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The 2024 Taste was another great success! Many thanks to our sponsors and friends for raising $116k for our mission to restore the lands and waters of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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When it comes to clean water, diverse communities require diverse solutions. Spanning more than 64,000 square miles across six states and the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay watershed is home to roughly 1,800 local governments. At this vast scale, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to achieving clean water.
Come get your hands dirty and join in on the reforestation effort for Pennsylvania’s streams! We have over 4,000 trees to plant – all we need is you!
On September 7, over 90 students and faculty members from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) came together the 2nd Annual HBCU/MSI Chesapeake Bay Summit to connect with the Bay, and each other.
In recognition of the National Day of Service on Wednesday, September 11, The Alliance kicked off the fall 2024 Project Clean Stream season in Pennsylvania, Annapolis, Washington, DC, and Virginia!
Keep an eye out for wingstem (also called yellow ironweed) as the summer wraps up!
Before the summer of 2014, I had hardly ever set foot in the Chesapeake watershed. Then I started a job that would take me all across its 64,000 square miles. As a photojournalist, I document the region — its people, places and wildlife — for stories published on the Chesapeake Bay Program’s website.
Water clarity is instrumental in determining the health of the Chesapeake Bay, and has an unquantifiable impact. For one, aquatic organisms rely on light for photosynthesis, especially at depths. When light is limited, food chains are affected from the bottom-up. In addition, some fauna rely on light to see prey and navigate.
Every year, Project Clean Stream (PCS) hosts several trash pickups, drawing tens of thousands of volunteers to come together with the common goal of cleaning up and promoting the health and restoration of their local waterways.
In 2021, the Alliance and ecoLatinos set forth to partner on a new project: The Greening of St. Catherine Labouré. In total, this project helped educate hundreds of Spanish and English-speaking parishioners, engage 60+ volunteers, and install over 2,000 square feet of green stormwater infrastructure.
