The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) has intensified its work on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and on June 11 the region’s largest environmental group dedicated to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay and its local creeks and rivers officially will open an office in Easton.
“This is the most important moment in the history of the Save the Bay effort, and the Eastern Shore is a critical place where we must succeed,” said Alan Girard, director of CBF’s Eastern Shore Office. “The counties and communities of the Eastern Shore can be models for the rest of the Bay region. We can leave our children and grandchildren cleaner water, make our water once again teem with grasses, crabs and oysters, and also increase jobs all at the same time.”
In recent months CBF has been strengthening its presence and activities on the Eastern Shore, especially in the Mid-Shore area: moving into an office in the Bullitt House on E. Dover Street, increasing staff, and most importantly working with local government, business, environmental and other groups and individuals to help turn the corner on local pollution reductions. The official opening of the Bullitt House offices on June 11 will mark that new commitment to the Shore by the organization. CBF acknowledges the generosity of the Mid-Shore Community Foundation and the Town Creek Foundation for helping make the new facility possible.
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