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We can accommodate anyone’s schedule and
customize a rewarding “Total Wetland Experience.” Scheduling occurs on short notice so the website is not always
current.
Please note regional preferences and whether weekdays or weekends
preferred.
For More
Details on MWDI Projects
Please Review our September 12, 2008 Activity
Report
2008 Project Work
Underway
Contact MWDI
if you’re interested in coming along!
November
Nov 19
(Anne Arundel County)
At DNR's Wildlife Advisory Commission meeting, MWDI Director
Cliff Brown will be awarded the 2007 MD DNR Wildlife
Conservationist of the Year Award. Previously in 2006, Cliff
received first annual MD Volunteer Conservationist of the Year
award from Ducks Unlimited. MWDI is receiving this recognition
due to the volunteers within the wildlife conservation community
and the impact they are making on the growth of Maryland's wood
duck population.
Other Outings are developing quickly. Stay tuned. A complete
project list will be provided with local contacts
to facilitate volunteer coordination.
Please note:
Often scheduling occurs on short notice so the website is not always
current.
Completed in November
November 5 - Completed
(Baltimore County)
Hart Miller Island -
Site inspection and 12-box installation, with
Rich Mason, USF&W ,
Brent Evans, MD DNR, and Amanda Penafiel, MD Environmental Service.
Learn more...
November 6 -
Completed
(Washington DC)
Maret High School
Environmental Science Class - box
assembly day. 30 boxes to assemble. Supervisors welcomed.
Contact Cliff Brown at
cliftonabrown@aol.com
Completed in October
October 17 - Completed
(Kent County)
Eastern Neck NWR Wood Duck Nest Box Inspection.
October 18 - Completed
(Kent County)
Chestertown Wildlife Exhibition & Sale. MWDI youth event. Box
assembly. Chestertown, MD.
Completed in
September
September 8 -
Completed
(Washington DC)
MWDI curriculum orientation for Wood Duck research projects at Maret
High School.
September 27 - Completed
(Kent County)
DNR National Hunting & Fishing Day. MWDI youth event. Box assembly.
Bridgeton, MD. Volunteers needed.
September 30 - Completed
(Montgomery County)
Repair work at the McKee Besher WMA.
Completed in
August
Week of Aug 4th - Completed
(Worcester
County)
E. A. Vaughan WMA inspection.
To volunteer, contact Aaron Ward at
award@wcboe.org
August 5 - Completed
Presentation planned for Georgetown University & Earth Conservation
Corps symposium on environmental & conservation issues.
August 6 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Final Jug Bay inspection.
8am.
August 9 - Completed
(Charles County)
Chapman's landing Inspection
August 17 -
Completed
The Delta Waterfowl Upper Chesapeake Chapters Grand
Fundraiser will be held on Sunday, August 17th, 2008 from
1 to 5 pm at Martin’s East, 9000 Pulaski Hwy.,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Click here for details.
August 18 - Maret School - Completed
(Washington DC)
Wood duck draft curriculum review for 2008-09 environmental science class
at Maret School.
August 26 - Completed
(Dorchester County)
Chicamicomico North - final inspection planned.
To volunteer, contact Cliff
Brown at
Cliftonabrown@aol.com
Completed in July
July
- Completed
(Queen Anne's & Talbot Counties)
Wye Island, CBEC, Pickering Creek - final
inspections completed
July - Completed
(Harford County)
Gunpowder - final inspection completed
July 7 - 65% Completed
Chesapeake Farms inspection.
July 10 - Completed
(Dorchester County)
Chicamicomico River & Nanticoke
WMA inspections. Multiple sites being planned. To volunteer,
contact Cliff Brown at Cliftonabrown@aol.com
July 11
- Completed
(Somerset County)
Pocomoke River inspections. Multiple sites being
planned. To volunteer, contact Aaron Ward at
award@wcboe.org
July 14
- Completed
(Kent County)
Eastern Neck inspection - Contact Phil Poux if interested.
PhilPoux@ducks.org
July 15 - Completed
(Dorchester County)
Chicamicomico River final inspection. To volunteer, contact
Cliff Brown at
Cliftonabrown@aol.com
July 17 & 18 - Completed
(Montgomery County)
Black Hills - Little Seneca Lake inspection. To volunteer, contact
Cliff Brown at
Cliftonabrown@aol.com
July 28 - Completed
(Anne Arundel County)
DNR
Wildlife Advisory Commission - MWDI
Update.
(4MB .pdf file - Opens with Acrobat)
July 28-29 Completed
(Kent County)
Chesapeake Farms - finished inspections.
