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 | Group Name: Greening Of Dundalk (Dundalk Renaissance Corp)
Contact: Marisa Olszewski
Contact Address: 81 Shipping Place
Dundalk, Maryland 21222
Contact Phone: 410-282-0261
Contact Email: marisa@dundalkusa.org
URL: http://www.dundalkusa.org
Activity:Other
Description:The Greening of Dundalk is a volunteer effort run by the Dundalk Renaissance Corporation to plant trees, run clean-ups, and overall "green" Dundalk. This also includes educating residents about their watershed and providing ways for them to have a beneficial impact on the Chesapeake Bay.
Date Last Modified: 12/01/2008 08:42:49 AM
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| Group Name: Community and Environmental Defense Services
Contact: Richard D. Klein
Contact Address: 811 Crystal Palace Court
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
Contact Phone: 410-654-3021
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:Community and Environmental Defense Services helps individual activists and citizen groups across the United States in their effort to preserve neighborhoods and natural resources including rivers and streams.
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:18:05 AM
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| Group Name: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, Inc.
Contact: David Bancroft
Contact Address: 6600 York Rd., Suite 100
Baltimore, Maryland 21212
Contact Phone: (410) 377-6270
Contact Email: mail@acb-online.org
URL: http://www.acb-online.org
Activity:Restoration/Conservation Project
Description:The CBCMP is a regional network of volunteers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia who collect water quality data and information on tidal portions and tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay. Currently we combine water quality monitoring with habitat restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and involve volunteers in projects such as transplanting and monitoring submerged aquatic vegetation in Maryland, restoring and monitoring streamside forest buffers in Pennsylvania, and collecting baseline d...MORE...
Number of Volunteers: 125
Date Last Modified: 09/15/2009 01:18:06 PM
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| Group Name: Gunpowder Valley Conservancy
Contact: Con Manning
Contact Address: 921 Coteswood Circle
Cockeysville, Maryland 21030
Contact Phone: 410-667-0641
Contact Email: conmanning@comcast.net
URL: http://www.gunpowdervalley.org
Activity:Restoration/Conservation Project
Description:The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, a non-profit organization, mobilizes people and resources to care for the lands, waters and character of the Gunpowder Watershed. Its emphasis is on land preservation, restoration, stream cleanups and education.
Number of Volunteers: 400
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:15:57 AM
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| Group Name: Anne Arundel County Citizen Monitoring Program
Contact: Christopher Victoria
Contact Address: Office of Environmental & Cultural Resources 2664 Riva Rd., MS 6402
Annapolis, Maryland 21401-
Contact Phone: 410 222-7441
Activity:Volunteer Monitoring
Description:The Citizen Monitoring Program assists the County in assessment of water quality conditions and improvement efforts. Volunteers are supplied with equipment to collect data; all attend training prior to the start of monitoring and two hands-on QA/QC sessions each year. Most volunteers monitor the tidal portions of the County's rivers and creeks, which drain to the Chesapeake Bay. Citizen monitoring data is analyzed along with other county monitoring data to reveal a more complete picture of the ...MORE...
Number of Volunteers: 20
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:15:41 AM
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| Group Name: Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM)
Contact: Julie Vastine
Contact Address: Dickinson College Environmental Studies Dept. P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013-
Contact Phone: 717 245-1565
Contact Email: allarm@dickinson.edu
URL: http://www.dickinson.edu/allarm
Activity:Volunteer Monitoring
Description:ALLARM, a project of the Environmental Studies Department at Dickinson College, serves as a Technical Support Center for locally based volunteer monitoring programs. We provide trainings, quality control analysis, data interpretation, and other assistance.
Number of Volunteers: 400
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:17:22 AM
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| Group Name: Back River Neck Peninsula Community Association, Inc.
Contact: Doug Celmer
Contact Address: P. O. Box 16754
Essex, Maryland 21221
Contact Email: dougcelmer@comcast.net
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:We are an Environmentally based Community organization. We work in areas such as tree plantings, SAV plantings, Smarth Growth & Rural Legacy, Land Preservation, Coastal Clean-ups & protection, and the protection of the Chesapeake Bay. We sponsor an annual "Nature Day in the Park Celebration" in conjuntion with the annual "Coastweeks" celebration. We publish a monthly newsletter called "The Bayside Banner"
Number of Volunteers: 100
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:17:16 AM
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| Group Name: Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association
Contact: Donna K Kirsh
Contact Address: 2700 Lighthouse Point East # 501
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Contact Phone: 410-563-7300
Contact Email: dkirsh@baltimorewaters.org
URL: http://www.baltimorewaters.org
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:The mission of the Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association is to protect and improve the environmental quality and natural beauty of the Baltimore Harbor and its tributaries. Our short-term goals are to install a trash netting/collection system at the Harris Creek drainage outfall, located at the Baltimore Harbor and to define and develop watershed outreach strategies/programs in the Harris Creek drainage area. In the long term, our goals are to install trash netting/collection system around the ...MORE...
