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1998-99
TheChesapeake
Bay.com
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CBF names Conservationist of the Year and Environmental Educator Of The Year for 1998
Following 11 years as DNR’s deputy secretary, Mr. Griffin was appointed secretary by Governor Parris N. Glendening in February 1995 and re-appointed in 1998. He chairs the governor’s Chesapeake Bay Cabinet and the principal staff committee for the Chesapeake Bay Program. During the past two decades, he has played a key role in developing notable environmental policies, including the 1983 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, Maryland’s Critical Areas Law, the Oyster Round Table, the Blue Crab Advisory Committee, and Maryland’s
tributary teams. Working with Governor Glendening, he created the Rural Legacy Program. He served as Governor Glendening’s point person during the Pfiesteria crisis and established the Piney Point Oyster Aquaculture facility.
"Secretary Griffin is a persistent, patient protector of Chesapeake Bay," said CBF President William C. Baker. "He often shuns the spotlight. But those in the environmental community know that he has had an enormous impact on the Bay’s restoration and protection."
At the award ceremony, Chesapeake Bay Foundation will present Secretary Griffin with $1,000 and a bronze osprey bust by sculptor David Turner.
The Conservationist of the Year Award, given annually since 1980, recognizes superlative service and commitment to the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay. Any individual, organization, institution, or business is eligible for nomination. Past winners include:
For more information about the 1998 Conservationist of the Year Award, contact David Slater, 410/268-7742
CBF names Dr. Candie Wilderman, professor, 1998 Environmental Educator Of The Year
"Candie has long been known as one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most inspiring and effective environmental educators," said Don Baugh, CBF’s vice president for environmental education. "The program she established at Dickinson has become a national model for environmental education, just as Candie’s personal commitment and hands-on teaching methods made her a model for a generation of Chesapeake Bay educators and conservationists—including nine former students who became Chesapeake Bay Foundation educators."
Dr. Wilderman received her B.S. in geology from Tufts University, M.A. in paleontology from Harvard University, and Ph.D. in environmental studies from Johns Hopkins University, and has been on the faculty at Dickinson for more than 20 years. Her specialty is the study of freshwater systems with a focus on water quality, and her current research concerns the rate and magnitude of acidification of streams in Pennsylvania as a result of acid rain. She also focuses on watershed assessment for land-use planning, biological monitoring of streams, diatoms as water quality indicators, urban storm water runoff, and grassroots environmental activism. In addition, she is founder of ALLARM, a citizen’s water quality monitoring network that now includes more than 500 adult volunteers and 50 school groups.
"I try to teach my students that there is nothing as exciting as the thrill of intellectual discovery and that each of us can nurture and develop our own gifts to contribute to a better world," says Dr. Wilderman, who lives on a collectively-owned organic farm, called Greening Life Community. "I can guide students toward these goals, but it works best when we walk together."
Dr. Wilderman and her students are significant partners in CBF’s stream restoration work in Pennsylvania and have planted several miles of stream buffers along severely degraded streams in Lancaster County, Penn. CBF’s restoration projects are frequently included in Dr. Wilderman’s lab assignments for environmental science students.
"Professor Wilderman is both a wonderful educator and a powerful motivator for the environment," said Kathleen McHugh, a student of Dr. Wilderman’s who currently is an intern in CBF’s Pennsylvania office. "We’re very lucky to have such an inspiring leader and advisor."
The presentation of the Environmental Educator of the Year award will be made at a luncheon at Harbor Inn Pier 5 in Baltimore on January 29, 1999. As part of the award ceremony, Chesapeake Bay Foundation will present Dr. Wilderman with $1,000 and a bronze osprey bust by sculptor David Turner.
In 1998, Myrtha Allen, a Baltimore high school biology teacher, was recognized as CBF’s first Environmental Educator of the Year.
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John R. Griffin, secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, will be recognized as Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s 1998 Conservationist of the Year on Friday, January 29, 1999, at a luncheon at Harbor Inn Pier 5 in Baltimore. A firm believer in the power of strong conservation partnerships, Griffin will be recognized for his ability to anticipate and prepare for environmental issues, to respond rapidly but deliberately to crises, and to put in place sustainable, long-term solutions to protect the Bay.
Dr. Candie Wilderman, associate professor and chair of the Environmental Studies Department at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., will be recognized as Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Environmental Educator of the Year on Friday, January 29. The award recognizes an individual in the education field who has contributed
significantly to the understanding of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem through an academic program.