July 31 - Completed
(Somerset & Worcester Counties)
Cypress Swamp, EA Vaughan & Fairmount WMA inspections.
Meet at 10:30 am at Rehobeth ramp.
To volunteer, contact Aaron Ward
at
award@wcboe.org
Completed in June
June 4-5 - Completed
(Cecil County)
Project inspections are being planned for Elk Forest, Stemmers
Run, Grove Neck, Bethel and Courthouse WMA's involving 31 boxes.
Also inspected Wright Farm habitat and Millington WMA boxes.
June 7 - Completed
(Harford County)
Harford County DU Greenwing box building event.
June 16 - Completed
Tuckahoe, Shehan inspections
June 17 - Completed
(Charles County)
Chicamuxen - box inspection. Boat trip; possibly room for one
more.
Contact Cliff @
cliftonabrown@aol.com
June 18 (evening)
Maryland Envirothon - Completed
MWDI with Harford County Ducks Unlimited volunteers sponsored a 32 box build event for 90 high school kids.
June 19 - Completed
Millington WMA final inspection
June 26-27 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Jug Bay and Merkle Sanctuary Inspections.
Note: One more Jug Bay inspection is needed in mid-August. A
record hatch is indicated.
Completed in May
May 1 - Completed
(Charles County)
Smallwood State Park - inspect 9 boxes. Participants welcomed.
8:30-10 am. Contact Cliff Brown 703-447-5142
May 1 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Jug Bay - 6 box installation and interim inspections. Volunteers
obtained.
May 2 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Jug Bay - interim inspections. Could use 1 volunteer. 1pm to
5pm. Contact Cliff Brown 703-447-5142
May 2 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Merkel Sanctuary - inspect 7 boxes. Volunteers obtained.
May 5 - Completed
(Anne Arundel County)
MWDI box kit cutting session. Annapolis. Social at Davis' Pub
afterwards. See what great team work can do!!! Go to:
http://www.mwdi.net/MWDI/Volunteer_Spotlight_Bank.asp
May 7 - Completed
(Kent County)
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge. Box inspection. Contact Phil
Poux
(philpoux@broadband.net) if interested to join.
May 8 - Completed
(Kent County)
Chesapeake Farms - interim inspections. Participants
welcomed. Contact Cliff Brown 703-447-5142
May 10 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Box building session sponsored by the Baltimore
Aquarium staff in conjunction with the Prince George's
County Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) specialists.
May 18 - Completed
(Montgomery County)
McKee Beshers WMA -Completed inspection and misc
repairs w/ Greg Raymond, Proj Mgr.
May 20 - Completed
(Dorchester County)
Chicamicomico River - inspection trip w/ Greg Schenck, DNR and Bob Plunkett, Maryland Sportsman Assoc. Habitat
inspection of Federalsburg - Marshyhope River 10 box project for
2009.
May 22 - Completed
(Kent County)
Millington WMA inspection. 1/2 of nest boxes were inspected.
May 25 - Completed
Black Swamp (PG), Kings Landing (Calvert) - MDWFA completed an
inspection of these 18 new boxes.
Completed in April
April - Date to be determined
(Charles & Prince George's Counties)
Chapman Landing and Piscataway
3 box install and 11 box checking. 1-2 volunteers needed to assist
Dan Wrinn, Project Manager. Contact Dan at
WrinnD@NWF.org
April 6
(Anne Arundel County)
7 box installation planned in Crownsville.
April 24 - Completed
Announcing MWDI’s Annual Box Kit Sale
April 9-10 - Partially Completed
(Baltimore County)
Liberty & Loch Raven Reservoirs. 15 box replacement, inspection of 2007
active nests. Room for 1 person each day.
Contact Cliff @
cliftonabrown@aol.com
April 5 - Completed
(Montgomery County)
Completed MWDI role in Apr 5th DNR Junior Wildlife Field Day
in Montgomery County
at the Izzak Walton League's offices.
Made 6 presentations to approximately 80 people (54 kids)
including membrane counting workshop. Built 25 boxes. Special
thanks to Greg and Patricia Raymond, Bill Askins, Pete Dudley,
Ryck Lydecker, Lee Miles for their volunteer support.
April - Completed
(Cecil County)
John Sturgil and helpers installed 6 boxes each in the Bethal,
Courthouse Point and Grove Neck WMA's.
Completed in March
March 5 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Anacostia site evaluation with M-NCPPC Rangers.
March 6 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary- 8 box installation & removal
of old boxes with
Maryland Conservation Corps; Planning meeting with Jug Bay
officials to finalize 2008 work program; Site inspections at Spice Creek & Black Swamp
and Kings Landing sites. New 16-20 box project will be started this
spring.
