The Elisabeth Reed Carter Environmental Education program provides one-day canoe-based field investigations for students and teachers. These field investigations are designed to provide participants with the opportunity to investigate and explore Virginia’s local waterways and learn about its connection to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Participants learn about water quality and the effects that pollution and land use have on the Bay’s tributaries. The “canoeing classroom” affords students the opportunity to conduct biological and chemical tests and discover how they can take action to help preserve and restore the watershed. This mobile canoe program explores the rivers & creeks of central and tidewater, VA using different canoe sites to reach students in their local watersh