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Conserve, steward, and advocate for the unique rural landscape of the Eastern Shore.

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September 2011

ESLC Welcomes Garrrett and Tse to Staff

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, a private, non-profit land conservation organization committed to preserving and sustaining the vibrant communities of the Eastern Shore and the lands and waters that connect them is pleased to announce the addition of Molly Garrett and Wesley Tse to its staff.  Garrett joins ESLC’s Center for Towns as its Community Design Coordinator, where she will support the design phases of community projects, competitions and place work[s]hop projects. In her new role, Molly will assist with ESLC’s Center for Towns Knowledge program and support the Southern Office’s operations. An Eastern Shore native, Molly recently received her Masters in Landscape Architecture from Morgan State University in Baltimore. In 2007 Molly received her Bachelors in Studio Fine Arts from Union College in New York.  In the past three years Molly has been involved with community design projects that have dealt with issues concerning urban renewal in Baltimore City, suburban sprawl in Annapolis, and the cultural infrastructure of a port city on the southern coast of Haiti.  Also joining the ESLC staff for a one year stint is Chesapeake Conservation Corps is Wesley Tse. Wesley is part of the Chesapeake Bay Trust’s second class of Chesapeake Conservation Corps, a program that provides career and leadership training for young people interested in environmental careers and Chesapeake Bay protection. This initiative, established by the Maryland Legislature in 2010, matches young people, ages 18-25, with organizations throughout the state for paid, one-year terms of service. Volunteers are provided with a stipend for one year in addition to on-the-job experience and technical training provided by the Chesapeake Bay Trust. Wesley will be working closely with ESLC Land staff with monitoring conservation eased properties & managing our preserves. Wesley is from Burtonsville, MD and graduated from University of Maryland with a B.S. in environmental engineering.  “This is an

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ESLC Announces Fourth Annual Kids Essay and Art Contests!

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy has announced a call for entries for their fourth annual Kids Essay and Art Contest. The Contest is open to all students in grades pre-kindergarten through eight in the six Upper and Mid-Shore Counties including Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline, Talbot and Dorchester. In both the essay and the poster contest, students will be asked to tell, via the written word or via their artwork, where they like to play and relax on the Shore, what parks they enjoy and what visions and dreams they have for future parks and open spaces. "It has been so exciting to see this program grow over the past four years and we look forward to seeing what our Eastern Shore youth have to say this year about the best places to enjoy the outdoors here on the Shore" said Kristine George, ESLC’s Director of Communications. "We can learn so much from our children about how what places they love and what visions they have for parks and open space here on the Eastern Shore." Art entries are open to grades pre-kindergarten through eight and essay entries are open to grades five through eight. Prizes will be given to the first and second place posters and essays and submissions will be judged by age categories of kindergarten through 2, grades three to five and grades six through eight. Essay prizes will be judged by grades five through eight. Click here to download an Art Contest Application and list of rules. Click here to download an Essay Contest Application and list of rules. Completed essays and posters can be mailed to: ESLC, Kids Essay/Art Contests P.O. Box 169, Queenstown, Maryland 21658. Deadline for submissions is October 28, 2011.

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