Marine Conservation Happy Hour

Estuaries can be muddy and boggy and so getting people to care about their conservation is harder than "charismatic" habitats such as warm, sandy tropical beaches. In this episode, Dr. Scarlett Smash and Dr. Craken talk to their guests, Coreen Weilminster and Becky Swerida from Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, about how to get other people to care about estuaries.   This episode is sponsored by Coastal Futures – Innovation for Ocean Recovery, a virtual conference (January 18-20th, 2022). The conference will have15 sessions & 6 keynote speeches covering a wide range of major themes that relate to the way we intend to restore and recover our coastal and marine environment. Key stakeholders and industry leaders, who take a proactive approach to the sustainability agenda in the coastal and marine environment, will be attending. This annual conference will now include a US component to it and will have US coastal experts attending, allowing us to compare and learn from each other about best