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Have you heard of the largest moth native to North America: Hyalophora cecropia?
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Forget cliché flowers and chocolates for date night, and curate this incredible chanterelle soup recipe, instead!
Found along many streets and landscaped settings across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, crepe myrtle, is a non-native plant species. Here are some relatives to the crepe myrtle that have been here all along and could fill the itch of our local tree planters.
In 1985, a small group of passionate community members gathered along the shores of Chesapeake Bay tributaries, monitoring kits and clipboards in hand, ready to collect powerful scientific data. With over 100,000 stream miles throughout Virginia, the Alliance recognized major gaps in where agencies were able to collect data.
New York is the largest state of those that are part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, however only 7% of New York’s land area resides within the watershed.
As record producer Owl City once sang, “You would not believe your eyes if 10 million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep.” I would certainly not believe my eyes, but I sure would be mesmerized! There are around 270 firefly species found in North America and around 2,400 species worldwide. Many of …
Smooth Sumac: The Fiery Native That’s Turning Heads
When Cindy Pizziketti became a Master Watershed Steward (MWS) with the dream to work in and foster the small creeks and streams she had enjoyed throughout her childhood, she had no idea how much the land impacts the health of our water, but quickly realized how much there was to do.
The past 25 years of Nissa’s career has focused on Chesapeake Bay restoration initiatives, with a keen focus on local water quality improvements.
Most of Dave’s work focuses on projects and programs to provide farmers and other rural landowners with the technical and financial assistance for agricultural conservation practices and forested stream buffers in southeastern Pennsylvania.
