Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROTECT AND RESTORE ECOSYSTMES AND ACHIEVE TANGIBLE OUTCOMES WORKING TOGETHER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES. OUR FOCUS IS ON THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATION OF RESTORATION AND PROTECTION MEASURES IN CORAL REEF AND COASTAL AREAS IN CREATING LONG-TERM RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS.
TO SUPPORT LOCAL CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WATERSHED PLANS PRIMARILY IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND IN CORAL REEF WATERSHEDS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING TANGIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR RESOURCES WE CARE ABOUT - CORAL REEFS, OYSTER REEFS AND OTHER FISHERIES, NATURAL AREAS, AND LAKES ETC.
RESTORATION IMPLEMENTATION - DIRECTLY IMPLEMENTING RESTORATION PROJECTS IN AGRICULTURAL, URBAN OR RURAL WATERSHEDS. THIS CAN MEAN MANAGING ENGINEERS, DESIGN, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AS WELL AS LABOR AND VOLUNTEERS TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS. EXAMPLES OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE INCLUDED OVERSIGHT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT ON STORMWATER TREATMENT PROJECTS, DENITRIFYING BIOREACTORS, CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS TO REDUCE NUTRIENTS AND OTHER POLLUTANTS FROM SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS. SPECIFICALLY, BUILDING 6-7 ACRES OF TREATMENT WETLANDS AT THE GUANICA SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IN SW PUERTO RICO, OVER 6 ACRES ON MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE, A DENITRIFYING BIOREACTOR TO TREAT UP TO 1/2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF NITROGEN RICH WATER IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND HYDROSEEDING OVER 10 ACRES OF BARE SOILS IN THE GUANICA AND CULEBRA WATERSHEDS IN PUERTO RICO.
RESTORATION COORDINATION - COORDINATING AND IMPLEMENTING WATERSHED PLANS. THIS INCLUDES WRITING PROPOSALS, WORKING ON POLICY CHANGES, COORDINATION OF INTERAGENCY EFFORTS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO ENSURE THAT IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS ARE SUCCESSFUL. THIS HAS INCLUDED TRACKING DOWN ON-GOING SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND WORKING WITH THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES TO SEE THE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED. PLACES WHERE WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK INCLUDE THE GUANICA WATERSHED IN SW PUERTO RICO, VATIA WATERSHED IN AMERICAN SAMOA AND PLACES LIKE THE SASSAFRAS RIVER, AN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE ST. MARYS RIVER IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND WHERE THE WATERSHED IS EXPERIENCING TREMENDOUS GROWTH DUE TO A NAVAL BASE REALIGNMENT WHICH IF NOT WELL MANAGED WILL THREATEN THE HEALTH OF THE RIVER.
WATERSHED PLANNING - WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS TO CREATE WATERSHED PLANS TO HELP IMPROVE THE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF WATER AND ECOSYSTEMS WITHIN SPECIFIC WATERSHEDS (THE AREA DRAINING TO SOMEPLACE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT - A RIVER, A BAY, A CORAL REEF). COMMUNITIES HELP TO DEFINE THE GOALS AND STRATEGIC PROJECTS AND ACTIONS ARE DEFINED AS WELL AS POTENTIAL RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, THE EXPECTED COSTS AND BENEFITS. ONE OF RIDGE TO REEFS GOALS IS TO PERFORM AT LEAST ONE WATERSHED PLANNING PROJECT A YEAR - EXAMPLES HAVE INCLUDED THE CULEBRA WATERSHED ACTION PLAN (IN DRAFT), THE LA PARGUERA GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND THE CABO ROJO WATERSHED PLAN BEING INITIATED IN 2013 AND THE VATIA WATERSHED PLAN COMPLETED IN 2019. OUR EMPHASIS HAS BEEN TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATERSHED PLANS NOT JUST THEIR CREATION - WE SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THESE PLANS BY ASSISTING WITH FUNDING PROPOSALS, POLICY AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE, IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORATION PRACTICES AND HELPING BUILD THE SKILL SET OF LOCAL GROUPS AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION AND PROTECTION EFFORTS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Patricia Bradley | VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Annie Hillary | TREASURER/DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin O'Conner | SECRETARY/DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Roger Windschitl | PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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