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A grassy field with small flags showing where young saplings should be planted at a spring tree planting on a poultry farm in Pennsylvania.

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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What’s poppin’? Phenological Fun: Lesser celandine

Have you found this invasive perenial wildflower yet? It’s currently poppin’, so be on the look out!

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Navigating Clean Water Challenges in New York

New York plays a vital role in implementing upstream solutions for downstream issues.

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600 Pounds of Trash Removed During Project Clean Stream Kick-off Events!

Project Clean Stream (PCS) began in 2002, and since, tens of thousands of volunteers have helped pick up trash in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Volunteers are empowered with the agency to lead their stream cleanups and build a stronger sense of place in their communities.

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Native Plant Recipe: Black Chokeberry Jelly

There’s nothing quite like enjoying a homemade treat that you watched grow and worked hard to create at home. Homemade chokeberry jelly packs a healthy punch in a delicious package. Whether you spread it on bread or eat it right out of the jar, if you’re house is anything like ours, it will go quickly regardless of how you decide to enjoy it.

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Cleaner Dairy Farms, Cleaner Supply Chains

This past spring, the team celebrated the continued growth of the Sustainable Dairy PA partnership, a collaboration between the Alliance, the Hershey Company, and Land O’Lakes. About 15 Land O’Lakes and Hershey employees volunteered to plant 2.6 acres along a stream at a Land O’Lakes member farm.

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Bamboo: Good for Pandas, Bad for Property Owners

When you think of bamboo you may think of giant pandas or red pandas and that makes perfect sense as the word ‘panda’ is thought to have come from the Nepalese words ‘nigalaya ponya’ translating to ‘bamboo eater’. Although you can find both beloved creatures in zoos or research institutions, like the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, there are no wild North American species that consume the invasive bamboo species.

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Celebrating Earth Day the DC Way

The Alliance’s Washington, DC team had a very busy Earth Day this year! Instead of hosting our own event, we wanted to show support for local environmental community partners and chose to attend different events across the DC Metro Area to do so.

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Thank You for a Great Wild & Scenic Film Fest!

Over 500 of our friends and partners gathered across the watershed to enjoy our selection of inspiring, award-winning films. Your support of WSFF raised over $38,000 which continues to help us achieve our mission of restoring the lands and waters of the Chesapeake Bay watershed!

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Project Clean Stream is Back for 2023

Every year, tens of 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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