Chesapeake Bay Foundation
$5,000 / 2009 / Environment
In support of the 2010 Environmental Legislative Summit.
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
$15,000 / 2009 / Environment
To underwrite staffing costs for the Legal Enforcement Project, focused on abating local power plant emissions through legal action against repeated violations of the Maryland Clean Air Act.
Audubon Maryland-DC
$32,000 / 2008 / Environment
For continued support of educational services at the Audubon Center in Patterson Park. Collaboration with the Friends of Patterson Park has helped to change the perception of safety issues in the park and has contributed to increased visitation and utilization. Working closely with neighborhood schools, Audubon’s curriculum-based programs, linked to Maryland State Standards, enhance the in-school science program by using the park as an outdoor laboratory. These school activities are supplemented by a series of after-school programs.
Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.
$30,000 / 2008 / Environment
For continued support of collaboration between the Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association, Herring Run Watershed Association, and the Jones Falls Watershed Association. The center provides technical expertise to the local watershed associations with the implementation of water quality improvements, storm water retrofits, detection of illicit discharge, and downspout disconnection demonstration projects.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
$5,000 / 2008 / Environment
For support of the 2009 Environmental Legislative Summit.