Donate Now
Home / Blogs / Page 13
[two_fifth margin_top=”20px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”acb-img-container float-right-container” ] Dear Chesapeake Business Forum Participants, Thank you for attending the first Chesapeake Business Forum and contributing your valuable insights and desires for future partnerships. We have been working to synthesize the input received and plan the next steps in the process of redefining and energizing an alliance of businesses …
Read More
[two_fifth background_position=”center center” ][imageframe link=”http://www.saveitlancaster.com/” ] On the heels of a successful Choose Clean Water Conference held in early June, the Local Government Advisory Committee held its Quarterly meeting at the same location, the downtown Lancaster Marriott and Convention Center.Conference and Committee members got to see first hand what has become one of the most …
The Alliance is pleased to announce the winners of its 2014 Best of the Bay photo contest. We received almost 100 entries of photos of the Bay, its land, rivers and streams. Each image was beautiful in its own special way! All gave voice to the importance of the Alliance’s work and commitment to its …
[imageframe link=”/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ChesapeakeBayWatershedAgreemenet-2014-FINAL.pdf” ] Click the cover above to view the final 2014 Bay Agreement.New landmark 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Agreement includes a new set of goals that will advance restoration and protection of the Bay, its tributaries and lands surrounding the watershed. The Agreement addresses continuing water quality and land use challenges and also confronts critical …
More trees are now growing in Pennsylvania and across the Chesapeake watershed thanks to a Maryland middle school teacher. John Smucker and his organization, StreamLink Education, donated more than 100 large seedlings to the Alliance’s Pennsylvania office to use in our Franklin County Trees for Tomorrow Program, which has a goal of planting 150,000 trees …
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 16, 2014 Hampden Township Recreation Building 5001 Hampden Park Dr. Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 Register online at: www.capitalregioncog.org For the full agenda, click here: Sept 16 Stormwater Workshop Agenda Contact Donna Morelli, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay at dmorelli@allianceforthebay.org or 717-737-8622The Chesapeake Stormwater Training Partnership and the Capital Region Council of …
Dominion employees after volunteering at a Project Clean Stream site.Everyone has a role to play in Bay restoration, especially the business community. While many businesses are keenly focused on their sustainability efforts, some businesses in the watershed are beginning to expand their role in supporting Chesapeake Bay restoration. To make the connection between business sustainability …
It starts with individuals. One person can influence the larger community. This is how Richmond local Linda Mills feels about inspiring environmental action within the watershed. When it comes to keeping the watershed and river system clean, there has been a huge surge in local citizens wanting to do their part. The Chesapeake RiverWise Community …
[title class=”acb-page-content-subtitle ” ]Alliance Partnership Will Help Improve Local Drinking Water And The Chesapeake BayANNAPOLIS, MD, January 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service has awarded the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay $1.5 million in federal financial and technical assistance through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The Alliance with its partners Stroud …
This month we are gearing up for our 9th Annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum, as we expect a full house. At this year’s #ChesForum we are welcoming our keynote speaker, Dr. Wallace J Nichols, author of the acclaimed book, Blue Mind. We are honored to welcome the self-proclaimed “turtle geek” and are anticipating a brilliant talk. …
