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SUMMARY:🧤 Volunteer: Catch the King Data Collection Event!
DESCRIPTION:Catch the King is an annual community science initiative that mobilizes volunteers to map the extent of tidal flooding during perigean spring tides\, also known as “king tides.” These tides represent the highest astronomical tides of the year\, occurring when the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun align\, and the Moon is at its closest approach to Earth (perigee). \nParticipants in the event use a mobile app that collects location-based data points along the water’s edge at peak high tide. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s a King Tide\, Anyway?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis crowdsourced data collection effort contributes to high-resolution mapping of tidal inundation areas\, providing valuable empirical data for hydrodynamic modeling and flood forecasting!
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/%f0%9f%a7%a4-volunteer-catch-the-king-data-collection-event/
CATEGORIES:Stewardship
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SUMMARY:ESMN Members: Annual Chapter Picnic at VIMS in Wachapreague
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the annual chapter picnic from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at VIMS behind Seaside Hall!  An optional VIMS tour worth one continuing education credit hour will begin at 4:00 PM. \nPlease a dish to share. For simplicity\, we’ve organized dish categories by last name: \n\nA-G: Vegetable dish or salad\nH-Q: Side dish\nR-Z: Dessert or fruit\n\nWe’ll be grilling hamburgers\, veggie burgers\, hot dogs\, and oysters. Don’t forget to bring your own beverages and chairs! Picnic tables will be available for use. \nRSVP: Thank you for responding to the invitation you received via email by May 7th. If you did not receive the invitation or if you have any questions\, contact Anne B at (703) 401-1904. \n \n 
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/save-the-date-esmn-picnic/
LOCATION:Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 36 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chapter Member Continuing Education,Social/Other Events
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SUMMARY:VIMS Public Seminar: Seeing the Light\, Tasting the Ocean - How Bivalves Sense Their Environment
DESCRIPTION:Log your hours exclusive of travel in Better Impact under Category 2: Continuing Education.
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/vims-public-seminar-seeing-the-light-tasting-the-ocean-how-bivalves-sense-theirlog-environment/
LOCATION:Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 36 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education,Open to the Public
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SUMMARY:VIMS Speaker Series: “An Anthropologist Walks Into a Marine Science Institute”
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URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/vims-speaker-series-an-anthropologist-walks-into-a-marine-science-institute/
LOCATION:Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 36 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chapter Member Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:Tidewater Oyster Gardeners (TOGA) Annual Membership Meeting (Live and Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:TOGA Annual Meeting Program and Schedule 2025 Draft \n\nLog education portion under Better Impact Category 2: Continuing Education.
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/tidewater-oyster-gardeners-toga-annual-membership-meeting-live-and-virtual/
LOCATION:Virginia Institure of Marine Science\, 1375 Greate Road\, Gloucester Point\, 23062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chapter Member Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:💡Chapter Meeting: “Coastal Ecosystems in Flux: Nutrients\, Restoration\, and Future Outlooks”
DESCRIPTION:All 2024 speaker meetings will be the third Wednesday of every other month month at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 40 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague. Note that per VIMS you may park on Atlantic Avenue along the yellow curbs. \n\n5:00 pm social time\n5:30 business meeting\n6:00 pm speaker\n\n\nAbout the Speaker \n \nSophia Hoffman is a coastal and estuarine ecologist with a passion for studying the dynamics of salty environments\, from ghost forests and marshes to lagoons and barrier islands. Since 2022\, she has been a research specialist at the University of Virginia’s Coastal Research Center (CRC) in Oyster\, Virginia\, home to the Virginia Coast Reserve Long Term Ecological Research Program. \n\nAt the CRC\, Sophia is integral to facilitating and conducting long-term ecological research\, overseeing laboratory operations\, and navigating research vessels along the ESVA seaside. She works closely with a collaborative team on diverse projects that deepen our understanding of coastal ecosystems. \n\nSophia earned her B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Michigan in 2018 and completed her M.S. in Biology from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi during the pandemic in 2020. Her research background spans a variety of ecosystems\, including the bogs of northern Michigan\, the salt marshes\, streams\, and mangrove forests of Texas\, and the wetlands of South Florida.
