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HONORING DOROTHY LOUISE LEONARD
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HON. JARED HUFFMAN
of california
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Dorothy (Dot) Louise Leonard of Stevensville, Maryland, on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Ms. Leonard has contributed enormous energy and talent over the years to the protection of our Nation's coastal resources, particularly our shellfish and the industry they support. Not surprisingly--for Dot--she is still immersed in shellfish restoration work as we speak.
A public policy graduate of New York's Syracuse University, Dot Leonard's local government land use planning work soon drew her into coastal conservation matters following Congress' adoption of the 1972 Coastal Zone Management Act. Dot took on the monumental task of creating an atlas of shellfish production areas around the Nation's entire coastline for the purpose of protecting those areas. She proceeded to develop Best Management Practices for Shellfish Restoration, now used by State and local governments to set sanitary control standards for our Nation's shellfish waters and industry.
Dot was recruited by the State of Maryland to lead its Department of Fisheries where she worked with all her might to help her Chesapeake Bay `watermen' protect and restore their oyster grounds and other fishery resources. She worked with the State of Washington, as executive director of the non-profit Willapa Alliance, to improve shellfish culture in the southwest corner of that State.
Dot has been a `mover and shaker' in the international shellfish restoration scene, helping to pull together the initial gathering of what has become the International Shellfish Restoration Conference, now in its 20th year. Some of her favorite international shellfish restoration gatherings are those that have taken place in Ireland, from where her grandparents immigrated to America more than a century ago. As Chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, I know Dot's contributions to shellfish restoration and coastal conservation are far-reaching.
Madam Speaker, it is appropriate to recognize Dot Leonard for her extraordinary commitment to coastal conservation and shellfish restoration as she celebrates her 90th birthday in Ireland surrounded by many of the friends that she has won over the years from the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland and beyond. Please join me in expressing deep appreciation for her service and in wishing her `La breithe shona duit'--Happy Birthday, Dot.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 140(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 140(2)
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