The Harford County Ducks Unlimited
Chapter sponsored a box building program from kits made in May at the Rocks
and Susquehanna State
Parks as part of the Park’s Junior Ranger program. The Chapter’s 25-box program
was accepted by the Parks and several properties will be involved. Two boxes
currently exist in what will become MWDI’s 60th public land’s
site. Congratulations to Scott Jasion, Jason Schlosser and Chris Todd and
the other Harford Co DU volunteers for making this happen.
Special congratulations to
Scott Jasion, Harford County Ducks
Unlimited and MWDI volunteer. Scott has been named "Hero of
Conservation" by Field and Stream Magazine.
Read more about
Scott's award.
On July 28th MWDI was the guest of
Maryland's Wildlife Advisory Commission.
View a copy of the
slide show presented by Cliff Brown ( 4 MB PDF File - Opens with
Acrobat).
Congratulations to MWDI
Photo Contest Winners Dave Godfrey and
Alex Addagio. Each will
each receive a signed, remarked and framed print of Autumn
Glory by Jim Taylor which won the Maryland’s 2007-2008 state
duck stamp competition.
MWDI’s photo contest continues and we encourage you to submit
you photos. We have two additional Autumn Glory prints to award in
October. MWDI thanks all who have participated.
MWDI is proud to be among 100
organizations that have joined the new
Maryland No Child Left Inside Coalition. This Coalition
represents education, environment, conservation, recreation,
religion, youth, health, and business interests from across Maryland
and will advocate for recreational and educational outdoor
experiences for all Maryland youth, and ensure that all Maryland
students graduate environmentally literate. On Earth Day, Governor
Martin O’Malley signed the
Maryland Partnership for Children in Nature executive order,
positioning Maryland to be a national leader in the movement to
connect kids to the environment. We encourage all of MWDI friends
and sponsors to become part of this critical effort.
100 high school students competing in the
2008 Maryland Envirothon assembled 33 wood duck boxes on
June 18th at the Harford Glen Environmental Center. This was the
second year in which MWDI has participated in the Envirothon, which
has graciously provided funding for the lumber and supplies. Special
thanks to Harford County Ducks Unlimited for able assistance. The
boxes will be put to good use on various MWDI public project sites
across Maryland.
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Mark
Salvaggio contacted MWDI about earning his Eagle Scout
rank in September 2007 after reviewing our website. While MWDI
provided some lumber and supplies, Mark expanded the scope and fully
embraced all managerial aspects of the project. Mark obtained
additional lumber and material donations, coordinated the 120
volunteer hours of 20 scouts from this Columbia, Maryland-based
Boy Scout Troop 617, and
delivered 43 of the best constructed cedar boxes we have been
given. Mark's team also developed specialized jigs which will be
very useful for future MWDI box building events.
Read the complete
story.
Students in
Courtland Lilley’s Transportation Technology
Class at James M. Bennett High School in Salisbury, MD
recently transformed 25 empty Freon canisters into Wood Duck nesting
boxes and donated them to MWDI. The
Maryland Waterfowlers Association will install, monitor,
and maintain these boxes on Lower Shore project sites. Six of these nesting boxes are already in place on Nassawango Creek in Worcester County as
part of a 2008 nesting project.
Read the complete
story.
Jim
Taylor Donates Framed Duck Stamp Prints
as Prizes for MWDI Photo
Contest
Jim Taylor, winner of this years Maryland duck stamp contest has
donated 4 framed prints of Autumn Glory (a pair of wood ducks!) for
first prizes. Photo submissions have grown favorably and we'll be
making a selection for the interim winners of 2 prints in the adult
and youth categories soon. The contest will continue for another
year so please keep you submissions coming....wood duck related,
wetland and educational wildlife photos desired.
The J. M.
Tawes Technology and Career Center in Somerset Co.
(Tawes) made 27 pine wood duck boxes and 25 predator guards.
These boxes were originally
intended for MWDI’s use. However, in order to help perpetuate the
school’s program of teaching its students proper saw and wood
assembly techniques, MWDI and the Maryland Waterfowler’s Association
(MDWFA) assisted Tawes in selling the boxes and guards so they could
recycle the proceeds to fund cedar wood purchases for more boxes
next year. They sold out in record time.
Click here to see the quality
of these products. Thanks to those who jumped on this offer,
made via e-mail to those on the MWDI mailing list.
Delta
Waterfowl's Eastern Shore Chapter has built and donated 25 new cedar boxes and predator guards
to be
utilized in several Lower Eastern Shore projects that were supported
be Delta last year.
Washington County Eagle Scouts built and donated
12 cedar boxes to support the Praether WMA, Fort Frederick and
Licking Creek projects.
The Maryland Waterfowler's Association is expanding its
volunteer support of various MWDI projects. Members will be managing
the new Pocomoke/Shad Landing and Nassawango projects in Somerset County in addition to the Fairmount WMA, EA Vaughan WMA and Cypress
Swamp projects, which they supported last year. The Southern MD
region is also expected to begin helping with several projects on
the lower Western Shore.
Ducks Unlimited publicized MWDI at the Arundel Mills
Bass Pro store in February as part of their membership and awareness
campaign.
The National Wildlife Federation has agreed to support MWDI in
2008 by funding 25 box kits for our youth oriented box building
sessions and by providing a free one year subscription to their
very popular Ranger Rick magazine to all children who
participate in MWDI's youth events.
Click here to learn more
about this offer.
The Wood Duck Society Newsgram
is published three times a year
and contains informative wood duck management details. The
November issue has just been released. The cost is $10 annually.
Check out
www.woodducksociety.com. The organization has been very
supportive of MWDI's efforts.
2006 Hooded
Merganser Summary
Submitted to the Breeding Bird Atlas Survey by MWDI and
Maryland DNR.
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