Friends of Stafford Creeks Nonprofit organization of volunteer citizen scientists monitoring water quality, advocating sustainable land use policies and watershed protection, and promoting education and stewardship of aquatic and wildlife resources in Stafford County Virginia's Potomac River tributaries. Students at Rodney Thompson Middle School Grew SAV, held a SAV Festival, and planted SAV with a permit in Accokeek Creek

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Teachers at Rodney Thompson Middle School learn how to grow Bay grasses from Chesapeake Bay Foundation at top left. Top right shows trays of wild celery ready to plant. Students held a Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Festival at school in an outdoor "classroom by the creek". Bottom left shows students learning about pH from a Friends of Stafford Creek volunteer. The SAV Festival was held at headwater stream of Accokeek Creek tidal, where the SAV was planted by another Friends of Stafford Creek volunteer (bottom right).