MARYLAND OUTDOOR LEARNING PARTNERSIP

Appointed by Governor: J. Adam Frederick; Melissa M. Wiedel-Lubinski.

Representing Department of Agriculture: Steven A. Connelly
Representing Department of the Environment: Serena C. McIlwain
Representing Maryland Department of Health: Susannah Beckerman
Representing Department of Planning: Deborah Herr Cornwell
Representing Department of Service & Civic Innovation: one vacancy
Representing Department of Transportation: Mark W. Crampton
Representing Chesapeake Bay Trust: Emily L. Stransky
Representing Maryland Energy Administration: Larissa Pasco
Representing Maryland Higher Education Commission: Lyndsay Silva

ADVISORY MEMBERS
Representing Alice Ferguson Foundation: Sarah Kempfer
Representing Audubon Maryland-DC: Mark Scallion
Representing Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Thomas C. Ackerman; Karen K. Mullin.
Representing Chesapeake Bay Trust: Emily L. Stransky
Representing Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation: Susanne Zilberfarb
Representing Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education: Laura J. Collard
Representing Maryland Recreation & Parks Association: one vacancy
Representing National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration: Shannon Sprague
Representing National Aquarium: Andrew Walker
Representing National Wildlife Federation: Lindsey Walker
Representing U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: one vacancy

c/o Center for Conservation, Education & Stewardship
Chesapeake & Coastal Service, Department of Natural Resources
Tawes State Office Building, 580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401 - 2397
(410) 260-8775
e-mail: stephanie.tuckfield1@maryland.gov

Department of Natural Resources, 580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, Maryland, March 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Some functions of the Maryland Outdoor Learning Partnership originated in June 2017, when the Project Green Classrooms Initiative was formd by the Governor (Executive Order 01.01.2017.12). In April 2024, authorization for the Initiative was rescinded, when the Governor replaced the Initiative and expanded its duties by creating the Maryland Outdoor Learning Partnership (Executive Order 01.01.2024.15).

The Maryland Outdoor Learning Partnership works to enable Maryland youth to access the environment and grow as environmentally literate stewards in touch with nature and empowered with skills to conserve and restore Maryland's natural resources. To these ends, the Partnership reviews environmental and climate change education in Maryland; engages with networks to ensure that environmental education is equitably implemented and sustainably funded across Maryland; and supports State leadership to implement and track relevant Chesapeake Bay Program priorities.

Meeting monthly, the Partnership fosters collaboration, coordinates resources, and makes recommendations to equitably ensure that:

(a) Every Maryland student has access to environmental and climate education;
(b) Maryland students gain the knowledge and skills for success in college and the growing green workforce;
(c) Maryland youth spend time outdoors engaging with nature;
(d) Maryland local education agencies lessen the environmental impact of their school buildings and grounds on their local watersheds; and
(e) Maryland teachers have the funds, training, and support to implement curriculum to support student achievement of the Environmental Literacy Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, the Maryland Health Education Standards, Social Studies Standards, and other State standards of education as they relate to environmental literacy.

Representatives of State government agencies and private associations concerned with the environment and learning constitute the Partnership. The Secretary of Natural Resources and the State Superintendent of Schools serve as Co-Chairs.

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