Bill Proposed Would Halt Oyster Sanctuary
ANNAPOLIS, MD (January 13, 2010) - Senator Richard Colburn (Dorchester County) has filed two bills (SB37 and SB222) that together would put an end to the Governor's Oyster restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan. If these bills are adopted, they would effectively maintain the status quo for oyster management in the Chesapeake Bay. That means over-harvesting and destruction of oyster beds by power harvesting equipment would continue until the Legislature re-enacts a new law.
Your action in writing letters immediately to the Education Health and Environmental Affairs Senate Committee is essential if we are to stop this before the bill hits the floor. Read more.
Write to:
Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
2 West, Miller Senate Building
Annapolis, MD 21401Or E-mail:
Senator Joan Carter Conway, Chair joan.carter.conway@senate.state.md.us
Senator Roy P. Dyson, roy.dyson@senate.state.md.us
Senator David C. Harrington, david.harrington@senate.state.md.us
Senator Andrew P. Harris, andrew.harris@senate.state.md.us
Senator Mike Lenett, mike.lenett@senate.state.md.us
Senator Paul P. Pinsky, paul.pinsky@senate.state.md.us
Senator Edward R. Reilly, edward.reilly@senate.state.md.us
Senator James C. Rosapepe, jim.rosapepe@senate.state.md.us
Senator Richard Colburn, richard.colburn@senate.state.md.us
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Governor Proposes
Oyster SanctuaryANNAPOLIS, MD (December 3, 2009) — Governor Martin O’Malley today released the details of Maryland’s Proposed Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan, a new multi-faceted effort to rebuild Maryland’s decimated native oyster population. The plan will build on efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay and expand oyster sanctuaries and aquaculture leasing opportunities.
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SMRWA Launches the
Lindsey Paul Rudolph InternshipOctober 3, 2009—The Association has restricted funds received in memory of Lindsey Paul Rudolph for a St. Mary's College student intern. This part time position will focus on education outreach and building sustainable family environments. Monies will be invested in an endowment and income from those investments will fund the position. We anticipate awarding the first internship in the 2010-2011 school year.
In memory of Lindsey, each March we will have an annual fund drive in support of this endowment. The Paul and Rudolph families are humbled by the enormous support for this fund and they hope to be able to expand it to several student internships each school year. The Memorial Fund Committee will recommend to the Board in June that the funds be used to support a student intern or scholarship fund. Read more.
If you would still like to make a donation, you can click on the PayPal link below.
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303d Campaign to
Restore the St. Mary's RiverThe EPA has listed the St. Mary's River as an impaired tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. Simply stated, the river is polluted and it's getting worse, not better. Read More.
Join the new 303d Campaign and become a River Guardian or a River Steward.
Just added: SMRWA recognizes donors to the 303d Campaign.
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SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, September 25
10 AM to 5 PM
at Historic St. Mary's CityRiverFest 2009 was a huge success thanks to the fifty sponsors, nearly forty exhibitors and vendors, and three dozen worker-bee volunteers. We could not have done it without you! Thank you!!
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Marylanders Grow Oysters
More than 200 volunteers at 88 piers distributed throughout the St. Mary's River, St. Inigoes Creek, and St. George Creek are assiting in the study of oysters and raising them for a sanctuary in the upper tidal St. Mary's River. Read more.
Oyster dredge boat works near shore in the upper St. Mary's River in January 2010.* * * * * * * *
Please support our sponsor, Chesapeake Bay Trust, by purchasing Bay Plates.
