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Chesapeake Watershed Forum: Making the Connection

[one_full background_image=”https://www.allianceforthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/osprey-landing-in-nest-with-fish_credit-paul-warren-2007_become-a-part-of-our-work_1.jpg” ] This word cloud was created by searching “Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement”. The bigger the word, the more frequently it appears. (Sarah Davidson)”Making the Connection” was the theme for the 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Forum. This theme was provided to guide the presenters this year and to lend continuity between the ongoing topics that …

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2014 Taste is Great Success!

The Alliance’s 2014 Taste of the Chesapeake was a tremendous success!  The gala was held on September 18 at the Blue Heron Pavilion at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, MD.[one_full background_image=”https://www.allianceforthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/osprey-landing-in-nest-with-fish_credit-paul-warren-2007_become-a-part-of-our-work_1.jpg” ] Taste guests were able to give a unique gift towards Alliance programs through our giving tree.Our audience was a sell-out crowd of over …

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Everyone needs to participate for an environmentally just Bay

The idea of watershed stewardship — local citizens engaged in restoration — has never gotten enough credit as a means to achieving a healthy Chesapeake. Since the infancy of Bay restoration, the issues of habitat degradation, poor water quality and unsustainable fisheries, as well as forming the policies to address them, have drawn the attention …

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Foresters Get a Taste of the Bay on Smith Island

Early on the morning of October 26, 2014, a group of foresters from four of the Bay states—some who had never seen the Bay’s open water nor its most charismatic species, the blue crab—began their trek to Smith Island. Here a unique perspective on the Bay was waiting for them. Some drove more than five …

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Green Drinks: Homestead Gardens

Thursday, March 19 5:30-7:30pm Homestead Gardens 743 West Central Avenue Davidsonville, Maryland The Alliance is this month’s Green Drinks sponsor! Join the Alliance and Annapolis Green to rub shoulders with other environmental professionals, support Project Clean Stream, and see Homestead Gardens’ Celebrate Maryland 2015 Flower Show! Green Drinks is a happy hour that gives the …

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PICP Specialist Course

Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:00am-5:30pm District Department of the Environment 1200 First Street, NE Washington DC The Alliance is sponsoring a Permeable Interlocking Concrete Paver (PICP) Specialist training event in partnership with Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) and the District Department of the Environment (DDOE). The cost of this training event is discounted from $295 …

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2015 Chesapeake Business Forum: Linking Businesses to the Chesapeake Bay

[imageframe link=”http://businesses.allianceforthebay.org/” ] Click here: For more information about Businesses for the Bay The 2015 Chesapeake Business Forum:  November 10, 2015 at the Bond Street Wharf Building in Baltimore, Maryland. Gather with other business leaders, from organizations both large and small, to network and learn more about environmental sustainability goals, challenges and successes, identify needs, develop …

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2015 Chesapeake Forest Champions Honored

Craig Highfield, left, of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay presents Christine and Fred Andreae with the 2015 Forest Champion Exemplary Forest Steward Award.(September 26, 2015 – Shepherdstown, West Virginia)  The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the US Forest Service presented the 2015 Chesapeake Forest Champions awards at the 10th Annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum …

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[Press Release] Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay announces new Business Partnerships Manager

[title class=”acb-page-content-subtitle ” ]Position Will Support The Alliance’s Businesses For The Bay ANNAPOLIS, MD, May 2015 – The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay announced today that Corinne Stephens will join the organization as its Business Partnerships Manager. Beginning May 11, Stephens will have responsibility for developing and managing the Alliance’s innovative Businesses for the Bay (B4B) …

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5 Amazing Native Plants Blooming in May

There’s no doubt we love native species at the Alliance. They’re usually easy to take care of, prove to be unique resources to humans and wildlife, and are always beautiful. With spring up and running, we want to make sure to notice and appreciate some of the beautiful blooming native flowers. See if you can …

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