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/%f0%9f%92%a1chapter-meeting-coastal-ecosystems-in-flux-nutrients-restoration-and-future-outlooks/
LOCATION:Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 36 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chapter Member Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:💡CE: VIMS Marine Life Day *** NOTE TIME CHANGE - NOW 2-5pm ***
DESCRIPTION:Due to coastal flooding predictions and current conditions\, the time of Marine Life Day at VIMS Eastern Shore Lab in Wachapreague this Saturday\, Sept. 21 has been shifted to 2-5PM. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause\, but encourage you to still attend this exciting event!  Street parking will be available throughout Wachapreague. \nCheck our VIMS ESL Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/VIMSESL. \nFor questions regarding the event\, please contact Meadow Noonan at (757) 787-8106 or via email at jmnoonan@vims.edu. \n\nMarine Life Day is a public open house event offering the opportunity to the Eastern Shore community (and beyond) to explore marine organisms found in the region and researchers active on the Eastern Shore. It showcases current and past research conducted at ESL\, displays local marine organisms and habitats\, and offers interactive and educational activities for all ages. \nREGISTER here. \nTo stay up to date on event details and to share your discoveries anytime\, visit VIMS on Facebook. \nBetter Impact Category 2: Continuing Education\n\nSee VMN CE Webinars and VMN High Five From Nature Series for additional CE opportunities.
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/marine-life-day/
LOCATION:Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 36 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chapter Member Continuing Education,Citizen/Community Science,Education & Outreach
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SUMMARY:💡 ESMN Chapter Meeting: Speaker Christopher Hein\, Director of VIMS Geology Lab
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Hein\, Director of the VIMS Geology Lab will give an update on the Cedar Island Project. \nThe project aims to improve barrier-island and marsh resilience on a 216-acre site to protect against coastal erosion and island breaching\, while expanding wildlife habitat and ecosystem services. This will help protect underserved coastal communities against the impacts of coastal flooding and damage from storm surge. \nChristopher Hein. Photo by VIMS.\nADDITIONAL RESOURCES \n\nMore info about Cedar Island.\nhttp://geology.blogs.wm.edu/2016/08/06/twenty-years-of-change-at-cedar-island/Twenty Years of Change at Cedar ISland\nLeveraging the Interdependencies Between Barrier Islands and Backbarrier Saltmarshes to Enhance Resilience to Sea-Level Rise\nCEDAR ISLAND MARSH COULD MEAN MORE BIRD HABITAT\, LESS EROSION FOR EASTERN SHORE\nBuying Time – Living on the Edge\nDr. Hein’s vitae as of September 2023\n\nAll 2024 speaker meetings will be the third Wednesday of every other month at Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 40 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague. Note that per VIMS you may park on Atlantic Avenue along the yellow curbs. \nSocial time 5-5:30pm; speaker 5:30; brief business meeting 6:30. \nBetter Impact Category 2: Continuing Education (speaker portion only)\n\nSee VMN CE Webinars and VMN High Five From Nature Series for additional CE opportunities.
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/esmn-chapter-meeting-speaker-christopher-hein-director-of-vims-geology-lab/
LOCATION:Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 36 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chapter Member Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:Volunteer: TNC Eelgrass Seed Collection
DESCRIPTION:Sign-up required. This opportunity has very specific requirements\, including the ability to snorkel.  Please review all the details here and contact Jen Dalke if you are interested. \nEach year\, The Nature Conservancy and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)\, along with several partners in the Seaside Heritage Seagrass Community Restoration Program\, begin another chapter in the largest seagrass restoration project in the world! \nAnd you can be a part of it. \nVolunteer snorkelers and water lovers are needed to collect millions of eelgrass seeds offshore of Oyster on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Volunteers must sign up to get updates as collection days each year are weather dependent and cancellations may occur. \nTrips will last from 4-5 hours. \nCATEGORY 13: Seagrass Restoration
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/volunteer-tnc-eelgrass-seed-collection/
CATEGORIES:Citizen/Community Science,Volunteer Opportunity
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