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Chesapeake Watershed Forum

Thank you for joining us at our Annual Watershed Forum on November 3-5, 2023!

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s 18th Annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum, held at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV, is a watershed-wide event reaching over 400 restoration and protection practitioners to inspire and empower local action towards clean water. We share successful tools and techniques, offer lessons and learnings from on-the-ground work, build capacities of local organizations, foster partnerships, educate on new initiatives and emerging practices, network with others, and celebrate our successes.

We look forward to you joining us in the Fall of 2024! Anticipate updates to be posted in February or March.

 

In-Person and Virtual Registration

We are currently planning the 2024 Forum. Check back for more details in March. We look forward to seeing you in the Fall.

Scholarships

We are currently planning the 2024 Forum. Check back for more details in March. We look forward to seeing you in the Fall.

Sponsor the Forum

Drawing in over 400 professionals, a Forum sponsorship places your brand or organization front and center as an action-oriented advocate for clean water and resilient lands in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Your sponsorship directly supports the convening of this important watershed-wide event.

For more information, contact Jenny McGarvey.

Poster Session

The goal of the poster session is to provide the opportunity for individual presenters to share their work and/or research findings in a visual format with conference attendees. This is a juried event, with awards for the best poster in the new professional and professional categories.

We are currently planning the 2024 Forum. Check back for more details in March. We look forward to seeing you in the Fall.

Important dates

We are currently planning the 2024 Forum. Check back for more details in March. We look forward to seeing you in the Fall.

Watershed Forum COVID Policy

Last Update: April 17, 2023

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) are committed to the safety of the staff, speakers, and all conference attendees. All staff, presenters, and attendees must abide by the Alliance’s and NCTC’s COVID-related policies. The following policies and procedures are in place to ensure all who visit the campus understand how we manage operations with your safety in mind.

  • Please read the NCTC COVID-19 information page in its entirety.
  • Please do not travel to NCTC if you are currently experiencing COVID-19 symptoms; if you have been exposed to COVID-19; or you have been ill within 10 days of the Forum.
  • Indoor mask wearing requirements will depend on COVID-19 Community Transmission levels in Jefferson County, WV.
  • If you develop symptoms at the Forum, there is a nurse on site that can conduct a covid test.

All COVID policies are subject to change based on local, state, and federal regulations or CDC recommended best practices.

Thank you to our 2023 Watershed Forum Sponsors!


Oak Sponsors

 

River Birch Sponsors

Redbud Sponsors

Pawpaw Sponsors

Want to get involved?

Contact Jenny McGarvey to find out more about the Chesapeake Watershed Forum.

Email Jenny