Samantha Kappalman or **MEDIA ADVISORY**\u00a0<\/strong>DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TO CELEBRATE EARTH WEEK ACROSS MARYLAND<\/strong><\/p>\n BALTIMORE, MD (APRIL 21, 2014) \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Secretary Robert M. Summers will kick-off Earth Week with a tree planting\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0in Frostburg followed by several events and outings throughout the week celebrating MDE\u2019s mission of protecting Maryland\u2019s air, land and water.<\/p>\n WHERE & WHEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday, April 22<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Western Maryland\u00a0<\/strong>Tree Planting<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>Cabin Run Road, Frostburg, MD,\u00a09 a.m. \u2013 Noon. Wednesday, April 23<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n MDE Employee Clean Up of\u00a0<\/strong>Gwynns Falls Trail<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– 2150 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD, Color Maryland Green Creativity\u00a0<\/strong>Contest Awards and Art Exhibit<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>580 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, MD,\u00a04:30 p.m. \u2013 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 25<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Secretary Summers to visit students at\u00a0<\/strong>Potomac Elementary School<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>10311 River Road, Potomac, MD WHY:\u00a0<\/strong>MDE\u2019s mission is to protect and restore the quality of Maryland’s air, water and land resources, while fostering smart growth, a thriving and sustainable economy and healthy communities.<\/p>\n # # #<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MEDIA CONTACTS: Samantha Kappalman or Adrienne Diaczok (410) 537-3003 samantha.kappalman@maryland.gov adrienne.diaczok@maryland.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: **MEDIA ADVISORY**\u00a0DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TO CELEBRATE EARTH WEEK ACROSS MARYLAND BALTIMORE, MD (APRIL 21, 2014) \u2013\u00a0Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Secretary Robert M. Summers will kick-off Earth Week with a tree planting\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0in Frostburg followed by several events and outings throughout Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earth-week","category-secretary-summers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":793,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions\/793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Adrienne Diaczok
(410) 537-3003<\/a>
samantha.kappalman@maryland.gov<\/a>
adrienne.diaczok@maryland.gov<\/a><\/p>\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/h4>\n
MDE Secretary Summers will join MDE\u2019s Mining Program, students from the Allegany County Center for Career and Technical Education and volunteers from local watershed groups to plant 2,000 native hardwoods in Frostburg.<\/p>\n
2 p.m. \u2013 4 p.m.\u00a0
MDE employees will participate in a cleanup of the Gwynns Falls Trail.\u00a0 More than 50 MDE employees are scheduled to participate in the two-hour cleanup event. The event is in partnership with the Friends of the Gwynns Falls Trail.<\/p>\n
MDE Secretary Summers will join DNR Secretary Joe Gill \u00a0to announce the winners of the color Maryland Green Creativity contest and unveil the cover of the 2014-2015 Bay Game Activity Book.<\/p>\n
Secretary Summers will visit third-grade students at Potomac Elementary for a discussion on how their actions impact local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay and what they can do to help reclaim the Bay.<\/p>\n