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    Chesapeake Car Narrative

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    I held my breathe and gave out a sigh hopping the next hours to Virginia to our hotel will be better. I found myself doodling penguins and groundhogs in my journal, until I saw we were driving on one of the biggest bridges I have ever seen the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. That bridge always freaked me out, because of the such small walls. I hated to look at the sea sickening water below us. “Hey dad, I hope we don’t fall off!!” I yelled loudly. My dad scolded me on how we were suppose to be quite on this one in particular bridge. I kept my mouth closed the entire way to Virginia, trust me, it was hard. Will still jammed out, my dad drove, my mom knitted, Danny played on his phone and just sat in the hump, aching, bored and cramped all the way to Virginia. We woke up at the hotel the next morning. Today was crunch time to get to North Carolina. My family and I went down stairs to eat our free breakfast. I took a shower and my dad was ready to start our day in the car. “One more hour!” Danny screeched. “Yeah, Dan I think we know that, you’ve been saying it for 3 hours now!” Will…

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    Wouldn't it be awesome if there was an amazing neighborhood with futuristic qualities we couldn’t even think of! Well, in approximately 5 years a neighborhood called ocean paradise is coming to the earth! Ocean paradise isn't going to be a high costing resort t is going to be a low costing neighborhood! Ocean paradise is going to be a great neighborhood with many things to do, Futuristic qualities to keep you safe, and low costs. (4) Ocean paradise will have many things for kids and adults…

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    Essay On Chesapeake Bay

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    and lastly care for god’s creation. The Chesapeake Bay has been degraded by pollution, manmade and natural change over the course of many years. But many young adults can make a change and help out by taking part in restoration programs like cleanups around the waterways, tree planting, and simple acts such as walking and picking up trash. The Catholic Church and its followers have also taking measures to help the Chesapeake Bay improve by holding programs and volunteering in…

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    Among the other environmental issue, the most pressing health issue in Maryland that I selected as being the top priority and most essential is “Saving the Chesapeake Bay”. The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary, a body of water that is formed where freshwater from streams and rivers flows into the ocean, mixing with sea water. The nation’s water is in jeopardy to 10,000 miles of Maryland streams affected by the polluting industries that carved loopholes in the Clean Water Act.1 "Save the Bay"…

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    The Chesapeake Bay

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    I have a dream of a future where humans take care of the environment. A society that takes pride in keeping the air clean, our natural habitats untouched, and our oceans free of pollution. It is time to become more educated about how our environment is damaged by contamination caused by fracking, oil drilling, and raw sewage. The pollutants leak into the land, enter the water systems, and air at nearby sites. I believe we can do better for our environment. The Chesapeake Bay is the third largest…

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    The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States located between Maryland and Virginia lying inland from the Atlantic Ocean. It has more than 150 major rivers and streams that are a part of the Chesapeake watershed covering parts of six states including: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland Virginia and West Virginia. Nearly 17 million people living in areas that feed into the Chesapeake Bay watershed and affect the Bay water quality. The Bay plays a very important role in…

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    During the 17th century, many Europeans, especially the English came over to America in search of a life better than the one they had in England. In the early to mid 1600s, two different groups of people, the participants from the Virginia Company and the Puritans. Despite this similarity, both the participants and the Puritans had other intentions of moving to America and with this, many other differences. Taking all the advantages and disadvantages the two groups had into consideration, the…

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    Howard County Watersheds

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    underground and marshlands. Watersheds and waterways, therefore, provide a crucial function in maintaining a stable and operative environment. Rework and simplify your thesis statement:It would be beneficial to analyze the watersheds and waterways of Howard County to evaluate the overall ecological status of the region. Howard County has a variety of different aquatic environments that connect the ocean to the land, and it is necessary to keep up with patterns and make comparisons to other…

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    The Chesapeake Bay Area continent, is known for having “fresh water, fertile soil, and economical transportation, since that, agriculture, fishing, and hunting” (marinersmuseum.org) is very common. This continent can also be called an “estuary, which is a fresh water and salt water mixed body of water, in fact, it is the largest estuary in the United States” (chesapeakebay.net). Within this continent “Virginia and Maryland make it up and they worship God, in other words their religion is…

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    chance to survive. Such identification is accomplished with the help of historical records, biophysical modeling of larvae movement, existing oyster population surveys, bottom mapping and assessments of current environmental conditions. Such multiple sources of information are needed to ensure that no potential site for successful oyster restoration is eliminated from consideration at the outset of the oyster restoration effort especially where the various sources differ in their outcome…

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