Transcript to learn more about our work! - Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy

Pioneering projects on the water, on the land, in the classroom and in the field . . .
MRC is doing great work, come engage and invest with us!
CLEAN
WATER
•Over 50 volunteer
“Creekwatchers”
•Monitor 100+ sites
•Bacteria sampling for
safe swimming
Water
Quality
Outreach
• Present Annual State of the Rivers
Report Card (results released
April 24, 2015)
• Conduct Watershed Assessments
with follow up recommendations &
remediation
Reports
Advocacy
River
Patrols
Legislation
Education
• Design, fund & install Maryland’s first
bioreactors, innovative nutrient-reducing
agricultural systems
• Raised 500,000+ oysters in oyster recovery
programs
• Installed storm drain filters in Easton &
sedimentation ponds at Chesapeake College
Projects
PROTECTING
OUR RIVERS
EDUCATION &
OUTREACH
• Curtail illegal
development &
pollution
• Eliminate pointsource pollution
• Riverkeepers give a
voice to our rivers.
• Identify & address
illegal pollution issues
• Push for stronger
regulations & better
enforcement
• Active in Maryland
Legislative Session
• Create & lead
dynamic curriculums
• Teach 500+
students in 6 schools
across 3 counties
• Plant 6,000 trees
Events
LEVERAGING
RESOURCES
Grants
• Cinco de Miler
May 3, 2015
• Kayak Series
May-September
• Tour de Talbot
September 20, 2015
• Film Festival
November 20, 2015
• Over $1,000,000
brought to our
community to further
expand the scope of
our work
Donations
Volunteers
• Collaborate with
government leaders
& other conservation
organizations to
accomplish
widespread change
• Every $1 donated to
MRC, grows to $4 in
clean water projects
• Hundreds of
volunteers working to
protect & improve
river health at every
level