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Links for Kids

Help Us Save Lives

While you can't join the U.S. Coast Guard or the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary until you turn 17 you can help us save lives by following these simple rules:

Always wear your life jacket while boating!
Ask the adults you boat with to wear their life jackets too.
Always swim with a buddy.
Ask the Adults you boat with to take a boater education class.

Help Us Protect the Environment

The U.S. Coast Guard is also protects the marine environment.

Don't litter and never throw trash in the water.

Some Great Links

Sea Partners - The U.S.C.G. education and outreach program on marine environmental protection. See the "Just for Kids" section for activities and the earn the Sea Partners patch.

The U.S.C.G. Downloads Page has coloring books, great Coast Guard images, and a paper model of an HH-65 helicopter.

The Boating Safety Sidekicks - Lots of fun online activities focused on boating safety.

Bobber the Water Safety Dog - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website on water safety for small kids. A great animated movie.

A Water Safety coloring book from the Army Corps of Engineers.

The Army Corps of Engineers Education Center has information on all aspects of the Corps mission.

The Environmental Protection Agency's Exploring Estuaries site teaches about these complex ecosystems.

You can find out more about our own Columbia River Estuary at the Kids for the Columbia.

The EPA's Nonpoint Source kids page - Learn how runoff from streets and highways impacts the environment.

NOAA's Year of The Ocean kids page. Check out the Marine Debris Coloring Book.

The United Nations has a great collection of links to kids resources on marine litter.

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