And Reserves have special value for scientists. They provide research areas with conditions as close as possible to those unspoiled by pollution and other human activities. Scott Dummitt, a Hampton journalist at the Daily Press , is a volunteer writer for a fair Bay. If you missed Estuaries Day last year, make up for it Sept. 18 when 1,500 Virginians head for York River State Park to celebrate our estuaries at the home of the Reserve's Taskinas Creek site. This will be the sixth year that the park and the Reserve have offered this entertaining, educational event.
Some activities require pre-registration.
Call the park at 804.566.3036. Volunteers bag 1,800 lbs. of debris at Goodwin, Catlett island Reserve sites In their continuing siege against waterborne garbage in our estuaries, brought a group of volunteers this spring removed 658 pounds of debris from the Catlett Islands and 1,162 pounds from the Goodwin Islands. Students Against Violating the Earth, from York High School, cleaned the Catlett Islands in May. On May 22, S.A.V.E., York High School's Students Against Violating the Earth, cleaned the Catlett site after having been rained out twice on earlier dates. And June 12 Reserve volunteers from the Seaford Yacht Club to the Goodwins .