Fall 2017
Make a difference! Join / Renew your BBWC membership today!
The Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition (BBWC) needs you. Volunteers and your annual membership are how we get things done. BBWC welcomes new members and gratefully cheers loyal longtime members.
We are you!
During this past year your membership contributions and your volunteer efforts…..
- Created a new innovative “Natural Literacy” program in local schools to fulfill learning standards and help teachers educate about the outdoors.
- Provided nature camp scholarships for local deserving children.
- Funded and facilitated the hands-on Salmon-in-Schools program in 11 local schools.
- Offered outings such as canoe/kayak trips, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, nature walks, earth skills, map and compass training.
- Increased public awareness and educated about natural and invasive species, including a local field inventory of the Brown Tail Moth.
- Continued to expand our community’s skills in protecting the bay by growing edible perennials, decreasing soil erosion, and working together at Head of Tide Permaculture Project.
- In collaboration with other organizations, created and maintained trails in the Belfast watershed, including the Hills to Sea Trail and Little River Trail.
- Organized and conducted the Penobscot Bay Stewards program, with each graduating class giving 600 volunteer hours.
- Pen Bay Steward volunteers organized the first annual coastal cleanup by boat and supported the Ban the Bag effort in Belfast.
Make a difference! Ensure a healthier Belfast Bay Watershed. Please join or renew your
BBWC membership today. Thank you if you joined or renewed your membership in 2017.
On behalf of the BBWC Board of Directors, Thank You!
Tom King, President
