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Alice Ferguson Foundation

Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative (TFPWI)

MWCOG MeetingMarch 19, 2009

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Environmental Education on the Potomac

View from the farmhouse/staff offices

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Where is the Alice Ferguson Foundation?

•Hard Bargain Farm – 330-acre education facility along the Potomac

•Ten-miles south of Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Accokeek, Maryland – Prince Georges County

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Potomac Watershed, DC, VA, MD, PA, WV

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Results of 20th Potomac Watershed Cleanup • 392 Cleanup Sites • 12,000Volunteers• 285Tons• 124,000 +Recyclable Beverage Containers

• 13,000 Plastic Bags

• Top Brands:•7-11•Budweiser•Coca-Cola/ Pepsi•McDonalds

Congressman Steny Hoyer pitches in at the 18th Potomac Watershed Cleanup, April 8,

2006!

Save the Date: April 4, 2009

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Annual Cleanups – 20-Year Grand Total

• 2,023Tons (4,531,520 lbs.) of trash

• 62,000Volunteers

• Hundreds of Partners in four states & DC

1989 to 2008

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21st Potomac Watershed Cleanup

April 4, 2009

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After 20 Years of Cleanups…

We Want a Trash Free Potomac!

•We want out of the Trash Business!

•Let’s get to the source (2005 – present)!

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How Do We Get to a

Trash Free Potomac

by 2013?

The Anacostia is a major

subwatershed.

Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative

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Framework for Trash Free Initiative

•Legislation – LITTER & LAWS“ANACOSTIA”

•Regulation - TMDL•Education - PROACT•Enforcement - LEW•Market-based - TFPF

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Elected Officials Sign Trash Treaty

Over 100 committed to a

Trash Free Potomac by 2013

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Bringing Attention to Trash!

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“IT’s YOUR BACK YARD”

ANACOSTIA

POTOMAC

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Thank You for Working Together and…

…Taking Action for a Trash Free Potomac Watershed!

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Contact AFF

TBOWEN@fergusonfoundation.org

www.fergusonfoundation.org

202-518-7415