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Ocean Pines environmental committee approves minutes, plans outreach and schedules follow-ups
Summary
The committee approved prior minutes, set outreach plans (expo participation, recycling center field trip, video posting), discussed wildlife management (goose egg addling, turtle sanctuary) and identified one committee opening; members agreed the chair will follow up on several action items.
Ocean Pines' Environmental/Natural Assets Committee approved last meeting’s minutes by voice vote and then moved through a packed agenda covering outreach, wildlife management and volunteer logistics.
The interim chair (Speaker 1) opened routine business and asked for approval of prior minutes; a motion and second were made and the committee approved the minutes by verbal assent. Members then reviewed membership forms that will go to the Ocean Pines Association board for formal approval at the upcoming board meeting.
Operational items included: confirmation of a single committee contact email (environment@oceanpines.org) to be forwarded to the chair and vice chair; plans to post committee videos on the association’s site or YouTube; and scheduling a field trip to the county recycling center in Newark, Maryland, likely in November or December. Speaker 3 noted the board will discuss 2025 expo participation and that Monica will bring a motion to begin planning.
On wildlife management, members discussed goose/duck crossing signage (count estimates varied during discussion) and humane egg addling. Speaker 5 said a Department of Natural Resources document lists vendors; members recalled using a wildlife services contractor (referred to in discussion as a Lincoln, Delaware firm) in prior years and noted addling requires licensed providers and is typically scheduled in spring (March–April).
Environmental outreach ideas included upcycled giveaway items, QR codes linking to digital materials, posters on best practices for canal residents to reduce fertilizer and grass-clipping runoff, and booth materials for Bay Day and the kickoff. Members also discussed oyster gardening and a "tern raft" nesting aid that requires annual permitting, and considered a future visit to the University of Maryland Horn Point Lab to observe oyster propagation.
The committee identified one open seat for recruitment and the board-approval process for submitted forms. The meeting adjourned after roughly an hour.
