What is Watershed Radio?
Watershed
Radio is an environmental education project that
explores the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The daily
programs focus on natural events and processes,
scientific research findings, a specific species,
personality, or an environmental memory native to
the watershed.
The
goal of Watershed Radio is to educate people about
the natural environment within the Chesapeake Bay
watershed and to show the connection between human
activities and the natural processes.
 On
April 30, 2001, the launch of the Watershed Radio
website was celebrated at SERC's dock. The Honorable
Janet Owens, County Executive Anne Arundel County;
Ed Vinson, Chair of the Smithsonian Environmental
Leadership Council; Ross Simons, Director of SERC;
and Chris Bedford of the Sierra Club addressed the
audience about this new watershed-wide environmental
education project.
Read
Watershed Radio's factsheet
(pdf) or read
Watershed Radio's press
release issued on April 30, 2001 where
we announce the collaboration between SERC and the
Sierra Club and the start of this exciting environmental
education project.
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Watershed
Radio is a production of the Sierra Club and the
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC).
The
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's
(SERC) participation in Watershed Radio is made
possible in part by the generosity of The
Mills Corporation ,
Arlington, Virginia. Mills
is also the underwriter for SERC's Neighborhood
Nestwatch, and the Tales of the Blue Crab Traveling
Exhibit.
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Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center and the Sierra Club
Watershed
Radio is a collaboration between the Sierra Club and the
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC). The
Sierra Club produces the daily one-minute radio programs,
and SERC creates and maintains this website.
The
Watershed Radio ducks who create Watershed Radio.
From left to right: Anna van der Heijden (SERC), Andrew
Roberts, Robin Jung, Chris Bedford, and Janis Oppelt (Sierra
Club). Not in the picture: the many scientists at SERC
who contribute to the content of the Watershed Radio spots
and website.
About
SERC
SERC
is the nation's leading coastal zone environmental research
facility. SERC is headquartered on a 2,700 acre facility
on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay south of Annapolis,
Maryland. SERC's scientists investigate the complex interactions
of coastal ecosystems in research programs conducted worldwide.
For over 35 years, SERC has provided analytical tools
enabling public policy makers to formulate appropriate
environmental strategies.
For
more information, visit the SERC website at
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About
the Sierra Club
The
Sierra Club is the nation's largest grassroots environmental
organization with 650,000 members nationwide, which includes
nearly 70,000 members in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The Maryland chapter, which produces the program, has
13,000 members that live in every county in Maryland.
The Sierra Club is the most democratic environmental group
in the nation. Volunteers make policy and do most of the
work of the Club at all levels.
The
Watershed Radio programs are created by four volunteers
from the Maryland
Chapter:
Andy Roberts, Robin Jung, Chris Bedford, and Janis Oppelt
(see the picture above).
For
more information, visit the Sierra Club website at
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About
this site
To
navigate this site and to be able to open all its sound
and text files, please read the following information:
The little exit symbol
in front or after a link indicates that this link will
take you to a website outside the Watershed Radio website.
SERC
nor the Sierra Club is associated with or responsible
for the content of these websites. We do not endorse these
sites, we only provide the links as a service to our visitors.
Links
without the little exit symbol
will take you to another page within the
website.
To listen to the Watershed Radio programs in the Archive
section of this website you need to have RealPlayer installed.
A free
(basic) version of RealPlayer
is available from the real.com website.
To
read a .pdf file ,
like Watershed Radio's
factsheet
(pdf), you need to have Acrobat Reader installed on
your computer. A free
download of this program is available on the Adobe
website.
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Copyright
statement
Copyright
© 2001 Sierra
Club and Smithsonian Institution.
We
encourage you to use text and images from this website
for educational purposes. Many images on this website, however, are not the property of either the Smithsonian
Institution or the Sierra Club and, therefore, cannot
be used without the permission of the original owner.
(Original owners and, if available, their website
addresses are listed next to the image or at the bottom
of the page.)
If
this website does not give courtesy to another person
or institution, the image is the property of either the
Smithsonian Institution or the Sierra Club and can be
reproduced on the web or on paper for educational purposes
only.
Follow
these links for examples of:
When
using text or images from this website, please cite:
"Watershed Radio at Watershedradio.org."
The
Watershed Radio (duck) logo: This logo is copyrighted
by the Sierra Club and cannot be used without permission.
We are, however, happy to give you permission to use this
logo on your website or on paper for the sole purpose
of advertising Watershed Radio. Please contact
for permission.
If
you have copyright-related questions, please contact the
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