Gift Recipients

Date	Organization	Amount
2007-12-11	Bat Conservation International	$500.00
Purpose
BCI's mission is to teach people the value of bats, to protect and conserve critical bat habitats, and to advance scientific knowledge through research. BCI's programs work to conserve and protect bat species and their vital ecosystems globally. BCI has a lot of great conservation programs which include: Bat Houses - People all over the world have discovered the benefits and wonder of using bat houses to attract bats to their own backyards. BCI hopes you will join them by providing new homes for these gentle and fascinating mammals with a voracious appetite for troublesome insects. BCI's Bat House Project can help you select (or build) and install successful bat houses. They have analyzed more than 10 years of data from thousands of volunteer Research Associates to determine the most effective ways to attract bats to your bat house. Bats and Wind Energy - Wind energy's ability to generate electricity without many of the environmental impacts associated with other energy sources (air pollution, water pollution, mercury emissions, and greenhouse gas emissions associated with global climate change) can significantly benefit birds, bats, and many other plant and animal species. However, the direct and indirect local impacts of wind plants on birds and bats continue to be an issue and widespread instances of mortality of birds and bats have been reported. Unexpectedly high numbers of bat fatalities reported at wind energy sites on ridge tops in the eastern United States have heightened the urgency to understand problems and find solutions. Water for Wildlife - The Water for Wildlife project was created to restore safe drinking water for countless thousands of bats, birds, and other animals that are accidentally excluded from or drowned in livestock water developments each year in the western United States. Water resources, especially in arid and semi arid areas of the west, are vital to wildlife survival. Please visit the Bat Conservation International website to learn more about how you can help!

Date	Organization	Amount
2006-11-01	American Chestnut Foundation, Maryland Chapter	$500.00
Purpose
We are a small non-profit organization whose primary mission is to help with the restoration of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) to the forests of Maryland and beyond. There are 13 state chapters of the American Chestnut Foundation in the Eastern United States, and each has a role to play in preserving the remaining gene pool of this ecologically important native hardwood that once dominated many of North America's Eastern forests. A virulent fungal pathogen (blight) was accidentally released at the turn of the 20th century and it devastated the forests in what was the largest single ecological disturbance they have experienced since early colonial times. Today the chestnut remains as a relic of its own past, and may disappear without human intervention. MD-TACF seeks to help restore the species through educational and hands on activities within the state of Maryland. The American Chestnut Foundation seeks to restore the chestnut through a systematic backcross breeding program that incorporates the disease resistance from Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) into an American type forest tree. By identifying surviving trees large enough to flower and breeding them with other selected trees known to have some disease resistance, new lines of trees are generated that incorporate local genetic components of the historically larger population of chestnut. These Maryland lines are planted in various locations in the state and must be cared for at least 6 years before selection and further breeding. The MD-TACF had an exceptionally successful field pollination season in 2006, generating 2,721 nuts in 10 new lines. These nuts will need to be planted in the Spring of 2007, and the costs of establishing new orchards are greater than our current limited funds allow. An agreement has been signed with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) to establish a 1 acre orchard of backcross trees on its property near Triadelphia Reservoir of the Patuxent River. It is estimated that donations will be needed for supplies and materials for this site, the labor being provided by a mixture of volunteers and WSSC staff. Funds derived from a grant from the EcoFluxx Foundation will be applied directly to the costs of establishing this new orchard near the Triadelphia Reservoir. The trees at the WSSC orchard will be grown for 6-10 years for use in future breeding work and to contribute some of the state's genetic diversity to the population of Castanea that will be restored to our forests in the coming decades. Updates On March 24, 2007, the Chestnut seedlings were planted on the site. On April 22, 2007, a group of volunteers helped mulch the seedlings.

Date	Organization	Amount
2006-04-28	Buckeye Forest Council	$500.00
Purpose
The Buckeye Forest Council will use the $500 donation from Looney Labs to help fund the Forest Watch project, which provides the basis for the BFC's forest protection work. The Buckeye Forest Council will recruit and train Forest Watch volunteers to monitor management activities in Ohio's state and national forests. The goal of the Forest Watch project is to expose damage caused by logging and resource extraction and encourage more preservation of public forest lands. The information gathered by the volunteers will be used to educate the public and the press about forest issues. This work will also foster a connection between Ohioans and their natural areas and hold state and federal government agencies accountable to the citizens.

Date	Organization	Amount
2005-11-24	Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay	$500.00
Purpose
To help spread the good spirit of choosing environmentally sustainable alternatives through a talk entitled: "Hope: Environmental Style" by Mare Cromwell. Talk Summary: As the media continues to focus on the downward trends in environmental issues, it has become more challenging to find hope that positive actions are taking place. Yet, in the midst of the media chatter, there are numerous signs that more people are waking up and shifting and various parts of the globe are healing. From the growing numbers of watershed groups to the formation of the Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance, the Baltimore region is witnessing a renaissance of green activities. This evening presentation will address some of the more positive environmental trends that are taking place locally and globally, and inspire people to be more active agents of positive environmental change. Open to the public and donations will be accepted. Bio: Mare Cromwell has worked in the environmental field for 25 years both internationally and locally. She consulted with watershed programs around the world as Director of the Global Rivers Environmental Education Network from 1989-94. She has also led workshops and presentations on sustainability and voluntary simplicity in the Baltimore/Washington region. More recently, she was the Executive Director of the Prettyboy Watershed Alliance. Mare is also the author of "If I gave you Gods phone number...: Searching for Spirituality in America". Date and Time: October 11th, 2006, 7 - 9pm Venue: Stony Run Friends Meeting House. 5116 North Charles Street. Baltimore, MD 21210. 410-703-2590 Co-Sponsors: Stony Run Quaker Church "Unity with Nature" and Committee Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Updates On April 14, 2007, Mare Cromwell gave two talks on "Natural Hope," one in Towson MD, and the other in Silver Spring MD. In the May 2007 issue of "The Urbanite", Mare has an article about the topic of helping to spread the good spirit of choosing environmentally sustainable alternatives and the local trends in the Baltimore area.

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