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You will begin your journey at the Frankstown Branch and will end at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

Location: Date and Time

**Hollidaysburg: May 3, 8:00AM** Canoe Creek State Park Canoe Creek is flat with alot of trees. The trees make it very cool. Theres alot of limestone around it and a few farms. Having the farms makes some pollution from the animals, but over all its very clean, the limestone conter balances the acid rain. There are more and more houses coming up every year which makes more silt. As for animals theres all kinds of fish also theres alot of bats. There are some blue gill and trout as for the fish. I went to the bat house and I met a few nice bats, I made a cute bat friend named Zeek, I asked him to come on the trip with me! He said he'd come along as long as he doesn't have to fly the whole way down.


 * Huntingdon: May 4, 5:15 PM**
 * Lewistown: May 6, 12:00PM**


 * Harrisburg: May 9, 9:30 AM**

As I stroll down the river of lewistown I see the oily waters and walk off through the street. The suage ways last to the water I wish to swim upon, and the water is unbarable to look out as I mover futher down. For I've ended up passing farmlands to the left and right of me. The fertalizer and manore pour in to it as well. A duck's world is unprogrissive I think to myself if this keeps up. I find the sight of small groups of trees here ,and there however it's not enough to contribute to the brutile progression of this poluted. The river consisted now of this brownish oarnge color. Without a decent autherized way to clean this up people who have washed us out well never be able to see our loving ducky race agian.


 * Columbia: May 10, 3:45 PM(between York and Lancaster)**

 I went to Columbia pa there wasn’t a lot of Forrest most of it was populated land with lots of waste in the river it was very polluted however I ran into a **//Cyprinus carpio //**otherwise known as the common carp the common carp. The common carp is dark green at the top with a white under belly and tan gills. It was a bit cold that morning but it got pretty warm as the day went on.

**Havre De Grace: May 12, 7:45 PM**

As i am floating down the river through baltimore i am looking around and it's very icky. As i flow down the river i almost got hit by a piece of trash that a person threw from the side of the river. There are tons of boats around...... Which makes my water very yucky due to the oil and gas from the boats. I have too keep one eye out of my feathers will get all icky from the oil. With all the buildings around the river the water is alot cooler than usual. It smells so yummy with all these resturants. There is not many buddy's for me too talk to due too the bad stream quality.
 * Baltimore: May 16, 7:25 AM**

** I went to Tangier island for my rafting trip and found a small dry town near the river. I saw many ports and lots of people around there. They seem to have many fishing stores around. after i ate i decided to run across the shore and after a while i found sewage pipe with a leak leak into the water and saw much garbage on the sand this may cause problems for fish here. Then i went to the docks and saw lots of fishing boats and transport boats. I think there are too many fishing boats for this port and the transport boats could increase the risk of leaks of thir hull with so meny boats around.
 * Tangier Island: May 21, 1:35 PM

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 * Virginia Beach: May 23, 11:30 AM

As I swam through the Chesapeake Bay, I met a blenny. A blenny is a brightly colored fish with long dorsal fins. I thought he was very interesting. I also met a summer flounder. He was a fish with both of his eyes on the left side of his head. He also has a long dorsal fin stetching from head to tail. He wasn't the prettiest fish but we had good conversation. I also saw what looked like long grass. It's called smooth cordgrass. I also saw a pretty orange colored flower. It was very tiny but has beautiful colors. It's called a jewelweed. I stopped in Cape Charles and asked local game commissioners about the pollutants in the water. They told me their are high nitrate and phosphorus levels. The nitrates and phosphorus cause algae blooms that dissolve oxygen levels which cause the fish and shellfish to die. The algae blooms also obscure the sunlight that the undersea grasses needs to grow, but hope is on the way. Upgrading sewage plants, reducing runoff from farms, conserving energy, and protecting natural filters are all part of the pollution clean up. The Chesapeake Bay is a very desirable place to live. The Chesapeake Bay is no stranger to diversity. It is home to 3700 species of plants, animals, and fish. It is also called home by 2700 species of plants and thousands of birds. Wow! that's a lot of neighbors!