The Argonaut article about Renee, Team 7.

Letter from a student of Renee:

Dear Earthwatch program,

After Ms. Klein came back from Monterey, I have learned the importance of conservation and sustainability in our ocean; especially for marine mammals. We learned the importance of marine reserves to balance and protect our marine life. Moss Landing and Elkhorn Slough are rich marine areas. The blog and “live from the field” presentation was very interesting.

Marine debris and pollutants are destructive to our ocean that makes sea life sick. Water quality is important so we do not pollute the ocean. We have learned about testing and analyzing the quality of the water. We have made conclusions about what we have learned and illustrating a freshwater biome and writing information about the influence of stormwater runoff. We will take our ideas and use this information to develop a community project to improve water quality. We have written letters to our politicians to improve conservation of our ocean.

We have learned about ocean energy; and the many resources that can give us alternative energies. The ocean environment has many energy resources, which are renewable and nonrenewable. Ocean resources will be able to meet energy needs if conservation practices are practiced.

I have enjoyed reading and seeing Ms. Klein’s Earthwatch blog. The bottlenose dolphin, humpback whale, sea otter pictures are exciting to see. We have learned a lot about marine mammals and maintaining environmental health from Ms. Klein.


Thank you Earthwatch program
Richard