Events

The 2026 Wild & Scenic Film Festival Lineup is Here!

Wild & Scenic Film Festival tickets are on sale now! We hope to see you in Annapolis, MD, Washington, DC, Lancaster, PA, or virtually for these 9 incredible films, guest speakers, door prizes, and more!

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Celebrating 20 Years of Forum Magic!

Thank you to everyone who attended the Alliance’s milestone 20th Annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum! Held at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), the watershed-wide event brought together 357 attendees and 112 inspiring speakers to empower local action towards clean water.

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Thank you for another successful Taste!

This year’s Taste events were great successes once again! We had our biggest turnout in recent years with 400 guests.

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Celebrating Cindy Pizziketti – Taste PA Watershed Champion

When Cindy Pizziketti became a Master Watershed Steward (MWS) with the dream to work in and foster the small creeks and streams she had enjoyed throughout her childhood, she had no idea how much the land impacts the health of our water, but quickly realized how much there was to do.

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Celebrating Nissa Richardson – Taste VA Watershed Champion

The past 25 years of Nissa’s career has focused on Chesapeake Bay restoration initiatives, with a keen focus on local water quality improvements.

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Celebrating David Wise – Taste Fran Flanigan Awardee

Most of Dave’s work focuses on projects and programs to provide farmers and other rural landowners with the technical and financial assistance for agricultural conservation practices and forested stream buffers in southeastern Pennsylvania.

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Celebrating Jeanne Braha – Taste DC Watershed Champion

Jeanne Braha has dedicated her career to connecting people with nearby nature to catalyze environmental stewardship.

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Thank you for another great Wild & Scenic Film Fest!

Thank you to everyone who joined us from March 4-6 across the watershed for the Alliance’s 5th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival!

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Going Farther Together for Cleaner Rivers and Streams

Spring is here and the Alliance is gearing up for another season of planting more trees, coordinating volunteer cleanups, and strengthening our partnerships. But as an organization that receives substantial federal funding, we have been keeping a close eye on the emerging priorities of the new Administration.

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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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