August 28, 2015 Vol. 6 No. 29
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Want to join in and make your mark on sustainability in the Annapolis area?
Consider becoming one of our Founding One Hundred.
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Welcome to our newest Founding One Hundred Sponsor, Leonard Paper!
- Charlie Birney
- Infrared Tools Energy Services*
- Gene Singleton & Maureen McEnerney
- Keith & Helen Drewett*
- Doug Lashley / GreenVest
- Elvia Thompson
- Lynne & Mark Forsman
- Ralph Gleason
- Shelley & Eric Rubin
- Boatyard Bar & Grill
- John Nicklin
- Cohen Community Fund
- Towne Park
- Eastport Civic Association
- Galway Bay Irish Pub
- The Brick Companies
- Delegate Steve Schuh
- Severn Savings Bank
- Paul Murphy
- Hannah Studios, Inc.
- Joe Budge & Sharon Kennedy*
- PNC Wealth Management
- K&B True Value
- Betty & Jim Davis
- Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company
- Clean Currents
- John H. Stevens
- EP Henry
- MOM's Organic Market
- La Prima Catering
- Jeannie Zajac
- Vic Pascoe
- Robert Clark
- Mid-Atlantic GEM, LLC
- Dick Lahn
- Homestead Gardens
- Rick Kissel & Lee Finney
- Kevin Green
- Hannon Armstrong
- Clare Vanderbeek & Jack Morkan*
- Leonard Paper
*multiple donations
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Great Opportunity for Annapolis Green Followers!
Tour the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Horn Point Oyster Hatchery
Tuesday, Sept. 1
10:30 a.m.
We have a special invitation to tour one of the largest oyster hatcheries on the East Coast, the Horn Point Oyster Hatchery in Cambridge on the Eastern Shore. It produces a variety of oyster larvae for use in oyster research, oyster restoration, and educational projects.
Over the past decade, spawning oysters at the Horn Point Lab Oyster Hatchery have resulted in the deployment of over one billion oyster spat to the waters of the Chesapeake Bay in the hopes of slowing the Chesapeake Bay oyster decline and restoring the health of the Bay.
The facility is about 90 minutes from Annapolis, 61 miles from Main Street. The address is: 2020 Horns Point Road, Cambridge, MD 21613. You must arrive prior to 10:30 a.m. The tour will take about an hour.
The importance of oyster hatcheries is, of course, due to the importance of oysters and the many benefits of oysters enjoyed by not just watermen and the local economy, but also the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and its tributaries. Oysters are filter feeders and as the "vacuum cleaners" of the Chesapeake Bay a single healthy oyster can filter 50 gallons of water a day. Imagine the cleaning power of an entire oyster reef! Not only that, the oyster reefs themselves make a tremendous habitat for other Bay residents.
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K&B True Value is your hardware store and more. There are literally thousands of Green Options products in stock to help you live your life in a more Earth friendly manner. And now, K&B delivers!
Visit K&B True Value online, on Facebook and in person at 912 Forest Drive, Annapolis. Phone: 410-268-3939.
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