From the Armand Bayou Nature Center website. This is an approved conservation project for scouts to participate in individually. This is NOT a troop organized activity, so each individual must register and attend on their own. Pre-register link is below.:

ATTENTION 445:  OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATION SERVICE PROJECT
This is notice of a local service opportunity that satisfies Camping merit badge requirement 9c:  “Perform a conservation project approved by the landowner or land managing agency. This can be done alone or with others.”

Texas Parks & Wildlife has permitted the Galveston Bay Foundation to grow and plant marsh grass at restoration sites around Galveston Bay.  Volunteers (Scouts and others performing the work) will make 1600 pots of marshgrass at the EcoCenter in Baytown to be planted in the bay by local schools via a program called Get Hip to Habitat.  

• This is an independent activity organized by a community organization – not a BSA-sponsored event.  Volunteers are responsible for managing their own health and safety.  
• GBF’s covid protocols are attached.
• There is no age limit.  Anybody can put dirt and a plant in a pot.
• Each participant (Scout, parent, friend) must do the following:
1. Check out their website:  https://galvbay.org/
2. Sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4fa5af2caaf4c61-gethip
3. Sign waiver:  https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/iPY45t52x3TrR1WNE67Mf

Dates:  9/23, 9/24, 9/25 all 9AM-12PM
Activity:  Prep buckets if needed, assemble water quality kits
Bring:  Drills with large drill bit, sponges, water bottles, close-toed shoes

Dates:  9/27, 10/3, 10/4, 10/10, 10/11 all 9AM-12PM
Activity:  Pot plants
Bring:  Water, close-toed shoes, gardening gloves, spade or shovels

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