Environmentalist

helped establish the Maryland Coastal Bays Program & member of the Assateague Coastal Trust; fought to protect wildlife & against air & water pollution; founded the Worcester Environmental Trust with her husband Joseph W. Fehrer; she and her husband worked on various other environmental projects, including starting the process of creating a water-monitoring program; prevented the building of a harmful dam on Nassawango Creek in the 1980s, and protected the surrounding forest which spanned 10,000 acres; actively fought against offshore waste incarceration and worked to provide her community with clean water; founded The Maryland Coastal Bays Program; co-founder, with her husband, of the Worcester Environmental Trust; with her husband, Joe, canoed the Pocomoke, inventorying the river's environmental and wildlife assets; in the 1980s spearheaded the effort to establish a water quality-monitoring program, prevented the damming of Nassawango Creek and convinced the Nature Conservancy to preserve the creek and upland forest that has grown to 10,000 acres and founded the Nassawango Creek Stewardship Committee that oversees the protection of this area;

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Category:
Chesapeake Bay Conservation

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
N/A

Co-Inventor:
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