Marion Coastal Explorers take to the water
Jul 17, 2019
Calvin Payne holding some Oyster spat. Photo courtesy: Marion Natural History Museum
Coastal Explorers pose with Marion Harbormaster Isaac Perry. Photo courtesy: Marion Natural History Museum
Left to right: first row is the Coastal Explorations group (Avery Maloney, Kedzie Calabrese, Daley Calabrese, Ava Horne, Connie Friedman, Lila Grace Bruno, Calvin Payne, Sam Payne, Rylie Parker) with Isaac Perry, the Marion Harbormaster. Photo courtesy: Marion Natural History Museum
Children explore Planting Island while hunting for crabs. Photo courtesy: Marion Natural History Museum
Lila Grace Bruno holding a periwinkle at Planting Island. Photo courtesy: Marion Natural History Museum
Sam Payne, Calvin Payne, Riley Parker with "Rocky" and Avery Maloney in the back at Brainard Marsh. Photo courtesy: Marion Natural History Museum
MARION — The Marion Natural History Museum's Coastal Explorations group explored Marion’s watershed last week at a variety of spots across town.
Explorers turned over logs, caught frogs and took a close look at soils in the woods at Washburn Park. Then, they examined seaweed, caught fish, and created a rock sculpture, called Rocky, at Brainard Marsh.
The children compared salt marshes to rocky intertidal shores at Planting Island, and heard about the sea turtles of Buzzards Bay and how to protect them at the Marion Natural History Museum.
Explorers also learned a little about oysters, what an "upweller" does and how it helps the Sippican Harbor shellfish population with the Marion Harbormaster’s office.
