Since 1980, the Environmental Center at Anne Arundel Community College has supported AACC’s mission through applied research designed to address local environmental needs. Most community colleges don’t double as scientific research institutions — but the Environmental Center at AACC is a brilliant exception. The EC conducts vital applied research, monitors the health of our local waterways, and leads critical habitat restoration efforts.
The EC’s status enables it to engage in unique collaborations between students, sponsors, local organizations, governmental agencies and other universities to develop solutions to a variety of contemporary environmental problems, thus providing opportunities for a diverse population of AACC students to gain hands-on work experience.
The EC supports the activities of Annapolis’s Spa Creek Conservancy and riverkeepers across the region, with water testing, environmental analysis, conservation research, expert testimony and much more. In recent years, the DF has been particularly proud to underwrite a multi-year study — the first of its kind — of best practices for the harvesting, processing and dissemination of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), underwater grasses of critical importance to the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
The Denker Foundation 