PHOTO COURTESY OF MIA SAWYER
SOUTHWEST HARBOR Mia Sawyer has hiked all 26 peaks of Acadia National Park for the second time in a year. This time she raised funds for guide dogs.
“I have always been interested in seeing eye dogs and how they are trained,” said Sawyer, who set a goal of raising $1,000 for Guiding Eyes. “We hit that before I started hiking.”
Last June, just a few months after the pandemic changed the landscape of life for most, Sawyer decided to hike all of the peaks in the national park.
“I’ve lived in Southwest Harbor all my life and I realized I hadn’t hiked every mountain and that needed to change,” she said.
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As part of recent Earth Day celebrations, the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), the Delaware Tourism Office, Delaware Greenways and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC) announced that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has designated the Delaware Bayshore Byway as a National Scenic Byway.
Gov. John Carney, DelDOT Secretary Nicole Majeski, DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin, Director of the Delaware Tourism Office Liz Keller and representatives from Delaware Greenways and tourism groups celebrated the designation with a gathering on April 22 to unveil a special sign recognizing the byway as a National Scenic Byway at the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserveâs St. Jones Reserve in Dover.
FORT WAYNE â At a time when the Indiana Legislature is poised to enact legislation that could threaten Indiana-protected wetlands, a conservation group is celebrating the fact it is protecting wetlands, including at one significant site in Steuben County.
Ducks Unlimited and numerous partners protected, enhanced or restored 678 acres of wetland and grassland habitat on seven Indiana project sites in 2020, greatly improving water quality and wildlife habitat, DU said in a news release.
âNearly 90% of Indianaâs wetlands have been lost due to human development,â said Dane Cramer, DU regional biologist for Indiana. âOur landscape-level conservation efforts help more than ducks. Wetlands benefit local residents by reducing flooding risk, improving water quality and boosting the economy.â
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