November marks the start of ACT's annual giving campaign and we need your support. Assateague Coastal Trust is the only group in our watershed, and one of the very few on the Eastern Shore with a mission, a commitment and a track record of not only telling it like it is, but making it like it should be.

Here are just a few examples from the past year:

1. ACT's direct advocacy and leadership role in mobilizing the public pushed the Worcester County government to enact a new zoning code that significantly improves water quality protection (and we're still pushing).

2. Through our "Get the Dirt Out" project, ACT not only identified construction sites polluting our waters, but got the County and State to actually enforce their laws with stop work orders and fines.

3. In a long overdue victory for open government, ACT's complaint to the State Attorney General's office produced an official rebuke to the Worcester County Commissioners for "consolidating" (i.e., gutting) the county's environmental planning and compliance departments behind closed doors.

4. Together with other Waterkeeper programs in Maryland, ACT successfully sued the Maryland Department of Agriculture to force MDA to make 'nutrient management plans' accessible to the public (i.e., letting us know where the chicken waste goes so we can make sure it doesn't get into the water).

Do you support an organization that not only "speaks truth to power" but also backs it up with meaningful actions that help protect and enhance our waterways?

Do you support an organization that not only educates the public about threats to our environment but also mobilizes them for effective action to block those threats?

Do you support an organization that not only calls out polluters but makes sure they are held accountable for their actions?

Do you want to help ACT protect the quality of our water that is the life blood for our quality of life?

Assateague Coastal Trust
P.O. Box 731
Berlin, MD 21811