The US Forest Service Northern Research Station, the Parks and People Foundation, and the Wildlife Habitat Council partnered together to engage industrial landowners on Baltimore's "Second Harbor", the Middle Branch, in habitat restoration projects. A description of projects and progress follows.

1. Baltimore’s Second Harbor
Project:
An opportunity to re-connect people, places, and
wildlife to the Chesapeake Bay
Morgan Grove
USDA Forest Service
Jeff Popp
Wildlife Habitat Council
Guy Hager
Parks & People Foundation

2. The Wildlife Habitat Council is a
nonprofit, non-lobbying 501(c)(3) group
of corporations, conservation
organizations, and individuals dedicated
to restoring and enhancing wildlife
habitat.

4. Parks & People Foundation a non-profit
dedicated to supporting a wide range of
recreational and educational
opportunities; creating and sustaining
beautiful and lively parks; and
promoting a healthy natural
environment for Baltimore.

5. Project Goals
1. Develop a cooperative, corporate-community approach to urban
watershed restoration;
2. Reduce storm water quantity and improve storm water quality
flowing from industrial sites;
3. Establish corporate facility habitat restoration demonstrations
projects including sustainable management;
4. Increase urban tree canopy (UTC) on industrials properties,
contributing to the City’s overall goal of achieving 40% UTC by
2030;
5. Improve scenic aesthetics and wildlife habitat along the Gwynns
Falls Trail; and
6. Participate in the Urban Waters Federal Partnership, creating a
transferrable demonstration.

6. Second Harbor Study Area
Watershed 263 MeetingWatershed 263 Meeting

13. Second Harbor Project Status
• Working to coordinate issues with Baltimore City
• Establishing demonstration sites include:
– 2 Existing WHC partners/members:
• BGE (Constellation/Exelon) Spring Gardens (complete)
• Vulcan (new site)
– 4 Additional partners:
• Baltimore Community ToolBank
• Masonville Cove Nature Center (complete)
• Maryland Chemical Company
• Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
• Exploring opportunities for credits under the new
stormwater fee

14. BGE Spring Gardens
• Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s Spring Gardens
Facility, certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council since 2008
• Already established an osprey nesting platform and have
planted trees at the south end of the campus
• Within the Upper Middle Branch Designated Habitat
Protection Area.
• Longest uninterrupted riparian buffer zone in the city of
Baltimore on the middle
• Wildlife team is creating a 8,252 square foot pollinator
garden composed of native trees, shrubs and perennials
within the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area 100 foot buffer.

15. BGE Spring Gardens
• Pollinator Garden - City agreed to change
plant pallet based on WHC recommendations

17. • Concept drawing above; will
reduce water runoff reaching
Baltimore’s old (and failing!) water
systems.
• Any water leaving the garden will
be filtered and can be used for
rinsing tools.

19. Masonville Cove Nature Center
Parks & People provided 178 trees
towards the restoration plan

20. Masonville Cove Mitigation Facility
Maryland Port Administration
• Open to public with nature center, fishing piers,
restored wetlands, and native restoration plantings
• Connects urban youth to nature - serves 5,500 city
students and 226 teachers to date.
• First of eight Urban Wildlife Refuges named by USFWS
• Brownfield- once contaminated with arsenic
• MPA dredge containment facility adjacent
Photo courtesy of USFWS

21. Maryland Chemical Company
• Woman-owned chemical supply and delivery
company relocated from Warner Street
• Already working with Parks & People and local
youth groups to implement pollinator gardens
and vegetable gardens on the campus
• Next phase will be implementing rain gardens
and bio-swales on site and to explore functioning
of old, existing drainage swales to better protect
water quality of the Chesapeake Bay

22. Maryland Chemical Company

23. Sherwin-Williams
Paint Plant in Westport

24. Sherwin-Williams
previous impervious conditions

25. Sherwin Williams

26. Sherwin-Williams

27. Sherwin-Williams

28. Sherwin-Williams

29. Sherwin-Williams

30. City Adopt-A-Lot by Sherwin-Williams
in Mt. Winans

31. Sherwin-Williams
Adopt-a-lot: Maryland in Miniature

32. Businesses Work to Re-Green & Return
Cleaner Water into Baltimore’s Harbor

33. Next Steps
• Establish an informal corporate network to
encourage mutual support and share
knowledge and project success stories
• Continue to work on demonstration projects
and complete them in 2014
• Share project among the Baltimore
Community and with other Urban Waters
cities

34. Morgan Grove
mgrove@fs.fed.us
(802) 238-4328
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Jeffrey Popp
jpopp@wildlifehc.org
240-247-0923
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Guy Hager
guy.hager@parksandpeople.org
410-488-5663 x 101

35. Public Information
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com
/2013/11/14/baltimore-rings-
harbor-with-hard-surfaces/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/feature
s/green/blog/bs-gr-harbor-cleanup-
20131113,0,1830492.story