Number of Volunteers: 40+
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:18:02 AM
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| Group Name: Friends of the Patapsco Valley and Heritage Greenway
Contact: Kit Valentine
Contact Address: P.O. Box 96
Ellicott City, Maryland 21041
Contact Phone: 410-480-0824
Contact Email: kibe@juno.com
URL: http://www.patapscoheritagegreenway.org
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:The Friends of the Patapsco Valley and Heritage Greenway (PHG)works to preserve and protect the history, heritage and environment of the Patapsco Valley. The PPHG holds numerous environmental events such as stream clean-ups, tree plantings and invasive plant removal, to help improve the Patapsco River watershed area. The PHG works with several partners such as the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore County Dept. of Environmental & Resource Management, Chesapeake Bay Trust, etc. Visit the...MORE...
Number of Volunteers: 900 in 2007
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:17:20 AM
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| Group Name: Bird River
Contact: Rob Ryan
Contact Address: 401 Bosley Ave
Towson, Maryland 21401
Contact Phone: 410-887-2904
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Date Last Modified: 10/21/2008 10:27:42 AM
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| Group Name: Chesapeake Watershed Reforestation Action Program/Seton Keough High School
Contact: Christine Proctor
Contact Address: 1201 Caton Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21227
Contact Phone: 410-646-4444
Contact Email: skhspro@erols.com
Activity:Volunteer Monitoring
Description:Water assessment; biodiversity assessment; other watershed restoration activities.
Number of Volunteers: varies by subject taught and activities performed
Date Last Modified: 10/21/2008 10:27:30 AM
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| Group Name: Upper Western Shore Watershed
Contact: Matt Fleming
Contact Address: MDNR Tawes State Office Bldg E-2
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Contact Phone: 410-260-8827
Contact Email: mfleming@dnr.state.md.us
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:This will be assessed through the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model. Results will be available in late 1997.
Number of Volunteers: 30
Date Last Modified: 10/21/2008 09:56:52 AM
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| Group Name: PA CleanWays
Contact: Barb Smerkar
Contact Address: 105 West Fourth Street
Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601-2981
Contact Phone: 724-836-4121 ext 10
Contact Email: bsmerkar@pacleanways.org
URL: http://www.pacleanways.org
Activity:Other
Description:PA CleanWays, Inc. is a non-profit organization that helps people who are ready to take action against illegal dumping and littering in their communities. Since 1990, PA CleanWays has been dedicated to empowering people to resolve and prevent these destructive problems. The core programs of PA CleanWays revolve around cleanups, education, adoption, beautification, and proper disposal. Our experience shows that local involvement, partnerships, and support are vital to lasting success in address...MORE...
Date Last Modified: 05/26/2009 12:27:00 PM
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| Group Name: Revitalizing Baltimore-Streams
Contact: Guy W. Hager
Contact Address: Parks and People Foundation 1901 Eagle Dr.
Baltimore, Maryland 21207-
Contact Phone: 410 448-5663 108
Activity:Volunteer Monitoring
Description:Revitalizing Baltimore brings together people who plant and care for trees and natural habitats, monitor and restore streams, turn trashy lots into community gardens, conduct environmental education, and provide job training for urban youth. We are a partnership of public agencies, academic institutions, businesses, and private nonprofit and community organizations in the Gwynns Falls, Jones Falls, and Herring Run watersheds of the Patapco and Back Rivers. We are supported in part with technica...MORE...
Number of Volunteers: 100
Date Last Modified: 10/21/2008 10:27:41 AM
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| Group Name: VINCR
Contact: Brian Moyer
Contact Address: 39 Gammy Drive
Elkton, Maryland 21921-1600
Contact Phone: 410-306-0967
Contact Email: bmoyer@arl.mil
Activity:Volunteer Monitoring
Description:Natural & cultural resource conservation of US Army installation. We have worked for 5 years to restore or otherwise safeguard the installations natural and cultural heritage. We have over 100 volunteers from the community.
Number of Volunteers: 100
Date Last Modified: 10/21/2008 10:25:53 AM
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| Group Name: Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center
Contact: Stephen G. Barry
Contact Address: 975 Indian Landing Rd
Millersville, Maryland 21108-
Contact Phone: 410 222-3822
Contact Email: sbarry@aacps.org
URL: http://www.arlingtonecho.net/
Activity:Education Project/Program, Other
Description:Severn River Monitoring Project conducts water quality monitoring on 12 brackish water sites on the Severn River. Middle, high school, and 5th grade students participate, and our program supports science and social studies curriculum.
