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As a child, my favorite educator was the outdoors. I used to swim or water ski in pristine lakes, go fishing and hiking along beautiful mountain streams, and camp all across the western United States. Finding safe areas to carry out such activities is becoming increasingly difficult as our waterways become polluted and overfished. We have all encountered restrictions on fishing and swimming. I wonder, will our children be able to enjoy the kind of fun I did as a child?
I started this blog because I have a passion for the environment, and especially for stream water ecology. I have a B.S. in biology and currently work in the embryology department at the Carnegie Institution for Science. I am a program manager for an outreach education program that Carnegie runs called BioEYES, where I teach science to 5th, 7th and 10th graders.
I have banded birds on the Chesapeake Bay, wrangled snakes on the Eastern Shore, bicycled across the United States and Ontario, and designed for local riverkeepers (among other clients). I moved from California to Baltimore City in 1993.
Valerie Butler