Appalachian Laboratory presented Maryland Park Service’s Caroline Blizzard its 2011 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award recipient for helping elevate environmental stewardship and understanding throughout her western Maryland community.

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory scientist Dr. Margaret Palmer has been awarded the University System of Maryland Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence for her scientific work informing policymakers and the public about the environmental impacts of mountaintop mining and restoration ecology.Unknown Object

Fisheries Biologist Dr. David Secor and Dr. Hiroyuki Ariyama of Japan will be honored by the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science for their research into how typhoons and low-oxygenated waters are impacting a crab native to the waters of Osaka Bay.

In recent years, a coalition of concerned citizens from city government, civic organizations, business leaders, scientists, community activists, and schools has banded together to help restore the Harbor and created the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore (WPB).

The Outdoors Maryland Award for Stewardship of the Environment was established in 2008 to honor individuals or institutions for their commitment to celebrating and caring for the world around us.

2010 was a remarkable year for the Center. As environmental emergencies transpired and debates arisen, the Center’s experts answered the call and provided the science-based guidance needed to help cope with the problems at hand.