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Friends of the Nanticoke River

Mission: To protect and preserve the unique natural, cultural, and recreational resources of the Nanticoke River watershed throughout its extent for the benefit of present and future generations

Our Steering Committee meetings are held monthly and members are welcome to attend! Please contact Judith Stribling jmstribling@salisbury.edu (410-548-4767) for information on scheduling or on any upcoming event you wish to attend.

mailto:jmstribling@salisbury.edu

The Nanticoke River, on Maryland's Eastern Shore

Friends of the Nanticoke River ...

Represents the river in the face of pressures from sprawl development, relaxed wetland regulations, pollution, and the increasing population of the watershed
Has been active for over a decade in monitoring, advocacy, outreach, and stewardship
Has approximately 200 members from Wicomico, Dorchester, and Sussex Counties, other parts of Maryland and numerous other states
Is a founding organization of the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, regarded nationally as an excellent model for watershed protection
Its local members volunteer in river clean-ups, water quality monitoring, oyster restoration, tree planting, and other projects that help preserve the river

Background and scientific information on the Nanticoke River

Friends of the Nanticoke River participate in a riparian buffer tree planting at Roaring Point, Nanticoke, MD:

Thanks to BEACON at Salisbury University for their support of this website.