Headed up to Silver Spring, MD two weeks ago for the first ever national BWET conference. All of the previous and upcoming recipients of the BWET grants were invited and we spent three days meeting new people, discussing projects, how to improve evaluations, etc. Heard from some good speakers - including Jane Lubchenko (in the yellow below), head of NOAA at the evening reception at the National Aquarium in DC. We also got to participate in a field trip at a local site that participates in the BWET program. I chose to go to one on streams with the Earth Force people - did water quality testing, collected macroinvertebrates, and hiked a little on a restored stream. Nice to be outside! And the ride to the field trip was on a "party bus" so of course Sally and I had to pose for pictures in our NERRS shirts. :)
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