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Rain garden installed through RiverSmart Homes program in District Ward 3[three_fifth class=”acb-img-content-wrap” ]The RiverSmart Homes Program has successfully completed its 1000th stormwater reduction project! RiverSmart Homes has been installing rain gardens, BayScapes, and replacing impervious surface since 2009. We are incredibly proud of this milestone and are thrilled that DC homeowners remain excited about the program …
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[title size=”4″ class=”acb-page-content-title” ] Elementary School Grooms Future Environmental Heroes To Protect Its Local Stream Students at Langdon Elementary School in northeast Washington, D.C. have been busy hand painting over forty rain barrels for their community. As a participant in the RiverSmart Schools Program, Langdon Elementary has been working with partners at DDOE (District Department …
[imageframe link=”https://fcnp.com/2014/04/30/mason-city-partner-with-conservation-group-on-stormwater-game/” ] At a launch event for the video game Stormwater Sentries, released earlier this month on Facebook, teacher Jamie Lahy (left) and sophomores Max Loftis (center) and Sam Luten (right) played Stormwater Sentries. Photo courtesy of Falls Church News-Press.Richmond, Va. – April 21, 2014 – The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay,Timmons Group, and …
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) is pleased to launch an online resource dedicated to helping homeowners and businesses take charge of stormwater runoff. The Alliance’s new Reduce Your Stormwater website guides citizens to steps they can take to eliminate runoff and potential pollution from their property and improve their local stream and the …
[two_fifth background_image=”https://www.allianceforthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/osprey-landing-in-nest-with-fish_credit-paul-warren-2007_become-a-part-of-our-work_1.jpg” ] November 16 8am-6pm National Conservation Training Center 698 Conservation Ln, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 Register now for the Turning A New Leaf Conservation Landscaping Conference![one_fourth background_image=”https://www.allianceforthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/osprey-landing-in-nest-with-fish_credit-paul-warren-2007_become-a-part-of-our-work_1.jpg” ][imageframe class=”acb-img-container float-right-container” ] KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Douglas W. Tallamy, PhD, University of Delaware PLENARY SPEAKER: C. Colston Burrell, Native Landscape Design and Restoration This year, CCLC’s fifth Turning a New …
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is will be announcing a new incentive program for District of Columbia residents this spring, the RiverSmart Rebate Program. In addition to the popular RiverSmart Homes program, the District Department of the Environment (DDOE), in partnership with the Alliance, is implementing an additional approach to help lessen the impact …
How rain turns into stormwater and the impact that stormwater has on our waterways is on the mind of local, state, and federal agencies as they struggle to meet EPA requirements to clean up the streams and rivers flowing to the Chesapeake Bay. The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has been working on several projects …
Al Todd, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay participated in an Interfaith Leadership Forum on the Environment on January 10th. The meeting brought together faith-based and environmental organizations in the Bay Region to discuss potential initiatives related to the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The imperative of stewardship of the earth is …
Hurry…transform your concrete parking pad or patio into usable, livable, permeable green or grey space, and get your free permeable pavers today! DC homeowner yard being fitted with environmentally friendly pervious pavers.The deadline for the Bloomingdale Rebate Program is quickly approaching. All projects must be completed by September 21, 2015. That means starting the process …
The RiverSmart Homes Program has been having a terrific year. There have been 254 stormwater management projects completed in 2012 thus far, with installations continuing through mid-December. 50% of those projects completed were BayScaping projects. BayScaping is a local term coined to refer to landscaping with plants that are native to the Chesapeake Bay region. Using …
