Matthew R. Miller Troop 584, Crew 584, Ship 24

Hornaday Silver Medal

Project 1

Category: Air and Water Pollution Control

Title: Storm Drain Educational Marker Placement

Principal Advisor: Christopher Leavitt

Project Description: Installed 911 educational decals on storm

drains to comply with the Texas Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) storm

water-permitting program.

Project Location: Willow Fork Drainage District

Project 2

Category: Fish and Wildlife Management

Title: Construction and installation of boxes for

screech owls

Principal Advisor: Mr. John Warner, District Forester

Project Description: Constructed and installed 12 owl boxes.

Project Location: W.G. Jones State Forest

Placement of storm drain markers in Willow Fork Drainage District Installation of screech owl box

Project 3

Category: Soil and Water Conservation

Title: Wetlands Restoration at

Galveston Bay

Principal Advisor: Ms. Lee Anne Wilde, Special

Projects Coordinator,

Galveston Bay Foundation

Project Description: Wetlands restoration, planted

1,600 stems of smooth

cordgrass in the Galveston Bay

area. Established cordgrass

helps to prevent soil erosion,

improve water quality, and

create a habitat for natural

plants and wildlife.

Project Location: Offats Bayou, Galveston

Project 4

Category: Invasive Species Control

Title: Invasive Species Control at

Terry Hershey Park

Principal Advisor: Mr. Steve Hupp, Water Quality

Director, Bayou Preservation

Association

Project Description: Marked and removed 250

invasive plants (~50 cubic

yards), primarily privet and

ligustrum.

Project Location: Langham Creek, Terry

Hershey Park

Date of Award: October 14, 2011

Planting smooth cordgrass at Offats Bayou

Removing invasive species at Terry Hershey Park