CNMI Office of the Governor's Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

Ridge to Reef Eco-Camps 2013

2013

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

CNMI Office of the Governor's Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

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Summary Report

"Summer camps were held on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, throughout July and August 2013. Avra Heller, the DEQ Coral Reef Project Coordinator worked with numerous partners on all three islands to host free environmental camps for 4th and 5th grade students across the CNMI. Each camp had between 20 and 45 participants. Exciting educational activities such as snorkeling, hiking, bird watching, geo-caching, visits to dumps, dry litter piggeries and cattle ranches, tree plantings and more, were co-coordinated and hosted by partner agencies such as Division of Fish and Wildlife, NOAA, the Coastal Resource Management Office, Forestry, the National Park Service, Rota office of Commerce, the Public School Systems of Tinian and Rota, Department of Public Safety, Tinian NMC CREES, Tinian Cattlemens Association, Beautify CNMI, Micronesica Bird Conservation, and many others. A breakdown of DEQs financial investment in the 2013 Ridge to Reef Eco-Camps can be found in Appendix IV."

FY2011 CRCP Project ID 20645; Project Title: Domestic Coral Reef Conservation Grant Programs; Principal Investigator: Jenny Waddell ~ FY2011 CRCP grant NA11NOS4820009

NOS/Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

NA11NOS4820009