City Students Explore Inner Harbor Oyster Gardens
BALTIMORE (WJZ)--The group that judges the health of the harbor says it's so bad they won't even touch it.
As Mike Schuh reports, that group invited school kids to come down to see how to make it cleaner.
On the surface the harbor looks fine, but it's a mess. Experts say there's so much sewage you don't even want to get any of this water on your skin.
Help may be homegrown.
"Well today we have students coming from an inner city school here in Baltimore and they're coming to the Towson SciTech Center to learn about what's living in the harbor. Our goal is to foster a sense of environmental stewardship among the youth of Baltimore so when they grow up they'll take care of the environment better than their parents did," said Adam Linquist, Waterfront Partnership.
This group from Rognell Heights Elementary is here to see that there is life in the harbor, but some of it is kept in a cage being grown into adults.
The Waterfront Partnership and T. Rowe Price are growing 150,000 oyster babies around the harbor. The teachers are the T. Rowe Price employees looking after the oysters.
It's a message that seems to be getting through.
"I learned that the oysters pick up the dirt from under the water," said Khori Johnson, Rognell Heights Elementary.
And when this field trip is over everyone can help
"The number one thing any city dweller can do is love this harbor. Tight fitting lid on your recycling bin, clean up after your pets, and install rain barrels and rain guards," Linquist said.
T. Rowe Price donates the $20,000 a year it takes to run this program, over a thousand students have made the trip down to the harbor.
