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For forty years, the state contracted with CBF to ensure more Maryland public school students and teachers can attend outdoor field experiences to learn about Chesapeake Bay science and history. The contract previously helped schools meet Maryland’s requirements for environmental literacy .
Students from Annapolis Elementary School loaded two wheelbarrows worth of oyster shell unearthed from an archaeological dig next to their downtown playground into a truck, headed for delivery to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and growing new oysters and nourishing reefs. The kids scooped handfuls of shell into buckets while wearing big stickers saying “I love oysters.”