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Harwich High SchoolHarwich High School Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Studies
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an interdisciplinary course that addresses real world an interdisciplinary course that addresses real world environmental issues, problems and solutions.environmental issues, problems and solutions.
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This class This class emphasizes emphasizes systems thinking systems thinking and integrates and integrates social, economic social, economic and scientific and scientific principles principles to identify root to identify root causes of causes of problems.problems.
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Human WellbeingHuman Wellbeing
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Everything is ConnectedEverything is Connected
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The Environmental Club offersThe Environmental Club offers students an opportunity to learn students an opportunity to learn about environmental problems about environmental problems
and what they can do to help solve them.and what they can do to help solve them.
It offers students, who are not currently enrolled in It offers students, who are not currently enrolled in Environmental Studies, an opportunity to Environmental Studies, an opportunity to participate in environmental projectsparticipate in environmental projects
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The Herring River Restoration The Herring River Restoration ProjectProject
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Wellfleet Harbor Cape Cod Bay Wellfleet Harbor Cape Cod Bay and the Herring River Estuaryand the Herring River Estuary
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Wellfleet Harbor
Gull Pond
Mill Creek
Pole Dike Creek
Duck Harbor
Bound BrookHerring Pond
Wellfleet Center
Truro
Wellfleet
1908 Salt Marsh
DIKE1909
2007 Salt Marsh
Basins and tributaries of the Herring
River Estuary System
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Ecological and social benefits of Herring River tidal restoration
Restored tidal range & salinity
Increased sediment deposition & storm surge protection
Removal of exotic plants
Increased wetland water levels
Restored peat chemistry, elimination of acidity, metals
Restored salt marsh plant community
Restored habitats & wetland access for finfish, shellfish, crustaceans, marsh birds &
mammals
Restored public access, harvestable resources and
recreational and educational opportunities: boating,
fishing, birding, etc.
Reduced mosquito production
Increased tidal flushing
Increased water-column aeration
Decreased coliform bacteria
Restored pollution control
Thickened freshwater lens
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Accept the Accept the responsibility to responsibility to understand understand and influence and influence decisions and decisions and actions of actions of environmental environmental consequences as a consequences as a civic duty.civic duty.
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Goals:Goals: -Increase knowledge and -Increase knowledge and understanding of local and global understanding of local and global environmental issues well environmental issues well enough to make intelligent, enough to make intelligent, personal decisions.personal decisions.
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And provide a guide for And provide a guide for those who wish those who wish to study environmental to study environmental issues in greater issues in greater depth in the future.depth in the future.
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We can only value what We can only value what we know through we know through establishing a personal establishing a personal connectionconnection
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The Environmental Club does The Environmental Club does research and goes on field trips to research and goes on field trips to take part in Community Service take part in Community Service Opportunities that also gives them a Opportunities that also gives them a hands-on learning experience.hands-on learning experience.