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“Tree Talk” Turns Six This Year!

Happy sixth birthday to our plant identification YouTube series, Tree Talk! It’s hard to believe so much time has passed since the series began, and we’re honored to have taught so many people about so many species!

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Improving the Coastal Resiliency of a Maryland Farm

In 2024, the Alliance was awarded $3.9 million by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to construct a nearly three-quarter-mile-long living shoreline on a family-run heritage farm. The project will help reduce wave energy arriving from the 33-mile fetch that’s causing the farm to lose roughly 10 feet of shoreline per year.

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Celebrate the Holidays with Seared Duck Breast: A Forgotten Classic

With a delicious meal on the table and the opportunity to enjoy it with friends and family, recounting memories from a successful day on the Eastern Shore, it’s difficult to ignore all of the work that made it possible.

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Stir up an Official ‘Chesapeake Clean Water Eggnog’ This Holiday Season

From the rolling hills of central PA to the Shenandoah Valley, the Chesapeake Bay is filled with thousands of hard-working dairy farms. What a joy it is to have this abundance of local milk, butter, cheese, ice cream, and other dairy delights right at our fingertips!

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Loysville Youth Development Center and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay are partnering to reforest the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Pennsylvania

Beginning in the Summer of 2024, an exciting partnership flourished between Loysville Youth Development Center (LYDC) and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.

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5 Community-based Organizations receive the Community-green Access Mini-grant

This summer, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay announced a new mini-grant program called Community Green Access (CGA). The Alliance is excited to award five projects across the watershed!

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What’s Poppin’? Phenological Fun: Virgin-Bower’s

This December, as you drive across the deciduous landscape, be on the lookout for virgin-bower’s (Clematis virginiana) achenes.

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Show your love for the Chesapeake!

If you’re like me, you probably have a soft spot in your heart for the critters who reside in our watershed. Do you know how many species of plants and animals live here? Over 3,600!

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The Alliance Plants Its 1,000th Acre of Forest Buffer in Pennsylvania!

The Alliance’s PA Riparian Forest Buffer Project planted its 1,000th acre! Join us as we reflect on the last six years of upstream work for clean water and healthy forests.

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Thank you for a Successful 2024 Chesapeake Watershed Forum!

Thank you to everyone who attended the Alliance’s 19th Annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum, both in person and virtually! The watershed-wide event reached 480 restoration and protection practitioners to inspire and empower local action towards clean water.

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