Number of Volunteers: 0
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:17:07 AM
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| Group Name: Greater Baltimore Canoe Club
Contact: Tom Giannaccini, Jr., President
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
Contact Phone: 410-661-4805
URL: http://www.baltimorecanoeclub.org/
Activity:Restoration/Conservation Project
Description:Mission: Founded in 1975, the Club's conservation activities include keeping members informed on local and regional events, donations to river conservation organizations, support of local legislation designed to promote river conservation and publication of a newsletter.
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:15:57 AM
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| Group Name: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Contact: Larry Williamson
Contact Address: Bureau of Recreat'n & Conservt'n, Rachel Carson State Office Bldg, PO Box 8475
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
Contact Phone: 717-783-2658
URL: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/
Activity:Other
Description:To protect and enhance the Commonwealth's rivers, streams and other water resources through technical assistance and grants to communities and nonprofit organizations for rivers conservation projects and partnerships.
The Rivers Conservation Program has given grants and technical assistance to more than 80 watershed organizations, non-profit organizations, or municipalities statewide to develop comprehensive river conservation plans on a watershed basis. From very small subwatersheds encompassi...MORE...
Number of Volunteers: 0
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:14:26 AM
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| Group Name: Brightwater Inc
Contact Address: PO Box 6395
Ellicott City, Maryland 21042-0395
Contact Phone: 410-418-8476
Contact Email: jgracie@holonet.net
URL: http://www.brightwaterinc.com/
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:Aquatic resource assessment and restoration.
Date Last Modified: 10/24/2008 09:03:14 AM
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| Group Name: Chesapeake Bay Trust
Contact: Kacey Barrett
Contact Address: 60 West Street #405
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Contact Phone: 410-974-2941
Contact Email: postmaster@cbtrust.org
URL: http://www.chesapeakebaytrust.org
Activity:Other
Description:The Chesapeake Bay Trust is a non-profit, grantmaking organization. The Trust funds projects that help restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and help Maryland citizens get involved in the process. For more information about the Trust's grantmaking programs, visit our website or call the Trust staff.
Date Last Modified: 10/20/2008 01:39:24 PM
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| Group Name: Lake St. Clair Advisory Committee
Contact: Chairperson
Contact Address: PO Box 272
Mt. Clemens, Michigan 48046
Contact Phone: 810-725-8827
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:Founded in 1968, the Committee participates in the St. Clair River BPAC and Clinton River Remedial Action Plan, in an effort to improve river quality and have the International Joint Commission delist the waterways of the Clinton River. Previews dredge-and-fill permits. Lake Access.
Number of Volunteers: 20
Date Last Modified: 10/17/2008 05:33:23 PM
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| Group Name: PA CleanWays
Contact: Shannon Reiter - President
Contact Address: 105 West Fourth Street
Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601-2981
Contact Phone: 724-836-4121
Contact Email: info@pacleanways.org
URL: http://www.pacleanways.org
Activity:Other
Description:PA CleanWays, Inc. is a non-profit organization that helps people who are ready to take action against illegal dumping and littering in their communities. Since 1990, PA CleanWays has been dedicated to empowering people to resolve and prevent these destructive problems. The core programs of PA CleanWays revolve around cleanups, education, adoption, beautification, and proper disposal. Our experience shows that local involvement, partnerships, and support are vital to lasting success in address...MORE...
Date Last Modified: 06/10/2008 08:18:02 AM
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| Group Name: Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition Inc
Contact: Callie D. Moore
Contact Address: 1853 Nc Highway 141
Murphy, North Carolina 28906
Contact Phone: 828-837-5414
Contact Email: hrwcoalition@brmemc.net
URL: http://www.hrwc.net
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:The Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition is a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to facilitate water quality improvements in streams and lakes in the upper Hiwassee River basin. For more than a decade, HRWC has delivered stream restoration and other water quality improvement projects, workshops and environmental education programs, and an active volunteer monitoring program in Towns and Union counties in north Georgia and Clay and Cherokee counties, N.C. Visit us on the internet at www....MORE...
Number of Volunteers: 80
Date Last Modified: 07/21/2009 09:47:00 AM
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| Group Name: Center for Watershed Protection
Contact: Tom Schueler
Contact Address: 8391 Main Street
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
Contact Phone: 410-461-8323
Contact Email: center@cwp.org
URL: http://www.cwp.org
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:The Center for Watershed Protection is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that works with local, state, and Federal government agencies, environmental consulting firms, watershed organizations, and the general public to provide objective and scientifically sound information on effective techniques to protect and restore urban watersheds.
