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Richmond RiverTrends Water Quality Monitoring Training

Saturday, December 13, 2014, 9am to Noon Richmond Wastewater Treatment Plant Training Room 1400 Brander St. Richmond VA 23224Are you interested in learning more about your local stream? We need volunteers to collect important data on streams in Richmond, Virginia. We will provide training and supplies, all you have to do is commit to attending the training and …

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Living Waters: Wading In

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Brock Environmental Center 3663 Marlin Bay Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. Registration fee: $25 (includes lunch and workshop materials)* Rooms at the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center are available at a reduced rate.[imageframe link=”https://www.cbf.org/events/other/va/living-waters-summit#register” ] We invite you to reconnect with the …

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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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30 Events for 30 Years: Planting Seeds for the Future

Gratitude Initiative: 30+ Events for 30 Years of Restoration Work Thirty years ago, with the signing of the first Chesapeake Bay Agreement, the Bay restoration effort began to take shape as a watershed-wide effort. Over these last three decades the movement to save the Bay took shape as we have worked to understand it, conserve …

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Richmond RiverTrends Water Monitoring Training

Saturday, March 22, 2014, 9am to Noon Richmond Wastewater Treatment Plant Training Room 1400 Brander St. Richmond VA 23224 Are you interested in learning more about your local stream? We need volunteers to collect important data on streams in Richmond, Virginia. We will provide training and supplies, all you have to do is commit to attending the training …

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Lynchburg RiverTrends Water Monitoring Training

[fullwidth background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”” padding_right=”” hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” ] Saturday, April 19, 2014 9am to 1pm Riveredge Park Amherst County, VA Are you interested in learning more about your local stream? We need volunteers to collect important data on streams in the …

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Taking Nature Black: A Celebration of Black History Month and Job Fair

[imageframe link=”https://www.flickr.com/photos/29388462@N06/23225422080/” ] Photo courtesy of Chesapeake Bay ProgramThe Chesapeake Bay Program’s Diversity Action Team is partnering with the Audubon Naturalist Society for a special event titled Taking Nature Black. The event will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the Woodend Nature Sanctuary in Chevy Chase, Maryland.  It will include a Green Jobs Fair from 9 am to noon.  Job fair employer registration …

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Permeable Paver Specialist Course (PICP)

Photo courtesy of Chesapeake Bay ProgramThursday, February 4, 2016, 8:00am – 5:30pm District Department of the Environment 1200 First Street, NE Washington DC The PICP Specialist Course provides permeable paver installation training and certification through the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI). Discounted price: $245 (regularly $295). This course is intended for contractors who have experience installing pavers, but want …

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