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  • The Alice Ferguson Foundation - Curriculum based environmental education for K-12 students emphasizing hands-on experiences in outdoor setting on the Potomac River.
  • MD DNR Chesapeake Bay - State Agency that is responsible for for all natural resources in Maryland, most importantly the Chesapeake Bay and it's Watershed.

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.