With the legendary Waterfowl Festival only two weeks away, Albert Pritchett, the Festival’s chairperson, is not that worried. After 45 years, the Festival is now a well-greased machine, with seasoned volunteers and staff, many of whom have participated for decades in the annual fall event, fully prepared to assume their positions the weekend of November 13th.
What Albert does worry about however is that the Festival’s purpose of raising funds for wildlife conservation sometimes get lost on the some 15,000 attendees that converge on Easton each year. In fact, Waterfowl Chesapeake, the philanthropic arm of the festival, has donated over $5 million over the years to such critically important local organizations as Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage, Ducks Unlimited, the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
In his interview with the Spy, Pritchett talks about the important conservation component of the festival and the pleasure he gets in seeing his community rally every year around this remarkable celebration of Eastern Shore heritage.
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