Anne Arundel
Waterway Restoration Alliance

The AAWRA is an alliance of communities, dredging officials, Chesapeake Bay associations and trusts, and boaters on navigable waters in Anne Arundel County supporting deeper tidal water channels, sediment reclamation, tidal habitats, and natural fisheries.
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the AAWRA shall be to promote the restoration of Anne Arundel County waterways by dredging and related actions as needed to:
  • maintain historic and adequate channel access,
  • reduce and/or eliminate the amount of sediments,
  • protect and enable natural shoreline habitats.

Documents
See AAWRA Bylaws (PDF) for the Bylaws used to govern the organization.

See AAWRA White Paper (PDF) for an Executive Summary of the central issues addressed by the AAWRA.

The AAWRA 2010 Handout (PDF) graphically summarizes all waterway restoration projects in Anne Arundel County.


Contact
For more information about the AAWRA please use our convenient Administrator Message Form to send us a private message.

Electronic Mailing List
The AAWRA maintains an electronic mailing list to keep everyone informed about the activities and discussions conducted by the members of the Alliance. In order to keep the volume of messages manageable, only the mailing list moderators can post messages to the list. Furthermore, all mailing list addresses will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of providing information directly to our members.
To add your email address to the mailing list, simply send an email message to:
listserver@aawra.org
and include the word SUBSCRIBE on the Subject line.
To remove your email address from the mailing list at any time, send an email message to the address listed above and include the word UNSUBSCRIBE on the Subject line.
 
Next Meeting
The next meetings of the AAWRA will be held:
Date:   January 24, 2012
Time:   7:00 PM
Place:  

Directions     
Anne Arundel County Police
Southern District Headquarters
35 Stepney Lane
Edgewater, MD

Becoming A Member
If you'd like to become a member of the AAWRA, simply fill out the AAWRA Membership Form (PDF) electronically and submit it via email or print it out and send it to the given address.

Recent Meeting Notes
October 25, 2011 Bob Whitcomb (AAWRA) brought the meeting to order, welcomed all the attendees and introduced members of the AAWRA board and one of the AAWRA founders, Bill Edmonston. In addition, Anne Arundel county representatives, and BayLand Consultants, the contractor coordinating the dredging and dredging material placement (DMP) sites were also introduced. The purpose of the meeting was to give an update on the county's dredging projects.
January 25, 2011 Annual meeting held to discuss work performed by AAWRA in the past year, work to be done in the coming year and to elect officers.
September 28, 2010 Bob Whitcomb (AAWRA) brought the meeting to order, welcomed all the attendees and introduced members of AAWRA, AA County Government representatives and the BayLand Consultants representatives, the contractor coordinating the dredging and dredging material placement (DMP) sites. The purpose of the night.s meeting was to communicate progress information on the dredging projects currently underway and planned for Anne Arundel County.
Past Meeting Notes

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