Past Grants

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

For continued support of programs to educate conservation voters about public policy issues and decisions at state and local levels. Through enhanced e-mail lists, the league will continue to educate and mobilize conservation voters around timely conservation issues, in particular, global warming.

Herring Run Watershed Association

Toward final construction costs of the Herring Run Watershed Center, a renovated corner storefront incorporating many “green technologies” leading to a LEED-silver certificate and aimed at reducing energy costs. This project serves as an energy-efficient model for other neighborhood rowhouses.

Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc.

Three-year funding for long-term research on the effect of planting switchgrass to reduce subsurface nitrogen seepage from Eastern Shore croplands into the Chesapeake Bay, and on the feasibility of switchgrass serving as a perennial grass-based source of biofuel to local agricultural and conservation communities.

The ETV Endowment of South Carolina

For the development of research and supporting materials for the production of a one-hour documentary on the Chesapeake Bay, “Poisoned Waters,” for PBS Frontline to be aired in the spring of 2009. The focus is to inform the public about the relationships among the health of the bay, the local economy, and regional natural resources.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

For support of the 2009 Environmental Legislative Summit.