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As green summer foliage transforms to blazing ambers and yellows of autumn, we are reminded of nature’s graceful rhythm of change, adaptability, and endurance. For us at the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, this season isn’t just about beautiful foliage: we have trees to plant, communities to clean up, and farmers to support.
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Another exciting new project by the Maryland Green Infrastructure team is wrapping up. The Alliance installed two bioretention cells on the property of Fallston Presbyterian Church in Harford County.
This summer, the Alliance’s DC Green Infrastructure Team had an unforgettable season, packed with fun, learning, and community impact.
Over the course of two cool spring days, 19 local government leaders representing 12 municipalities joined the Wandering Virginia’s Waterways tour to explore enterprising examples of clean and green growth across Virginia’s Tri-Cities and Hampton Roads regions.
Indigenous people understood the importance of sustainability and stewardship, and occupied the Susquehanna River Valley as early as 16,000 years ago during the “Paleo-Indian” era.
Today, Marylanders can count on our farmers to produce a wide array of signature crops, from poultry and produce on the Eastern Shore to apple butter and ice cream in Frederick and Washington Counties.
Pennsylvania offers abundant opportunities for agriculture conservation; it’s home to over 49,000 farms, covering 7 million acres. Running through these acres is an abundant network of waterways that ultimately feed into the Chesapeake Bay. PA has about 85,500 miles of rivers and streams which supply over 2,000,000 acres of lakes, bays, and wetlands.
Since launching our Richmond-based agriculture team in 2021, the Alliance has expanded its efforts across the Commonwealth of Virginia, working closely with farmers and rural landowners from all corners of the state.
In 2021, the Alliance and ecoLatinos set forth to partner on a new project: The Greening of St. Catherine Labouré. In total, this project helped educate hundreds of Spanish and English-speaking parishioners, engage 60+ volunteers, and install over 2,000 square feet of green stormwater infrastructure.
January is a time of resolutions, and looking forward to the future. But before we close the book on last year, we’d like to thank you for your support in 2023. With help from generous friends like you, we achieved a lot this year!
