Mid-Atlantic Marine Education Association
MAMEA
is an organization of people whose common goal is to improve education about all aspects of marine and aquatic environments. Members come from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, the District of Columbia, and beyond. We represent many institutions, organizations and programs. MAMEA is a regional chapter of the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA).
VOTE
MAMEA Board elections for 2012 for the following positions are now open! (Click here to learn more about the candidates.)
- President-elect
- Treasurer
- State Representation (if your home state is DE, DC, or VA)
Elections will remain open until June 8, 2012. Current members who have registered an email address with MAMEA will receive an email link to the online voting. Members without a registered email address will receive a paper ballot in the mail. If you are a current MAMEA member and have not received an email or paper ballot, please contact Ruth Gourley, NMEA Past President & Nominating Committee Chair.
Election results will be announced at our chapter meeting at the 2012 NMEA conference. They will also be sent out through email and in the next issue of Masthead.
NEWS
 May 12, 2012 is Virginia Mini-Conference Kayak Trip
"Aquatic Conservation Science through Research and Education"
We have an exciting mini-conference planned! Please join us on the Ecology of the Bay Kayak Trip for formal and non-formal educators on May 12, 2012. Participants will bring a packed lunch and "meet" on the beach for lunch and activities. Everyone will join in a seining activity, marine debris activity, water quality and data collection activity, and will have the chance to share ideas with each other. It’s a great opportunity to see the Chesapeake Bay’s flora and fauna up close and have a chance to practice identifying these organisms. Registration is $15 for current MAMEA members and $25 for non-members (includes a 1 year MAMEA membership). So bring a friend that might be interested in joining MAMEA! Register by Thursday, May 3rd. More info.
October 12-14, 2012 in Cambridge, Maryland
"Aquatic Conservation Science through Research and Education"
Join educators from the Mid-Atlantic region to celebrate marine education Chesapeake Bay style. The 2012 MAMEA conference will be held on the campus of the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Horn Point Lab on the shores of the Choptank River in Cambridge, MD. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about all things aquatic during presentations by invited speakers, concurrent sessions and field trips. Saturday’s schedule will also allow time for conference participants to tour the Horn Point Lab facilities during their open house. Housing options include single-sex cabins on campus or an offsite hotel.
The joint MAMEA/Virginia Environmental Education conference held in Williamsburg, VA October 7-9 was a huge success! With 117 educators attending from Delaware, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington DC this was one of the biggest conferences in recent history. We kicked off the conference with a wonderful presentation by scientific illustrator Val Kells on the monumental process of creating a field guide of fishes. On Saturday, Dr. Tracey Sutton, VIMS Fisheries Scientist, shared with us his research on deep sea communities which was part of the Census of Marine Life. After a day of engaging concurrent sessions covering topics from Meaningful Watershed Experiences (MWEES) to classroom activities to program development we ended the day with a dinner and auction that raised more than $2,900 to help support conference scholarships. Thank you to all who attended! And we look forward to gathering again next October in Maryland.
Congratulations to the 2011 MAMEA Award Winners. These ladies have dedicated their lives to educating others about the ocean. Click on their name to find out more about their increcible accomplishments in the world of marine education.
Congratulations to Kelly Cox of Philips Wharf Environmental Center in Maryland, one of this year's MAMEA Grant Recipients. With her MAMEA grant, Ms. Cox and the Center will develop a Fisheries Management Program for 6th to 8th-grade students from schools in surrounding counties. They will bring the students to the Island for a day and provide first-hand experiences that illustrate the practices of local watermen, study the fish they catch, and the impacts of environmental factors, including water quality, on the Bay and its fisheries. Read more.
Masthead
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