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Photo by Alicia Pimental/Chesapeake Bay Program |
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| Join Us As A Project Clean Stream Volunteer! |
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 Join us as a 2019 Project Clean Stream Volunteer! Project Clean Stream (PCS) is the largest trash clean up initiative in the Chesapeake Bay region! Join us April 6th as we host an “All Hands on Deck Day” to celebrate Spring and the kickoff to a year full of stream clean ups across the Chesapeake region. There will be multiple clean ups happening on April 6th to celebrate the kick-off, as well as community clean ups hosted throughout the watershed during the rest of the year. For over 15 years, PCS has supported the clean up efforts of volunteers and groups, both big and small, throughout the Chesapeake watershed, from New York to Virginia. PCS provides registered sites with free gloves, trash bags, and assistance coordinating the logistics of their clean ups. PCS has resulted in the removal of over 7 million of pounds of trash from the Chesapeake watershed; all of which would have eventually contaminated our local streams, rivers, creeks, the Bay, or our drinking water!
YOU can make a difference in your community by becoming a Project Clean Stream volunteer this spring! Act today, and sign up for a clean up near you!
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| Save the Date for our Native Plant Social! |
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 Save the Date! Saturday, April 6th from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm the Alliance will be hosting our first ever Native Plant Social at our headquarters office in Annapolis, MD! There will be free refreshments from local eateries, free native plants, as well as a kid’s corner, pop-up farmers market, and other interactive activities. The Alliance staff will be present to help handout the native plants (one per person and while supplies last), to provide information about the plants, and of course to answer any questions the public might have about the Alliance and the work that we do.
For more information, visit out website.
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| Kicking Off Our READY Program in Pennsylvania! |
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The Alliance is excited to announce that year two of our READY Program in Lancaster kicks off April 1st! The READY Program trains disadvantaged adults in green infrastructure and conservation landscaping while supporting the maintenance and installation needs of Lancaster County partners. This year’s crew will plant livestakes, stock trout, help maintain riparian forest buffers, as well as receive soft skills and professional development training. Throughout the month-long program, the crew will work with the City of Lancaster, Donegal Trout Unlimited, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Lancaster County Conservancy, Lancaster County Conservation District, Stroud Water Research Center and many more local organizations and partners. The crew is led by Austin Unruh, of Crow and Berry Land Management, a local entrepreneur that hopes to inspire the crew members to take advantage of the growing “green” industry. The READY program will provide the crew members the experience and local network to find employment with conservation landscaping companies and municipal works crews throughout the area.
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| We're Partnering with MOM's Organic Market this Spring! |
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 Join us at MOM's Organic Market stores around Maryland and Virginia for two special events this spring!
Save the Dandelions
When: March 23rd and 24th from 11am- 3pm
Where: MOM's Organic Market, Rockville, MD
What: Join us for Save the Dandelions event at MOM's Organic Market. This annual event helps raise public awareness on the damaging and lasting effects that toxic lawn chemicals have on our environment, wildlife, pollinators and health. MOM’s promotes organic lawn care methods by hosting our annual Save the Dandelions event bringing together beekeepers, organic farmers, non-profits and community groups to address this issue and celebrate spring!
When: April 3rd
Where: MOM's stores in Rockville, MD; Gaithersburg, MD; Herdon, VA; and Merrifield, VA
What: Visit us at MOM's on April 4th and 5% of your purchases will go directly toward the support of our Project Clean Stream, which funds local stream cleanups across the Chesapeake.
MOM's is also the Project Clean Stream glove sponsor this year! When you volunteer at a PCS event near you, you will receive a pair of gloves with MOM'S and the Alliance's logo on them. These gloves can be washed and reused for other events such as, tree plantings, year round trash clean ups, and home gardening!
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| The Alliance is Hiring! |
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 The Alliance is hiring!
Local Government Advisory Committee Coordinator:
We are seeking a collaborative individual to oversee and coordinate the activities of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Local Government Advisory Committee. This unique group of local elected officials provides insights and input to the Executive Council of the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) and other state and federal decision-makers as well as taking actions to bring important information about environmental policies and action to other elected officials throughout the watershed. If you or someone you know is interested, check out our job description to learn more.
Development and Executive Assistant
We are also seeking a highly motivated, organized, and flexible individual to aid in development responsibilities, coordinate a variety of internal and external events, and support the Executive Director in their duties. The Development and Executive Assistant collaborates with the Executive Director, Development Director, Program Directors, Communications Manager, and Alliance Staff as well as the Alliance’s Board of Director’s Development Committee. This person plays a critical role in creating or assisting in the creation of important internal and external events in order to build visibility, unrestricted funding, and internal team relationships. If you or someone you know is interested, check out our job description to learn more.
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| The Latest in Chesapeake Forests |
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Our Chesapeake Forests team has been hard at work creating lots of great forest content for your reading and watching pleasure! Check out the newest blogs and videos, created by our team of forest pros.
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| A Guest Post from the Science Museum of Virginia |
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 As the world has warmed up, precipitation events have also become more flashy and intense. In fact, we’re already seeing these impacts in Richmond—our rainiest events have gotten rainier and the long-term trend toward more rain overall has become apparent, with 2018 ending up as the second-rainiest year on record. With this increase in extreme rainfall occurrences also comes record levels of pollution from nitrogen and phosphorus reaching the Chesapeake Bay.
Why does this happen? One reason is due to our human landscapes acting like a “gray funnel.”
To ready more about this phenomenon, check out our latest blog post – a guest post by Jeremy Hoffman, Climate & Earth Scientist, and Jennifer Guild, Manager, Communications and Curiosity, from the Science Museum of Virginia.
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