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Third National Award for Masonville
Environmental Restoration Project
T
he Masonville Cove Environmental Restoration Project
spearheaded by the Maryland Port Administration (MPA)
has received a Special Recognition award from the Coastal
America Partnership. The award recognizes the efforts to
transform one of Baltimore Harbor’s most contaminated sites into
an area that will benefit wildlife, citizens and the port industry.
“As one of Maryland’s great environmental success stories,
the Masonville project has succeeded in cleaning up more than
60,000 tons of trash and debris along the Baltimore waterfront
and working hand-in-hand with local communities to benefit the
environment,” said MPA Deputy Executive Director M. Kathleen
Broadwater. “In addition to the myriad of green enhancements
and features, this multi-layered project will, over the long-term,
also develop a new marine terminal for the Port of Baltimore
using dredged material that will help sustain and grow business
and jobs.”
The centerpiece of the Masonville restoration project is
an environmental education center that has been visited by
more than 2,000 Maryland children and adults since its doors
opened in 2009. The Living Classrooms Foundation and National
Aquarium in Baltimore develop and direct the center’s education
programs while the Baybrook community association organizes
family-friendly activities.
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The environmental education center is just part of a larger
restoration project of more than 54 acres of shoreline along the
Patapsco River’s Middle Branch near the Brooklyn and Curtis Bay
communities. Other key elements include a new environmental
park and wildlife area; a series of hiker-biker trails that will provide
local residents access to the Patapsco River; a boat ramp limited
to non-power boats like kayaks and canoes; and improvements
to stream and fish habitat. Long-term plans include developing
a new marine terminal for the Port of Baltimore using dredged
material to build a containment site on the remaining 141 acres.
In 2010, the Masonville project received two national
awards — one from the National Association of Environmental
Professionals and another from the American Association of Port
Authorities.
The site is the former home of Kurt Iron and Metal and the
Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
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Soundings
Receiving the Special Recognition Award in February were, from
left, Col. David Anderson, District Engineer, Baltimore Corps of
Engineers; Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil
Works; Maryland Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-
Staley; Maryland Port Administration Executive Director James
J. White; and Virginia Tippie, Director, Coastal America.
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