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 | Sunny skies and an early crowd spelled success for ACT’s 2008 Native Plant Sale fundraiser. Over 400 plants were pre-ordered, and an enthusiastic rush of customers early in the day, scooped up the remaining containers of native perennials. Former ACT Board member, and creator of the Native Plant Sale, Joyce Ponsell, a Master Gardener, drove down from Pennsylvania to advise and answer questions for customers. | "Another Satisfied Customer"
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ACT Donates $10,000 For Assateague Horse Film Production!
 Members of Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) took part in a beach clean-up activity on Saturday, April 26 at the Assateague Island National Seashore (AINS) to help celebrate a recent National Park Service Centennial Challenge $10,000.00 matching grant to the $10,000 ACT donated for the new AINS Visitor Center's Wild Horse exhibit. The $20,000 is being used to fund post-production on a film about the National Seashore's most renowned resource, the Assateague Wild Horses.
ACT Executive Director and  , Kathy Phillips addressed the crowd on Saturday saying, "Assateague Coastal Trust is proud to be a partner with Assateague Island National Seashore in this exciting expansion of the Visitor Center and especially in helping to bring a new experience to the Park's visitors through this updated film production about the famed Assateague wild horses."
CONGRATULATIONS to ACT President Jim Rapp, and DLITE for Delaware Tourism Award!
 Jim Rapp, ACT President and Executive Director of DLITE, attended the Delaware Tourism Summit on April 17, representing DLITE's Delmarva Birding Weekend, which received the Delaware Governor's Tourism Award for "Best Itinerary". The 2008 Delmarva Birding Weekend began Wednesday, April 23, and ran through Sunday, April 27.
| "Tourism in Delaware bolsters local economies and communities and enhances the quality of life not only for our visitors but for all Delawareans.” |
Critical Area Reform Bill - A Big Victory!
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The 1984 Critical Area Act urgently needed updating to better protect the most fragile lands around the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays and make the program more predictable and easier to administer. In January, the Administration introduced a bill drafted with input from the home builders, local governments, environmentalists, industry representatives and others. The Assateague was an active participant in this process, on behalf of ACT’s members.
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The bill revises the Critical Area Act to - Provide full regulatory authority for the Critical Areas Commission so they don’t have to come back to the General Assembly
- Provide more robust and equitable enforcement of the Act
- Create consistent standards for development
- Require updated and accurate maps of the Critical Area
- Strengthen penalties for violations
- Expand the buffer that protects waterways from development
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2008 Annual Dinner Highlights
 ACT’s members and friends were not disappointed as they enjoyed a wonderful evening on March 13, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean from the serene Atrium Room of the Golden Sands Condominium in Ocean City.
A fabulous buffet dinner and open bar left no one hungry or thirsty, and  Alliance President Steve Fleischli inspired the entire room to support the advocacy efforts of Assateague Coastal Trust in its pursuit to protect and enhance our fragile Coastal Bays watershed.
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ACT Creates Permanent Endowment Fund
 Founders’ Endowment Will Honor Conservationists Judith Colt Johnson and Ilia Fehrer
August 8, 2007 - Assateague Coastal Trust announced today the establishment of a permanent endowment fund at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore to benefit its programs in perpetuity.
The creation of the “Assateague Coastal Trust Founders’ Endowment” was made possible by recent memorial donations in honor of two ACT founders who passed away this year, Judith Colt Johnson and Ilia Fehrer. “We are deeply grateful for the life and legacy of these conservation pioneers,” said ACT Executive Director Kathy Phillips. “And we are grateful for the community’s generous gifts in their honor, which will ensure that the work of ACT’s founders to protect our land and water will not soon be forgotten.”
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The Assateague is an on-the-water advocate who patrols and protects the Maryland and northern Virginia eastern shore coastal bays, including the St. Martins River, Assawoman Bay, Isle of Wight Bay, Sinepuxent Bay, Newport Bay, and Chincoteague Bay, standing up to polluters and guaranteeing everyone's right to clean water.
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Coast Kids: Critter Search
Saturday, May 31st from 9 AM to 10:30 AM
Isle of Wight WMA
What kind of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and insects can we find on the Isle of Wight? ACT president and DLITE director Jim Rapp (former Salisbury Zoo director) will help us find and identify everything on two, four, six, or more legs.
Coast Kids: Honey Bees and Tree Planting
Sunday, June 15th from 4 PM to 5:30 PM
Assateague Island Visitor Center
First, we will have a look inside a honey bee hive to watch live bees. Don’t worry, the hive has glass windows so that you can watch the bees without getting stung! Local beekeeper, Wes Townson, will tell us all about honey bees and the art of collecting honey.
Coast Kids: Benefit the Bays - Jolly Roger Park
Sunday, August 17 from 10am to 7pm
Jolly Roger Amusement Park, Ocean City, MD
Please visit this site often for updated information and the details when they become available, for this special event. You won't want to miss this one!
Click here to check out the Jolly Roger Park.
Need directions or a map to get you there? Simply click here to find your way!
International Coastal CleanUp
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Registration opens at 8am
- Assateague Island National Seashore
(entrance fee waived)
- North Beach parking lot
(1st left after the entrance booth)
- CleanUp begins at 9 a.m.
On September 13, beach-lovers will gather on Assateague Island to comb the beach. But they won't be collecting seashells, or even scouting for wild ponies. These volunteers will don work gloves and set out with trash bags to clean up the coast.
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