{"id":29892,"date":"2020-01-08T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=29892"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:15:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T21:15:24","slug":"department-offers-free-environmental-seminars-for-marinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/01\/08\/department-offers-free-environmental-seminars-for-marinas\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Offers Free Environmental Seminars for Marinas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clean Marina Program Explained in February Meetings<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8608\/16261973606_10d5cc20db.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of marina\" width=\"359\" height=\"271\" \/>Owners and managers of marinas, boatyards, and yacht clubs are invited to attend a free seminar to learn about becoming certified<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Boating\/Pages\/cleanmarina\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Clean Marinas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The program will provide details on commonly needed permits and plans, and an informative session on the impacts of plastic marine debris on Maryland\u2019s waterways.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/boating\/Documents\/2020_CM_WKSP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seminars<\/a> are scheduled Feb. 5 at Bush River Yacht Club, Abingdon; Feb. 7 at the Annapolis Recreation Center; and Feb. 11 at Richardson Maritime Museum, Cambridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All workshops will run from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and advanced registration is requested by contacting Program Coordinator Donna Morrow at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:donna.morrow@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">donna.morrow@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or 410-260-8773.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Clean Marina Initiative recognizes and promotes environmentally-responsible marinas, boatyards and yacht clubs. The program is coordinated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> in partnership with the marine industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certified Clean Marinas will enjoy cleaner water, cost savings, more responsible customers, and positive publicity. There are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/boating\/Pages\/cleanmarina\/cleanmarinas.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">149 certified Maryland Clean Marinas and Partners<\/a>, and dozens of other states have replicated Maryland\u2019s program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clean Marina Program Explained in February Meetings Owners and managers of marinas, boatyards, and yacht clubs are invited to attend a free seminar to learn about becoming certified Maryland Clean Marinas. The program will provide details on commonly needed permits and plans, and an informative session on the impacts of plastic marine debris on Maryland\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/01\/08\/department-offers-free-environmental-seminars-for-marinas\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3171],"tags":[3260,2971,3121,3653,2922,2935],"class_list":["post-29892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","tag-annapolis","tag-anne-arundel-county","tag-cambridge","tag-clean-marina-initiative","tag-dorchester-county","tag-harford-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29893,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29892\/revisions\/29893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}