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2015 Chesapeake Bay Business Forum Kicks off New Businesses for the Bay

Business leaders from the Chesapeake region gather to rally support for Bay restoration(Annapolis, MD – November 11, 2015) – Regional business leaders gathered yesterday for the 2015 Chesapeake Bay Business Forum in Baltimore, Maryland, to rally business and support for Bay restoration. The day-long Forum, sponsored by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay at the …

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Awards for Dedication to Restoring Bay Health

4 October, 2011 Four Chesapeake Forest Champions were honored last weekend at the 2011 Chesapeake Watershed Forum held at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.  The U.S. Forest Service and Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay sponsored the inaugural Chesapeake Forest Champion contest in honor of the International Year of Forests. The awards recognize groups …

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Students Sculpt Connection Between Streams and Bay

It’s never easy to bring nature into a classroom, but teachers and students at the Hampstead Elementary School in MD have found a way to recreate it in a fun, educational and brightly colored way. The ceramic mural project, From Our Yard to the Bay in Clay, was completed in the spring of 2011 and …

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Eco-Friendly Holiday Guide

[imageframe link=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/snow-flake-300×243.jpg” ] The holidays are a fun and festive time of year. However, they also bring tons of extra garbage, millions of chopped-down trees, megawatts of extra power usage, and many expenses to you. Learn to have a lovely holiday season while being kind to the environment and your wallet with the Eco-Friendly Holiday …

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George Hawkins Receives 2011 Environmental Leadership Award

Annapolis, MD. (September 16, 2011) Contact: Al Todd, 443-949-0575 Last night, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (ACB) announced that George S. Hawkins, the former leader of Washington D.C.’s Department of Environment and current head of DC Water, was the recipient of its 10th Annual Environmental Leadership Award. The award was presented during ACB’s Taste …

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Counties and Cities Develop Effective Watershed Programs

The second release of the Our Waters, Our Towns series has been recently released by the Local Government Advisory Committee. This release, titled “Our Waters, Our Towns: Counties & Cities Develop Effective Watershed Programs”, contains six examples of watershed improvement projects by local governments that have helped clean local waters in communities around the Chesapeake …

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Lou Etgen Kayaking the Chesapeake Bay

Our very own, Lou Etgen, Associate Director of Programs, departed today, August 20, on a two week sojourn from Havre De Grace to Cape Charles. This trip is in celebration of his 50th birthday and is a way for him to  reconnect with the resource and renew his commitment to the health of this great …

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Chesapeake Watershed Forum Unparalleled Success

The 2011 Chesapeake Watershed Forum was an overwhelming success. This year we welcomed over 340 watershed restoration and conservation practitioners who spent the weekend of September 30 through October 2 at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV learning, sharing, networking, and inspiring each other towards a healthier Chesapeake Bay Watershed. This annual gathering, …

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Altria Supports Greening of Richmond, VA

In 2012 the Alliance will plant 1500 native tree seedlings and trees in the city of Richmond and surrounding counties. This new project is a part of the Alliance’s Healing the Land Initiatives. This work is made possible through a generous grant from Altria. To help implement this new project, we are proud to announce …

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2013 Photo Contest Winners

Hoping that good summer weather would inspire locals to explore the Bay, the Alliance held its first annual ALLIANCE BEST OF THE BAY PHOTO CONTEST. The contest was available to all members of the Alliance and we enjoyed photos from contestants of all ages! Kate Naughten’s grand prize submission to the 2013 Alliance for the …

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