March - (First or Second Week) - Completed
(Somerset County)
Cypress Swamp - 8 box replacement. Delta Waterfowl and Maryland
Waterfowler's Association handling. Contact
Ericturner99@comcast.net
for details.
March - (First or Second Week) - Completed
(Worchester & Somerset Counties)
EA Vaughan & Fairmount WMAs - 10 new box installation and 3 box
re-location. Contact Award@cboe.org
for details.
March 7 & 8 - Completed
(Kent County)
Chesapeake Farms. Installed
14 new boxes and replaced 4 others.
March 10 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Toured Anacostia River
site, 4 new boxes to be installed.
March 11 - Completed
(Kent County)
J. Chew, Advisory
Director delivered MWDI Presentation to Kent County Bird Club in Chestertown.
50 people attended.
March 15 - Completed
(Somerset County)
Maryland Waterfowler's Association
handling the installation. On Saturday, March 15th beginning at 8 AM
they will be on the water installing and freshening up boxes on
Nassawango Creek and the Pocomoke River (Shad Landing area) near
Snow Hill. All size boats are welcome and needed. If you don’t have
a boat, don’t worry…..there will be plenty of room in someone’s
boat. We will be putting in at Shad Landing State Park boat ramp
(Shad Landing is on Rt. 113 between Snow Hill & Pocomoke City).
Please contact me Aaron Ward at
award@wcboe.org or 410-251-3838 if you are interested in
helping. March - Completed
(Queen Anne's County)
Conquest Farms -
12 box installation completed.
Total 15 boxes now.
March 27-28 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Two days of field work at
Jug Bay. Installed 9 new boxes, replaced 6 and removed several others.
March 29-30 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Black Swamp and Kings Landing (Calvert) installation of 18 boxes
being planned. For details, contact George Abell, MDWFA. at
Chipguy22@verizon.net.
Completed in February
Feb 27 - Completed
(Kent County)
Meet at farm in Rock Hall. Tasks will include cutting
poles initially, forming predator guards, loading the boat
w/ supplies, sorting hardware and then proceeding to
Chesapeake Farms to install metal poles, and dropping the
boat. Timing flexible. Could use 1-2 volunteers. Contact
Cliff Brown on cell 703-447-5142.
Feb 26
-
Completed
(Dorchester County)
Chicamicomico
River trip - closing up boxes to
de-cluster the program. Have room for 1, more if we get another jon boat. Depart Cambridge Wa-Wa 8:30am. 4-5 hour outing.
Feb 25th
- Completed
(Talbot County)
Shehan Audubon Sanctuary - 4 box installation planned on newly
created wetland. Starts 11am
Feb 16 - Completed
(Somerset County)
Feb 13 -
Completed
(Queen Ann's County)
Conquest (QA) - deliver predator guards.
no delivery as prison guards not available but did pick up kits from
Millington and Worked on Chesapeake Farms boxes & mounts.
Feb 12
- Completed
(Charles County)
Indian Head Naval Station -
Installed 3 new boxes,
repaired others. Total program now 17 boxes.
Feb 11
- Completed
(Washington County)
Inspection of new
Washington Co sites - Praether WMA. This and other new 2008
projects, to include - Licking Creek Nature Conservancy site (3
boxes) and Fort Frederick (3 boxes replacing previously
non-functional boxes).
Feb 10 - Completed
(Montgomery County)
Izaak Walton outing, McKee Beshers WMA. Participants welcome.
Contact Ryck at RLyDecker@boatus.com
February 9 - Completed
(Queen Anne's County)
MWDI
will be participating in the Sudlersville Middle School Ecology
Corps annual wood duck box check near Millington -
rain or shine.
Feb 7 - Completed
(Kent County)
Making 2x4 mounts and cutting metal poles in Rock Hall.
Contact Cliff Brown 703-447-5142.
Feb 4 - Completed
(Montgomery County)
McKee Beshers inspection; show new managers, Greg and Patricia
Raymond, box locations. Removed 6 boxes.
Feb 4 - Completed
(Somerset County)
Nassawango River, Nature Conservancy property - new 2008
project. Initial inspection by Aaron
& Tim Ward -
Feb 5 - Completed
(Baltimore County)
Planning meeting on Liberty and Lock Raven Reservoirs w/ city
officials.
Completed in January
Jan 29-30 - Completed
Obtained predator guards
from prison and began distribution to project sites in Somerset,
Wicomico, Worchester, Talbot, Kent, Baltimore, Cecil and QA
Counties.
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