Environmental Law Institute
$5,000 / 2000 / Environment
For design and publication costs of the “Forests for the Bay”; report. The report recommends the adoption of forest landscape policy goals to promote the expansion and connection of contiguous forests that protect the Chesapeake Bay.
Irvine Nature Center
$5,000 / 2000 / Environment
For the development of three additional modules for Natural Connections, an urban environmental education program.
Center for a Livable Future
$5,000 / 2000 / Environment
For staffing to oversee the creation of two schoolyard gardens at Elmer A. Henderson Elementary School.
Scenic America
$10,000 / 2000 / Environment
Seed funding to establish a statewide scenic conservation organization, Scenic Maryland, as an affiliate of Scenic America. The purposes of the program are to continue the education of local citizens about scenic conservation, serve as a local watchdog on billboard measures, and work in partnerships and collaboratives to protect Maryland’s scenic beauty.