FAMILY EVENTS
Water Quality Testing and Crabbing at Public Landing Pier
Date: Sunday, August 24, 2025
Time: 2 PM to 3:30 PM
Meeting point: Public Landing Fishing Pier
Address: End of Public Landing Rd, Snow Hill, MD
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Come and learn real-life scientific methods to test the bay’s water quality. Then spend some time at the beautiful Public Landing pier on Chincoteague Bay to catch crabs and go swimming. We hope to see lots of crabs, and maybe some other sea creatures as well. We will provide bait, crab lines, and nets as well as life vests for those who need them. The pier has a small slide into the water and makes a great place to cool off and have fun in the bay. Please bring a bathing suit, towel, and water shoes (the bay is shallow enough for bigger kids to stand up), sunscreen and bug spray. Public Landing has also a shady pavilion with tables at the pier for a picnic.​​
Assateague Island Beach Cleanup and Bay Life
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025
Time: 12:30pm to 2pm
Meeting Point: Life of the Marsh Trail parking lot at Assateague Island National Seashore
Address: Bayside Drive, Berlin MD
Help clean up the beach on the bayside of Assateague Island and explore the abundant bay life! Marsh and bay provide habitats for an amazing variety of animals such as fish, invertebrates, lots of birds, and yes - ponies! We will walk the 1/2 mile Life of the Marsh trail, clean up the beach at the end of the trail and catch (and release) critters in the shallow bay. Please wear water shoes and bathing suits.
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