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Pre-season activities are well underway. Scheduling is somewhat hectic as we
are all volunteers with “day jobs,” but almost all boxes, poles and predator
guards have been distributed across Maryland.
Final box assembly by three
Eagle Scout projects is almost completed. Work programs are being finalized
or initiated and several new projects are being considered. More than 50
public lands projects are expected to be active for this season, up from 41
in 2007 and 25 in 2006. Details will be provided in the next Activity
Report.
Most significantly, our
volunteer pool is rising especially for ongoing project management that will
help sustain and improve upon MWDI’s initial productivity gains achieved
during the past 3 years.
MWDI’s ability to utilize the
more than 11,000+ volunteer hours invested thus far would not have been
possible without the critical support of numerous state, federal and local
professionals, operations’ staff and administrators as well as the
cooperation and assistance from numerous other non-profit and volunteer
organizations which I have listed below in recognition of their support for
MWDI’s mission.
Thank you !
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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Wildlife & Heritage Service
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Maryland Park Service
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US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Ducks Unlimited – National & various local chapters,
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Maryland Waterfowler’s Association
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National Wildlife Federation
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Delta Waterfowl - Maryland
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Maryland State Highway Administration
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Maryland - National Capital Park and Planning Commission (Prince
George’s and Montgomery Counties)
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Chestertown Wildlife Exhibition & Sale
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Maryland Department of Corrections – Hagerstown
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Audubon Society – Maryland - DC
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Izaak Walton League – Rockville Chapter
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Boy Scouts of America (five chapters)
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Queen Anne’s County Department of Parks & Recreation
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Maryland Conservation Corps
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Jug Bay Marathon
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Maryland Envirothon
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Dupont, Inc.
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CTE Welding - Parkside High School - Wicomico County
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Somerset Vo-Tech School
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City of Baltimore Department of Public Works
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River Hill High School
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Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
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Harford County Department of Parks & Recreation
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Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage
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Harford Glen Environmental Education Center
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Friends of Blackwater
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US Department of Defense – Legacy Program – Aberdeen Proving Grounds
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Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks
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Wood Duck Society – Minnesota
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US Department of the Navy - Indian Head Naval Station
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US Department of the Army – Ft Meade
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Kent County
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The Nature Conservancy
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Maryland Sportsman’s Association
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Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
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Harford Christian School
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Radcliffe Creek School,
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Sudlersville Middle School Ecology Corps
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Bosley Wildlife Conservancy
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Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Friends of Calvert State Park
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Kent County Bird Club
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US Army Corps of Engineers
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National Park Service
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Thank you for your continued interest and support.
Sincerely,
Cliff Brown
Executive Director
Maryland Wood Duck Initiative
The Maryland Wood Duck Initiative is an all-volunteer wildlife
conservation effort started in late 2004. Our objectives are to
enhance Maryland’s wood duck population and to generate a greater
appreciation of the wetland habitats in which they live by
advocating and demonstrating the merits of a “best practices”
approach in managed nest programs.
Leveraging these focused efforts on the wood duck, we seek to
provide a
Total Wetlands Experience for our volunteers
and the “next generation” through the development of complementary
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