AACC Environmental Center

AACC Environmental Center We work with communities and our students to identify and solve local environmental issues.

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Operation Clearwater, a program run through the AACC Environmental Center, has been active for over 40 years. The program started as a collaboration between the Severn River Association and AACC to conduct bacterial monitoring along the Severn River. Over the past years, the program has grown and testing is now done on the Magothy River, South R

iver and its tributaries, Rock Creek, West River, Rhodes River and Parker Creek. In addition, the program has expanded to include additional testing including nutrient and suspended sediment testing, as well as measurement of other water quality parameters. The program also includes outreach to community organizations to conduct training and aid in setting up new volunteer programs.

Our time at Shoals is almost done, but there’s always time for a sunset watch party—especially when it’s followed by doc...
08/02/2026

Our time at Shoals is almost done, but there’s always time for a sunset watch party—especially when it’s followed by dockside searching for bioluminescence.

Ten AACC students are spending the week at the Shoals Marine Lab in Maine to conduct research projects with faculty memb...
07/30/2026

Ten AACC students are spending the week at the Shoals Marine Lab in Maine to conduct research projects with faculty members Seth Miller and Kelly Livernoche. Living on an island marine station in the Gulf of Maine provides slightly different views than their normal classrooms!

07/28/2026
By land, air, and sea, the EC hunted for SAV! This week, EC staff and volunteers did some pre-restoration surveys in Hun...
07/01/2026

By land, air, and sea, the EC hunted for SAV! This week, EC staff and volunteers did some pre-restoration surveys in Hunters Harbor Cove, identifying SAV species from kayaks and conducting aerial surveys using drones. Submerged aquatic vegetation restoration is one of the signature programs of the EC—check the link in our Instagram bio to help out!

Hope the snails love their new manicures! This week, High-RISE research students Jennifer and Autumn went to the Eastern...
06/25/2026

Hope the snails love their new manicures! This week, High-RISE research students Jennifer and Autumn went to the Eastern Shore to paint marsh periwinkles as part of a mark/recapture study with their mentor Seth Miller. How far snails move can have big impacts on the health of the marsh, and marking them with nail polish and measuring their movements is a great way to dive into research!

06/18/2026

Saturday, June 20th, is International Horseshoe crab day. I was lucky to spend an evening surveying them in the Outer Bays with Steve Doctor and Carly Toulan. All of the 'bumps' at the shoreline are Horseshoe crabs and there were thousands of them. Birds feast on Horseshoe Crab eggs.

Thank you Tom Guay with Eco-Ed Endeavors for the evening trip around the Severn looking for Horseshoe crabs and planning...
06/16/2026

Thank you Tom Guay with Eco-Ed Endeavors for the evening trip around the Severn looking for Horseshoe crabs and planning more amphibious survey trips. Found only one lone female last night but learned a lot about osprey and saw several herons.

06/10/2026

Did you know the northernmost bald cypress swamps in North America are here in the Chesapeake watershed? Trap pond in Delaware forms the headwaters of the Pocomoke River and has the largest bald cypress swamp this far north. Very few trees have evolved to grow in standing water, but the bald cypress thrives in it!

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