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[two_fifth margin_top=”20px” class=”acb-img-container float-right-container” ] Project Clean Stream volunteer Shalisa Hutt poses with her daugher and nephews during cleanup of the Coty Cox Branch of the Wicomico River in Salisbury, Md. Photo courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Program.Project Clean Stream had an amazing turnout for 2014! This year 7,500 volunteers helped restore over 260 sites in …
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This fall, media has been abuzz on plastics polluting our natural resources and it begs the question: are we doing enough on this front for the Chesapeake watershed? California became the first state to ban plastic bags from being offered in retail stores across the state in late September. In the Chesapeake watershed, the City …
The Social Marketing Plan from TreeBaltimore, Tree Up, is a new way to reach non-traditional audiences in the Baltimore community with our tree planting message. Tree Ups are themed social events organized all over Baltimore where participants can have some fun and give back to the city by planting a tree. Tree Ups are for …
During your outdoor adventures this summer you may run across a unique looking tree you don’t recognize, a beautiful bird you can’t quite put your finger on, or maybe a polluted or littered area of a stream. Instead of being left on your own, some mobile applications can help you identify that new species or report …
On April 27th, 2012 the Alliance partnered with Starbucks and HandsOn Richmond to plant trees at the City of Richmond’s Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP), in an effort to reforest surrounding areas of vacant land. Over 40 people gathered on a beautiful spring morning during Earth Week to plant river birch, sycamore, red twig dogwood, …
[two_fifth margin_top=”20px” class=”acb-img-container float-right-container” ] The Alliance has been working hard with partners and residents for the past three weeks to install 13 rain gardens and BayScapes for homeowners in the Bellemeade Community. This project is taking place as part of the larger Goode’s Creek Coalition’s Walkable Watershed Project. The Alliance has been partnered with the City …
Building Green Infrastructure in Blair County is a multi-faceted effort to build a green infrastructure program to help create sustainable stormwater solutions across all 13 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) in Blair County, PA.This effort includes both planning and implementation projects in order to help Blair County move forward in meeting water quality improvement …
Congregation members planting at a sappling outside their house of worship Trees for Sacred Places is proud to announce that we have planted 10,901 trees as part of the Maryland Governors Stream Buffer Challenge. Originally called 10,000 Trees when this project was begun in 2013, Trees for Sacred Places engages houses of worship across Maryland …
At Landis Homes, a naturalized stormwater conveyance system offers habitat benefits as well as water quality improvement.The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay partnered with LandStudies Inc. to host a tour of innovative green infrastructure sites throughout Lancaster County, PA on June 30th. The three-year program is an effort generously funded by the National Fish and Wildlife …
Snow covers Washington D.C. Cherry Blossoms after St. Patrick’s Day snowfall, 2014. (Mike Licht/Flickr) 2015’s first snowfall has arrived and with it I wonder if this winter will be as brutal as the last. 2014 gave us record lows and snow accumulations, causing problems for public safety as well as the health of the watershed. …
