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The critical moments happened on trips to the Chesapeake Bay near Tangier Island, the Rappahannock River below Fones Cliffs or the pristine Occupacia Creek in Essex County. At some point in those educational journeys—led by Bill Portlock for 40 years—the motor would be turned off or the paddling would stop. That’s the moment students young and old were most likely to experience a striking moment of personal connection to nature. “The focus in those moments is just to drift and listen to the sounds being made,” Portlock said. “An eagle might soar in, or something similarly spectacular might happen, or students will feel something special in simply witnessing the quiet and peaceful nature of a marsh or the look of the wind on the water in the Bay.

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