Building Stewardship

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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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The Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative celebrates 10 years of successes

Ten years ago, the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative (CMC) was created as a means to support and connect water quality monitoring initiatives across the Chesapeake region.

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Celebrating 40 Years of RiverTrends!

In 1985, a small group of passionate community members gathered along the shores of Chesapeake Bay tributaries, monitoring kits and clipboards in hand, ready to collect powerful scientific data. With over 100,000 stream miles throughout Virginia, the Alliance recognized major gaps in where agencies were able to collect data.

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Touring the Green Infrastructure of St. Catherine Labouré

This year, during the Alliance’s Annual Volunteer Tree Planting Relay (Treelay) Alliance team members, volunteers, and parishioners gathered at St. Catherine to plant trees and tour the campus.

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Teaming up with Hershey to Clean a Pennsylvania Park

The Alliance and The Hershey Company (Hershey) recently cleaned up the banks of Swatara Creek at Swatara Creek Park in Hershey, PA! The park is a great resource for recreation, featuring multiple fields for sports, access for shoreline fishing, and a small boat launch.

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Another Project Clean Stream Kickoff Means More Trash Removed from the Bay

On Friday, April 4, 2025, we kicked off our 23rd season of Project Clean Stream (PCS)! Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers and partners who helped us kick off the season.

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Project Clean Stream Returns for Another Season!

Every year, thousands of volunteers come together to pick up trash from local streams, creeks, rivers, parks, and neighborhoods as part of the Alliance’s Project Clean Stream.

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Explore DC’s Waterways with the 2024 Water Quality Monitoring Report

The District of Columbia Citizen Science Water Quality Monitoring Report 2024 is out! The report covers key data and takeaways from citizen science monitoring from the 2024 season and gives insight into water quality near popular recreation sites across the District.

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Become a Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps Member with the Alliance

The Alliance strives to create opportunities for our Corps Members, and since 2018, has hosted four, all of whom have moved onto being full-time or part-time members of our team!

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5 Community-based Organizations receive the Community-green Access Mini-grant

This summer, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay announced a new mini-grant program called Community Green Access (CGA). The Alliance is excited to award five projects across the watershed!

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