十大赌博正规老平台 Announces 2024 Champions of the Chesapeake
U.S. 参议员本·卡丹 & U.S. Representative John Sarbanes
马里兰州安纳波利斯. – Today, 十大赌博正规老平台 announced that U.S. 参议员本·卡丹和美国国会议员.S. Representative John Sarbanes are recipients of the 2024 Champions of the Chesapeake award, the organization’s most prestigious honor recognizing extraordinary leaders from across the Chesapeake for their significant and exemplary accomplishments that protect and restore our natural systems and cultural resources.
The awards were presented at the 31st Annual Maryland 土地保护 Conference convened by 永远马里兰, a nonprofit founded to promote and advance land conservation statewide through education, 宣传和推广.
“十大赌博正规老平台 and 永远马里兰 celebrate two of the Chesapeake’s fiercest advocates in the United States Congress, U.S. 参议员本·卡丹 and Congressman John Sarbanes. During their time in office, they championed funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts and the important work of the Chesapeake Bay Program, led efforts to establish the proposed Chesapeake National Recreation Area, which would bring National Park Service status to the nation’s largest estuary and fought for clean water, 生物多样性, equitable public access to the Chesapeake Bay and land conservation,” said 十大赌博正规老平台 President and CEO Joel Dunn.
“Senator Cardin and Congressman Sarbanes have been stalwart advocates for conservation, 连接, 修复和更多. Maryland’s local land trusts and broad conservation community would not have been able to reach the state’s 30% conservation goal without the immense support they have brought to Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay watershed,” said 永远马里兰 Executive Director Josh Hastings.
“The Chesapeake Bay is one of our largest estuaries and the lifeblood of Maryland’s economy and culture. It has been an honor of a lifetime to spend my career working with partners like Congressman John Sarbanes and so many dedicated partners, like the 十大赌博正规老平台, to protect and preserve our treasured Bay,卡丹参议员说. “谢谢你, 十大赌博正规老平台 and 永远马里兰, for this award and for your continued commitment to the conservation of Maryland’s natural resources.”
“It is an honor to be presented with the Champions of the Chesapeake award alongside my friend and longtime Bay advocate, 参议员本·卡丹,” said Congressman Sarbanes. “Like those who live and work across the watershed region, I share a passion for protecting our environment and know that preserving national treasures like the Chesapeake Bay is essential to addressing climate change, driving economic growth and ensuring the well-being of the next generation.”
The 2023 Champions of the Chesapeake were 14-year-old Girl Scout Nethra Purushothaman and philanthropists James and Sylvia Earl. Previous recipients include Rappahannock Tribe Chief Anne Richardson, U.S. 参议员芭芭拉·S. Mikulski U.S. 参议员保罗。. 美国萨班斯法案.S. 参议员约翰·W. 华纳, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. 贾维斯, Maryland State Senator Guy Guzzone, Pennsylvania State Senator Gene Yaw, Virginia Delegate David Bulova, National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Office Assistant Superintendent Jonathan Doherty, NOAA研究员金·埃尔南德斯, 助理署长U.S. 鱼 & 野生动物服务处博士. 玛米·帕克, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Watershed Manager Jason Fellon, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Regional Director Marcus Kohl, Keith Campbell of The Campbell Foundation, 丹尼斯栗, 玛丽亚·戴维斯, 安娜Killius, Blacks of the Chesapeake Founder and President Vince Leggett, Chesapeake Bay Commission Executive Director Ann P. Swanson, Esri, Microsoft Corporation, Mt. 古巴中心, Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, 丽, River Rock Outfitter and Skyline Technology Solutions, 公司.