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(Emails @severnriver.org) September 6, 2016 Officers: President Lynne D. Rockenbauch 410-987-6042 Contact: Lynne D. Rockenbauch , President, 410-987-6042, [email protected] president@ Vice President Tom Guay, Communications Director, 443-716-6776, [email protected] Rusty Gowland 410-530-9087 Treasurer Oysters – What We’re Doing To Restore Them Lee Meadows 410.849.3466 Recording Secretary Bob vom Saal With all the ups and downs oysters face – from dead zones, sediment and nutrient 410-987-4476 pollution, diseases and over harvesting – what type of future is in store for the oyster in Communications Director Tom Guay the ? 443-716-6776 [email protected] Join us Tuesday evening, September 20, to hear about oysters and their future in Member Communities: Admiral Heights Improvement Assn waters at the Severn River Association’s (SRA) next Educational Series Amberley Community Association Anchorage Swim Club Annapolis Conservancy Board meeting at Union Jack’s Pub in Parole. Annapolis Neck Penninsula Fed. Annapolis Roads Property OwnrAssn Arden Civic Association Our guest speaker will be Stephanie Westby, who serves as the National Oceanographic Arnold Preservation Council Bay Ridge Civic Association and Aeronautics Administration’s (NOAA) coordinator for oyster restoration in the Bay Ridge Trust Inc Bayberry Hill Property Ownrs Assn Belleview Estates Community Assn Chesapeake. Belvoir Farms Homeowners Assn Bembe Beach Association Ben Oaks Civic Association Most of NOAA's recent oyster restoration work in Maryland Bluff Point Community Association Bretton Woods Home Owners Assn Brown’s Pond Improvement Assn has focused on the Eastern Shore. Burley Creek Community Assn Bywater-Church & Crab Creek Assn Carrollton Manor Improvement Assn With partners, NOAA has developed plans to restore 950 acres Chartwell Garden Club Chesapeake Landing Condominium of habitat in the Complex of Harris Creek, the Colchester Community Association Downs Marina Downs Property Owners Assn Little Choptank River, and the . Dreams Landing Condominums East Pendennis Mount Comm Assn Eastport Yacht Club Ltd Oyster lovers will be able to chat with Stephanie and and learn Fairwinds Beach Club, Inc. Ferry Farms Improvement Assn Glen Oban Association, Inc. how NOAA and partners are implementing large-scale oyster Greater Odenton Impr Association Herald Harbor Citizens Assn restoration projects. Hidden Point Road Association Holly Point Community Association Hollywood on the Severn Imp Assn Indian Hills Community Association Indian Landing Community Assn Kensington Community Assn Kilmarnock Homeowners Assn Lake Forest Community Assn NOAA's Oyster Projects Lindamoor Improvement Assn Linstead Community Association Maynadier Homeowners Assn Meadows Residences Association Murray Hill Residents Association Olde Severna Park Improvement Assn What: SRA Educational Series meeting with NOAA’s Stephanie Westby. 7 pm. Oyster Harbor Citizens Association Palisades Civic Association Pines Community Improvement Assn Where: Union Jack's Pub, in Parole, 2072 Somerville Rd, (410) 266-5681. Point Field Landing Community Riverview Manor Community Assn Round Bay Community Association Rugby Hall Community Assn Directions: http://www.unionjacksannapolis.com Saefern Saddle & Yacht Club Saltworks on Severn Citizens Assn Severn Heights Improvement Assn Severn River Garden Club Severn River Swim Club Severn Sailing Association Severn School Treasure The Severn – Visit SRA on Facebook: Severna Forest Community Assn Sherwood Forest Shipleys Choice Community Assn St John’s College Trollhaven Homeowners Association Venice Beach Citizens Association The Severn River Association is the oldest river association in the U.S. and Anne Arundel County’s only Wardour Improvement Association Wells Cove river group in continuous operation since 1911. SRA meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at West Annapolis Civic Association West Severna Park Community Assn various locations throughout the Severn River Watershed. The meetings are free. Residents and Winchester on the Severn representatives of community associations are encouraged to attend, get involved and make their opinions on watershed issues known.