50th Anniversary

50 Stories: Interview with Riversmart Contractor, William Ferrel

This month as part of our 50 Stories for Our 50th we are celebrating our Green Infrastructure work. This blog focuses on one of our programs through our Green Infrastructure team, the Riversmart Homes Landscaping.

Read More

The Taste: Celebrate 50 Years With Keynote Speaker- Lee Failing

Thank you, Lee Failing for being our keynote speaker at “The Taste: Celebrate 50 Years!” A key tenant of the Alliance over the last 50 years has been to work together. That means across the communities, businesses and companies, and conservation groups who live, work, and play in the Chesapeake. No single restoration project, education …

Read More

Al Todd – Frances H. Flanigan Environmental Leadership Award

Al Todd – Frances H. Flanigan Environmental Leadership Award It was with great pleasure that the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay recognized Al Todd as our 2021 Fran Flanigan Environmental Leadership Award Winner at “The Taste: Celebrate 50 Years” on September 23rd. The Fran Flanigan award is named after our longest-tenured Executive Director of 20 …

Read More

Teddi Stark – Pennsylvania 2021 Watershed Champion

It was with great pleasure that the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay recognized Teddi Stark as our 2021 Pennsylvania Watershed Champion. Teddi is a warrior for riparian forest buffers. We recognized that her passion for the reforestation of our watershed and leadership at DCNR has resulted in increased funding for buffers in Pennsylvania and for the Alliance.

Read More

Dr. Alan Anderson – Maryland 2021 Watershed Champion

It was with great pleasure that the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay recognized Dr. Alan Anderson as our 2021 Maryland Watershed Champion at our “Taste: Celebrate 50 Years on September 23rd. We recognized him for his work through our partnership with Bowie State University, and his commitment to ensuring his students have an opportunity to build skills related to environmental conservation. Dr. Anderson has been incredibly giving of his time to this partnership, and his efforts have created year-round meaningful watershed experiences for students in the classroom and beyond.

Read More

Michael Powell – Virginia 2021 Watershed Champion

It was with great pleasure that the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay recognized Michael Powell as our 2021 Virginia Watershed Champion at “The Taste: Celebrate 50 Years” on September 23rd. His vision for John B. Cary Elementary School’s Eco Campus has prioritized outdoor learning and environmental literacy. Not only has he added trees and gardens to the campus, but his sensibility to stormwater runoff and replacing turf has created an outdoor space where all students can become environmental stewards.

Read More

Brian Rodgers – D.C 2021 Watershed Champion

It was with great pleasure that the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay recognized Brian Rodgers as our 2021 Washington, D.C. Watershed Champion. We recognized Brian’s work as a Rain Barrel contractor, passionate DC Green Workforce Workgroup member, and dedicated partner to the Alliance.

Read More

50 Stories: Community Resilience through Living Shorelines at Cape St. Claire

This month as part of our 50 Stories for Our 50th we are focusing on our Green Infrasturce work. This blog highlights one of our more recent projects in Cape St. Claire, MD.  On any given day in Cape St. Claire, you can see children riding their bikes down a quiet street, toddlers giggling while …

Read More

50 Stories: Using Green Infrastructure to Connect Students and the Richmond Community with their Watershed.

This month as part of our 50 Stories for Our 50th we are celebrating our Green Infrastructure work. In the past couple of years, our Virginia Environmental Education Specialist, Meredeth Dash out of our Richmond, Virginia office has been working hard to connect local students to their waterways through green initiatives on their schoolyards. In …

Read More

50 Stories: Green Infrastructure, Asbury- Broadneck United Methodist Church

This month as part of our 50 Stories for Our 50th we are focusing on our Green Infrasturce work. This blog highlights one of our more recent projects at the Asbury-Broadneck United Methodist Church (ABUMC) cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland.

Read More