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Calling all residents living in the Chesapeake Bay’s Middle James and Yellow Breeches watersheds! The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Runoff Busters team is looking for homeowners / renters in the Middle James (Virginia) and Yellow Breeches (Pennsylvania) who want to help protect the Bay by welcoming our team and landscape professional into their yards. …
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Alliance for the Chesapeake will present Top 2015 Environmental Leadership Awards at “Taste of the Chesapeake” on September 15 (Annapolis, MD – August 2015) – Every year the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay honors those who have made a difference in Chesapeake Bay restoration. This year, the Alliance will recognize five outstanding Chesapeake environmental leaders at its …
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Brock Environmental Center 3663 Marlin Bay Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. Registration fee: $25 (includes lunch and workshop materials)* Rooms at the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center are available at a reduced rate.[imageframe link=”https://www.cbf.org/events/other/va/living-waters-summit#register” ] We invite you to reconnect with the …
There is a comfort in knowing a neighborhood provides you with not only a unique experience, but a rewarding lifestyle. Richmond neighborhoods are becoming known for their tight-knit community bonds inspired by environmental landscaping programs. The Chesapeake RiverWise Communities program, sponsored by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay focuses its attention on providing feasible landscape …
We have noticed in Chesapeake Watershed restoration efforts a shifting focus towards achieving an environmentally just Bay, where all may enjoy the benefits of the environment. This is reflected in some of the presentations at the Chesapeake Watershed Forum, in the new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, in programs across the watershed and in work done …
[one_full background_image=”https://www.allianceforthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/osprey-landing-in-nest-with-fish_credit-paul-warren-2007_become-a-part-of-our-work_1.jpg” ] This word cloud was created by searching “Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement”. The bigger the word, the more frequently it appears. (Sarah Davidson)”Making the Connection” was the theme for the 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Forum. This theme was provided to guide the presenters this year and to lend continuity between the ongoing topics that …
The Alliance’s 2014 Taste of the Chesapeake was a tremendous success! The gala was held on September 18 at the Blue Heron Pavilion at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, MD.[one_full background_image=”https://www.allianceforthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/osprey-landing-in-nest-with-fish_credit-paul-warren-2007_become-a-part-of-our-work_1.jpg” ] Taste guests were able to give a unique gift towards Alliance programs through our giving tree.Our audience was a sell-out crowd of over …
The idea of watershed stewardship — local citizens engaged in restoration — has never gotten enough credit as a means to achieving a healthy Chesapeake. Since the infancy of Bay restoration, the issues of habitat degradation, poor water quality and unsustainable fisheries, as well as forming the policies to address them, have drawn the attention …
Early on the morning of October 26, 2014, a group of foresters from four of the Bay states—some who had never seen the Bay’s open water nor its most charismatic species, the blue crab—began their trek to Smith Island. Here a unique perspective on the Bay was waiting for them. Some drove more than five …
Thursday, March 19 5:30-7:30pm Homestead Gardens 743 West Central Avenue Davidsonville, Maryland The Alliance is this month’s Green Drinks sponsor! Join the Alliance and Annapolis Green to rub shoulders with other environmental professionals, support Project Clean Stream, and see Homestead Gardens’ Celebrate Maryland 2015 Flower Show! Green Drinks is a happy hour that gives the …
