greening of dundalk for ccbc earth week 2009
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The Greening of DundalkMarisa Olszewski, Volunteer Maryland
Coordinator
Greening to Serve the Community and the
Bay
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Watershed is >64,000 square miles: 6 States & the District of Columbia
Largest of 130 estuaries in the US
With more than 50 major tributaries, only 3 deliver 80% of the Bay’s fresh water: Susquehanna River, Potomac River, and James River
Nearly 17 million people live within this watershed
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
"There is but one entrance by sea into this country, and that is at the mouth of a very goodly bay, 18 or 20 miles broad … The land, white hilly sands like unto the Downs, and all along the shores rest plenty of pines and firs ... Within is a country that may have the prerogative over the most pleasant places known, for large and pleasant navigable rivers, heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation..."
- Captain John Smith, 1612
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Nutrients: Nitrogen and Phosphorous
Sediment
Toxins/Chemical Contaminants
Air Pollution
Major Pollutants Today
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Impervious surface: 12 – 42%
Streams lacking forest buffers: 50 – 100%
Industrial pollutants: current and historic
Back River/Patapsco Sewage Treatment Plant
Boats and cars
Trash
How does Dundalk contribute pollution?
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Current land use practices vs. improved land use practices
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
How can Dundalk help with the solution? Reducing impervious cover: planting trees
Reducing polluted stormwater run-off: planting trees, installing rain gardens and rain barrels
Reducing air pollutants: planting trees
Reducing other contaminants: increasing education and awareness and encouraging personal responsibility
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Stormwater solutions
Greening of Dundalk
At its 20th anniversary, the Dundalk Renaissance Corporation revived the Greening of Dundalk
The Greening of Dundalk program vision is to increase Dundalk’s tree canopy and promote environmental stewardship in the greater Dundalk area
Being part of the solution:
Greening of Dundalk
Volunteer Opportunities:
Tree Plantings
Trash Cleanups
Tree Survey Crew
Adopt-a-tree
Greening Committee
Greening of Dundalk:
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Contact Information:Marisa [email protected]
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Being part of the solution: