Cacapon Institute - From the Cacapon to the Potomac to the Chesapeake Bay, we protect rivers and watersheds using science and education. 

As Fact Finders, we conduct research to gain insight into watershed issues of local and regional importance.

As Educators,  we work to create a future where a stream without a buffer looks as out of place as a smoker in a conference room looks today.  To foster that vision, our environmental education efforts focus on students first and, through them, the larger community.

As Problem Solvers, we seek innovative solutions to environmental problems.

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Job Announcement Cacapon Institute is looking for a full-time Outreach Coordinator.   Care about the environment? Thinking about a career in the environment or education? Curious about what’s being done to save the Chesapeake Bay?  Want to engage your mind and get your hands dirty to help Save the Bay?   If so; you’re invited to apply to Cacapon Institute.  Right click here to download the job description (PDF).

 

Stream Scholars Summer Camp 2010 July 19-23, 2010 Click image to download flyer

 

Riparian Forest Plantings
	Deer exclusion fencing experiment is testing a relatively low cost method to protect riparian forest plantings from severe damage from deer browsing. Read about the WV PTS Forested Riparian Buffer Demonstration Project.  2nd & 3rd year results posted.   At left see slide show of a new riparian tree planting and deer fence construction project at the Prospect Hall facility near Middleway, WV.

 

April 13, 2009.  Benthic Macroinvertebrate activities debut in the Potomac Highlands watershed School.  Go to any classroom in the eSchool, then click on the BMI Poster to enter the benthic portal.  For a taste of the stunning new illustrations by Jennifer Gillies, click on the photo at left to met the "Cast of Characters."

5/27/09.  CI's eSchool is a winner!  We entered the Potomac Highlands Watershed School part of our website in the Adobe-TechSoup 2009 Show Your Impact design contest, and we won the Environmental Impact: Other Media category.  Take a look at our entry and all the other deserving winners at the Show Your Impact website.

Cacapon Institute - From the Cacapon to the Potomac to the Chesapeake Bay, we protect rivers and watersheds using science and education.

Website  made possible by funding from The Norcross Wildlife Foundation,  the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Virginia Environmental Endowment, NOAA-BWET, USEPA, The MARPAT Foundation, and our generous members.