Herring Run Watershed Association
$5,000 / 2003 / Environment
For operating funds during a leadership transition, to ensure active stewardship in the watershed.
Maryland Environment Trust
$5,000 / 2003 / Environment
In support of an initiative to secure donated voluntary easements as an alternative strategy to land acquisition.
Audubon Maryland-DC
$25,000 / 2002 / Environment
Toward the establishment of a field office in Patterson Park where Audubon will develop and implement preschool, after-school, in-school, family and community educational outreach programs. Serving as a potential conservation hub in the park, the Audubon Center will provide ornithological and ecological programs in collaboration with local schools within walking distance.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
$5,000 / 2002 / Environment
For support of the 2003 Environmental Legislative Summit.
The Chester River Association
$5,000 / 2002 / Environment
Toward supporting the position of a riverkeeper, to serve as guardian of the Chester River charged with protecting its water quality and biodiversity from further degradation. As land use changes impact the watershed, the riverkeeper will maintain a public presence in planning efforts.