From Harford Community College:
The Deer Creek Watershed Association Environmental Science Scholarship at Harford Community College was created by the association in 2015. Association board members David Boniface and Albert Isennock recently presented a check to the scholarship’s first recipient, Patrick Donnelly.
The annual $1,000 scholarship will ease the financial burden for a first- or second-year Harford Community College student pursuing an A.S. degree in Environmental Science. The scholarship will help to support a student who intends to continue the major in a related curriculum at a four-year institution and pursue a career in the field.
The Deer Creek Watershed Association promotes conservation of the natural resources of the Deer Creek Watershed, the largest in Harford County, covering 38 percent of the County’s land area. The entire watershed covers approximately 109,400 acres (171 square miles) across two states (Maryland and Pennsylvania) and three counties. There are 86,000 acres in Harford County.
The association endeavors to educate, inform, and encourage citizens, politicians and government officials of environmental concerns affecting the watershed. Their overall goal is for a healthy and vibrant watershed that supports diverse aquatic life in balance with the needs of the community.
Millions of states dollars and lots of emphasis in preservation and rural legacy set asides in Deer Creek. Super and congrats to our county government in trashing the rest of the county but working really hard and spending lots of money to preserve their own back yards.
My thoughts exactly, good2bbking! Congratulations to Patrick Donnelly for receiving the scholarship money.
Word on the street the County will be buying a couple horse farms off of 161 and Harmony Church Road. One boarders the state Park and the other will once the first property across the street is purchased. Instant horse museum and horse park.
So they’ll sell our parks to build great big ugly water bladders and use our money to enhance and ensure the rural character of the lands around where they live.