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Month: July 2015

Daniel Cryan, 2015 Bay Student of the Year

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Daniel Cryan is a former Bay Camper and former Counselor in Training. Daniel has an overwhelming enthusiasm for the environment and Narragansett Bay. He took on a project as a camper to make a guide of marine life in Rhode Island. This guide is comprised of species he has viewed in their natural habitat and creating a comprehensive guide to help educate others.

Daniel Cryan is a former Bay Camper and former Counselor in Training. Daniel has an overwhelming enthusiasm for the environment and Narragansett Bay. He took on a project as a... ...Read More

Christine Bean, 2015 Bay Educator of the Year

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Christine’s 10th graders have tested water quality aboard Save The Bay’s education vessels, collected plankton and identified species under microscopes, and studied the behavior of harbor seals resting on rocks in the middle of Narragansett Bay. She also gets up at 5 a.m. to test water quality with Save Bristol Harbor all summer long and advocates for her students to participate.

Christine's 10th graders have tested water quality aboard Save The Bay’s education vessels, collected plankton and identified species under microscopes, and studied the behavior of harbor seals resting on rocks... ...Read More

Dave Gumbley and Bob Haiken, 2015 Volunteers of the Year

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Over the last few years, Dave and Bob have quietly “made their mark” by performing some heavy duty labor for Save The Bay, and all of it free of charge. Together, they have logged countless volunteer hours constructing shelving units in the Abrams Boat House, painting classroom walls, helping to a repair work at the Bay Center, and perhaps their most impressive accomplishment of all: painting the exterior of the Bay Center, a project that consumed the better part of last summer, and all with little (if any) help from anyone else.

Over the last few years, Dave and Bob have quietly “made their mark” by performing some heavy duty labor for Save The Bay, and all of it free of charge.... ...Read More

Charlotte Sornborger, Winner of the 2015 Alison J. Walsh Award for Outstanding Environmental Advocacy Award

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

The Alison J. Walsh Award for Outstanding Environmental Advocacy Charlotte Sornborger Board member and former president of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust Charlotte has been an outstanding environmental advocate for many years, leading the Barrington Land Conservation Trust (BLCT) in its early years as President and continuing to play an active role as a Board … Read More

The Alison J. Walsh Award for Outstanding Environmental Advocacy Charlotte Sornborger Board member and former president of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust Charlotte has been an outstanding environmental advocate for... ...Read More

Walter Burke, 2015 Environmental Achievement Winner

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Walter has incorporated Save The Bay’s mission into everything he accomplishes in his professional capacity as the Director of the Town of Bristol’s Department of Parks and Recreation.  Walter has successfully applied for and received literally hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Town of Bristol, always with habitat restoration at the forefront of every project he undertakes.

Walter has incorporated Save The Bay’s mission into everything he accomplishes in his professional capacity as the Director of the Town of Bristol’s Department of Parks and Recreation.  Walter has successfully... ...Read More