MD
About this Petition Petition Letter

On behalf of the Friends of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

Congress is considering a plan to extend the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) -- affectionately known as the 'John Smith buoys' because they also mark the nation's newly established Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.  This innovative system fills critical observational gaps in measuring the progress of Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts. It collects, transmits and interprets real-time environmental data to a wide variety of constituents, including scientists, on-the-water users, public safety officials, educators, and natural resource decision-makers.

Three buoys exist, but more are needed.

Funding the buoys needs your support!  Please contact your members of Congress and urge them to provide $1 million in funding to expand CBIBS this year.

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Please Support Expansion of the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System

Dear Representative,

Please support $1 million in the Fiscal 2009 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill for the continued development of NOAA&rsquo;s Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS). <br /><br />CBIBS is a critical tool for monitoring and measuring progress in restoring the Chesapeake Bay as well as an important educational resource.&nbsp; With your support in the past two years, NOAA has deployed three buoys -- on the James, Patapsco and Potomac Rivers -- and three new buoys are planned this year on the lower Susquehanna near Havre de Grace, Maryland; Stingray Point on the Rappahannock and Norfolk, Virginia.&nbsp; But additional buoy platforms are needed to enhance our understanding of the Bay and its tributaries and to support the educational components of the newly established Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />I greatly appreciate your past support for the CBIBS and hope that you can continue to provide funding this year to expand the network.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />Sincerely,

[Your name]

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