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The
Transformation of the Appoquinimink Tributary Action Team
The
Appoquinimink Tributary Action Team has arrived at a moment of
significant transformation. Team members have decided
to form a nonprofit organization — an organization whose mission
is to
preserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources of the Appoquinimink
Watershed and surrounding areas. Attendance at team meetings
has steadily increased and members have volunteered for a public
outreach committee and one to explore the contents
and overall purpose of the Team's recommended Pollution
Control Strategy (PCS).
From
now on, team meetings will be held at a regular time and place,
on the second Wednesday of each month, from 7:00 PM
to 9:00 PM at Saint Anne's Episcopal School, 211 Silverlake Road,
Middletown. Our next meeting, Wednesday March 10th, will
focus on several important
areas of
decision making.
The team will decide its name, possible board of director
positions, and prioritize projects to be funded under upcoming grant
opportunities.
Current
projects the Team is working on include coordinating with
Middletown
High School and Saint
Andrew's School on storm water sampling
at the Village Brook community in Middletown, developing a new
set of brochures, planning for the Peach Festival, and working
with the Delaware
Nature Society on a Backyard
Wildlife Habitat program and possible Stream
Watch program in the Appoquinimink Watershed area. If
you have any questions about the Appoquinimink Tributary
Action Team or if you would like to be involved, please contact
the Team's Watershed Coordinator, Cortney
Worrall by e-mail or by phone at (302) 378-8395
or (302) 312-9034.
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