Date Last Modified: 10/24/2008 09:04:08 AM
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| Group Name: Patapsco/Back River
Contact: Danielle Lucid
Contact Address: MDNR Tawes State Office Bldg E-2
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Contact Phone: 410-260-8726
Contact Email: dlucid@dnr.state.md.us
Activity:Watershed Alliance/Council
Description:This will be assessed through the Chesapeake Bay Watershed model. Results will be available in late 1997. Purpose is to reduce nutrient pollution (N and P) to 40% of the 1985 levels and keep them at that level.
Number of Volunteers: about 30 to 35 per team
Date Last Modified: 10/24/2008 09:02:55 AM
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| Group Name: Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks
Contact: D. L. Stupski
Contact Address: 3001 East Drive, Druid Hill Park
Baltimore, Maryland 21217
Contact Phone: 410-396-7050
Contact Email: Donna.Stupski@baltimorecity.gov
URL: http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/recnparks/index.html
Activity:Restoration/Conservation Project
Description:Baltimore City's Department of Recreation and Parks works to protect and improve conditions in watershed areas within or adjacent to City parks, especially those that are minor and major tributaries leading to the Chesapeake Bay region. Information on current projects may be found in the Department's annual "Program Guide".
Date Last Modified: 10/17/2008 05:29:10 PM
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| Group Name: Herring Run Watershed Association
Contact: Richard S. Hersey
Contact Address: 4337 Harford Rd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21214
Contact Phone: 410 254-1577
Contact Email: rich@herringrun.org
URL: http://www.herringrun.net/
Activity:Volunteer Monitoring
Description:Herring Run Watershed Association Stream Teams are affiliating with schools and non-profits with the goal of monitoring 100% of the waterways in Herring Run watershed, a Baltimore County and City tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. Monitoring is done in cooperation with Save Our Streams and City and County agencies.
Number of Volunteers: 130
Date Last Modified: 10/17/2008 05:26:40 PM
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 | Group Name: Save Our Streams
Contact: Barbara Taylor-Suit
Contact Address: 791 Aquahart Road, Ste. 100
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061
Contact Phone: 410-766-9443
Contact Email: info@saveourstreams.org
Activity:Other
Description:Save Our Streams (SOS) is the grassroots stream, river, and wetlands monitoring and restoration program of the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA). Since 1969, we have trained volunteers in every state. IWLA chapters in 32 states use the SOS program and thousands of other programs use SOS monitoring methods. We track projects in all 50 states througn our database, and have produced a variety of workshops, booklests, fact sheets, training videos, habitat restoration guides, and curricula for ...MORE...
Date Last Modified: 10/24/2008 09:04:57 AM
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| Group Name: Save Our Streams
Contact: Barbara Taylor-Suit
Contact Address: 791 Aquahart Road, Ste. 100
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061
Contact Phone: 410-766-9443
Contact Email: info@saveourstreams.org
Activity:Other
Description:Save Our Streams (SOS) is the grassroots stream, river, and wetlands monitoring and restoration program of the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA). Since 1969, we have trained volunteers in every state. IWLA chapters in 32 states use the SOS program and thousands of other programs use SOS monitoring methods. We track projects in all 50 states througn our database, and have produced a variety of workshops, booklests, fact sheets, training videos, habitat restoration guides, and curricula for ...MORE...
Date Last Modified: 10/24/2008 09:08:30 AM
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| Group Name: Parks and People Foundation
Contact: Guy Hager
Contact Address: 2600 Madison Ave
Baltimore, Maryland 21217
Contact Phone: (410) 396 - 0198
Contact Email: Guyhager@aol.com
URL: http://www.parksandpeople.org/
Activity:Restoration/Conservation Project
Description:Since 1984, Parks & People Foundation has worked to improve the quality of life in Baltimore’s neighborhoods. Our staff, volunteers and partners in the community have developed innovative solutions to issues facing our city including the restoration of our neighborhoods and their natural resources as well as the academic enrichment and motivation of our children. In order to realize our vision of a healthy environment where people live, work, learn and play, we have formed a strategy targeting t...MORE...
Date Last Modified: 10/24/2008 10:13:01 AM
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| Group Name: National Aquarium In Baltimore, Conservation Department
Contact: Laura Bankey
Contact Address: Pier 3/501 East Pratt St
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Contact Phone: 410-659-4207
Contact Email: lbankey@aqua.org
URL: http://www.aqua.org/
Activity:Restoration/Conservation Project
Description:Human impact on the world's ecosystems is profound. As habitats are destroyed or degraded, species diversity and the complex relationships among species are threatened, with consequences for all living things--including humans. Zoos and aquariums have both the capacity and the responsibility to increase public awareness of these issues, and to implement conservation action programs. The National Aquarium in Baltimore promotes conservation through: Captive breeding of threatened or endangered spe...MORE...
Number of Volunteers: over 5000
Date Last Modified: 12/01/2009 08:33:03 AM
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