Member Highlight: Rivanna Conservation Alliance
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition's former Virginia State Lead, Pat Calvert, interviews Bailey Pleasant, Watershed Coordinator at the Rivanna Conservation Alliance. Their edited conversation follows.
Member Highlight: Safe Water Conservation Collaborative
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition's West Virginia State Lead, Maria Russo, interviews Alyssa Murray, Manager of Land Conservation at the Potomac Conservancy and Coordinator for the Safe Water Conservation Collaborative. Their edited conversation follows.
Member Highlight: Muddy Branch Alliance
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition's Maryland State Lead, Marisa Olszewski, interviews Janette Rosenbaum, President at Muddy Branch Alliance.
Member Highlight: Town Run Watershed Group
The Town Run Watershed Group was officially started in 2023, following the announcement that the Potomac River would be mixed with the Town Run, to serve as the town of Shepherdstown's drinking water source.
Member Highlight: National Parks Conservation Association
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition's Virginia State Lead, Pat Calvert, interviews Kyle Hart, Mid-Atlantic Program Manager at National Parks Conservation Association.
Member Highlight: Mattawoman Watershed Society
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition’s Maryland Lead, Marisa Olszewski, interviews Bonnie Bick, Vice President of Mattawoman Watershed Society and Tina Wilson, MWS Committee on Strategies and Coalition Building.
Member Highlight: Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition’s West Virginia State Lead, Maria Russo, interviews Emily Warner, Executive Director of the Cacapon & Lost Rivers Land Trust. Their edited conversation follows.
Member Highlight: Casey Trees
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition’s Maryland State Lead, Marisa Olszewski, interviews Kelly Collins Choi, Director of Policy and Land Conservation at Casey Trees. Their edited conversation follows.
Member Highlight: Butternut Valley Alliance
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition’s New York State Lead, Amy Wyant, interviews Ed Lentz, Chairperson of the Board of Directors with Butternut Valley Alliance (BVA). Their edited conversation follows.
Member Highlight: St. Mary's River Watershed Association
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition’s Maryland State Lead, Marisa Olszewski, interviews Emma Green, General Manager of the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association.
Member Highlight: Elks Run Watershed Group
In this member highlight, the Coalition’s West Virginia State Lead, Maria Russo, sits down with Steve Paradis, a Public Works Administrator for Harpers Ferry and member of Elks Run Watershed Group. The following was edited for length and clarity.
Member Highlight: Prince William Conservation Alliance
Pat Calvert, the Coalition's Virginia State Lead, interviews Ashley Studholme, the Executive Director of the Prince William Conservation Alliance in Woodbridge, Virginia. An edited version of their conversation follows.
Exploring Wild Virginia
In this member highlight, the Coalition’s Virginia State Lead, Pat Calvert, sits down with the Calandra Waters Lake and David Sligh of Coalition member Wild Virginia, a grassroots statewide nonprofit dedicated to protecting and connecting Virginia's wild places.
Delaware Nature Society – Making Big Waves in a Small State
DelNature’s work has changed with the needs of the environment in Delaware and the region, supporting many efforts from buffer ordinance updates to environmental justice. Having worked for the passage of the Clean Water for Delaware Act (2021) and the Plastic Carryout Bag Ban in Delaware (2021), it supported the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program since its earliest stages.
More than a Name: A Conversation with Nature Forward
A long-time member of the Choose Clean Water Coalition, Nature Forward may look like a group you have never heard of, but perhaps you were familiar with the Audubon Naturalist Society?
Medicine Waters: The Cacapon River
Friends of the Cacapon River (FCR), a West Virginia Choose Clean Water Coalition member, recognizes the importance of preserving, protecting and promoting the river. Tim Reese, president of FCR, describes the role of the volunteer-run organization to “create river advocates by connecting people to the river.”
Wetlands Watch: Resilience Approaches of a Virginia Coalition Member
Starting out in 1999 as a volunteer group, Wetlands Watch met around a kitchen table to fight a wetlands permit. “We stuck around and expanded to advocate for better protection of wetlands statewide. In 2007, after meeting with scientists about the impacts of sea level rise, we began to concentrate on protecting wetlands from climate change impacts. One of the first groups in the country to work on that, our goal is to protect Virginia’s wetlands today, tomorrow, and forever.”
Entering the Next Chapter with Blue Water Baltimore
In 2021, Maryland State Delegate Tony Bridges led legislation improving forest conservation , environmental justice, and voted for clean water on policies related to stormwater, transportation, and land use. All of this will serve him well as he begins his new role as Executive Director of Blue Water Baltimore.
Member Highlight: Protect Hanover
Hanover County, Virginia is probably most widely known as the birthplace of Patrick Henry as well as some of the nation's tastiest tomatoes. Located just north of Richmond, it is also home to a recent newcomer to the Coalition: Protect Hanover.
The Clean Water for Delaware Act: Back in 2021!
In January 2020, clean water advocates from across the state of Delaware were crowded into a small room, huddled around a podium where Governor Carney was preparing to make the announcement we had all been waiting years to hear.
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