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Conservation Efforts Unite: Alliance And Joe Jurgielewicz & Son, Ltd. Partner To Create Cleaner Waterways and Lower Environmental Impact

The Alliance has partnered with Joe Jurgielewicz & Son, Ltd., one of the nation’s leading Pekin duck producers, to integrate conservation best management practices that reduce nutrient runoff, strengthen biosecurity, and improve long-term environmental health across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Press Release: Giant Awards $65,000 for Sustainable Dairy Practices in Chesapeake Bay

In Celebration of June Dairy Month, Giant Food recently awarded more than $65,000 to the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) to implement sustainability practices on local dairy farms in the Chesapeake Bay.

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Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and Perdue Farms partner to Clean Up Local Park for Earth Day

The Alliance and Perdue celebrated the 55th Earth Day and their strong partnership by removing trash from local Schumaker Park in Salisbury, Maryland, as part of the Alliance’s annual Project Clean Stream initiative.

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Press Release: Flexible Funding Available for Riparian Forest Buffer Installation and Maintenance in Virginia

The Alliance is excited to partner with the Virginia Department of Forestry as they launch a flexible, no-cost riparian forest buffer installation program called Riparian Forests for Landowners Program. This unique program will also cover one year of maintenance for landowners.

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Creating Access to Green Space in Richmond’s East End

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and partners are pleased to announce the groundbreaking of the Greening Greater Fulton Project, which will bring a green street to two blocks of Government Road in Richmond’s East End.

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Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay & Perdue Farms partner to celebrate Earth Day by planting hundreds of trees on PA Poultry Farm

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) and Perdue Farms (Perdue) celebrated the 54th Earth Day and their strong partnership by planting more than 300 trees on a family poultry farm in Quarryville, PA.

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Alliance Receives over $4.7 Million for 7 Projects in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia

NFWF and EPA recently announced their 2023 SWG awards, and the Alliance’s four program teams received seven of the 65 total awards.

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Partnering for Clean Water in Northern Virginia

Google, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA), and the Alliance have announced the completion of their innovative collaboration that will improve water quality in the Northern Virginia region.

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The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Partnered with Perdue Farms, Awarded $1 Million National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grant to Accelerate Full-Farm Conservation Efforts on Poultry Operations in Pennsylvania

Announcing a new inititiave between the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) and Perdue Farms (Perdue), thanks to funding from National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).

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Press Release: Alliance Kicks Off Annual Taste Fundraising Event Along the Susquehanna in PA on August 31st

The Susquehanna River contributes two-thirds of the freshwater to the Chesapeake Bay and is critically important to the restoration efforts for the whole watershed. To help heal the Susquehanna and its tributaries, the Alliance for the Chesapeake kicked off the celebrations at River’s Edge on August 31st as part of the Alliance’s annual Taste: Celebrate the Chesapeake event series.

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