[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21058]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN HONOR OF THE SOTTERLEY FOUNDATION'S RECEIPT OF A 2003 CHESAPEAKE BAY 
                         GATEWAYS NETWORK GRANT

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 3, 2003

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Sotterley 
Foundation. The Sotterley Foundation received a 2003 Chesapeake Bay 
Gateways Network Grant to enhance exhibits at the historic Sotterley 
Plantation.
  The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, which includes more than 120 
museums, state parks, wildlife refuges and other sites in five states 
and the District of Columbia, was created to enhance the experience of 
visitors to the Chesapeake Bay and its many roads, rivers and trails. 
Authorized by the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998, the Gateways 
Network is coordinated by the National Park Service in partnership with 
the Chesapeake Bay Program.
  During the past four years, Gateways Network Grants have funded new 
maps, improved signs, and expanded trails that have made visits to 
parks, wildlife refuges and water trails even more exciting and 
enjoyable than they had previously been. These grants help enhance the 
public's ability to learn and enjoy the Chesapeake's stories and 
significance, explore its natural and cultural resources, and become 
involved in helping conserve and restore the Bay and its watershed. 
Through these projects and other Gateways Network efforts more and more 
people recognize the Chesapeake as a true national treasure.
  In 2003, the National Park Service is awarding $1,387,309 in grant 
funding, matched by over $2 million in partner contributions. Thirty-
two grants are being made to Gateways throughout the Bay watershed in 
Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The Sotterley Foundation 
is receiving a grant of $28,000 and $28,000 in partner contributions.
  The project proposed by the Sotterley Foundation will restore, 
display and interpret a Chesapeake Bay log canoe discovered in nearby 
Sotterley Creek. Visitors exploring this historic plantation along the 
Patuxent River will have the opportunity to examine and learn about a 
workboat that once plied the waters off the site. The log canoe will be 
protected under a shelter, and interpreted through several exhibit 
panels.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with the assistance and vision of organizations 
such as the Sotterley Foundation that the Chesapeake Bay and the entire 
region has become the treasure that we know it to be today. Mr. 
Speaker, please join me in congratulating the Sotterley Foundation on 
receiving this grant and wishing them the best of luck in completing 
their project.

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