Herring Run Watershed Association
$25,000 / 2004 / Environment
Toward staffing costs to increase local efforts to restore the Herring Run Watershed. The association has played a major role in environmental monitoring of illegal industrial dumps and sewage pipe leakages, and has advocated for stream cleanups, tree plantings, installations of rain gardens, and other bio-retention modifications in homes and schoolyards.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
$5,000 / 2004 / Environment
In support of the 2005 Environmental Legislative Summit.
American Farmland Trust
$50,000 / 2004 / Environment
For activities to ensure the continued success of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) program, a cornerstone of Maryland’s efforts to preserve farmland. Plans include the formation of a blue-ribbon commission to develop a vision for agricultural communities by examining the current state of agriculture, and recommendations that would allow the sector to remain a competitive and vibrant economic asset.
1000 Friends of Maryland
$25,000 / 2004 / Environment
For an organizational assessment and development of a strategic plan. As a leading environmental advocacy organization, 1000 Friends is a public voice for preserving Maryland’s natural resources and open space while encouraging planned growth and redevelopment, and reinvestment in older neighborhoods.
1000 Friends of Maryland
$60,000 / 2004 / Environment
To support the Partners for Open Space campaign to help restore the funding for Maryland’s land conservation. The partners, a coalition of more than 120 environmental organizations across Maryland, plan to launch an educational program to showcase the long-term benefits to the community of continuing statewide land conservation initiatives, park improvements, and newly acquired public land.