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Peer to Peer Learning Exchange Expands Virtual!

In 2019, The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay alongside the Local Leadership Workgroup, Local Government Advisory Committee and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, hosted a bus tour entitled  “Wandering Virginia’s Waterways.” This two-day peer to peer learning exchange was geared towards elected officials from the Shenandoah area to the coastlines of Virginia, and focused …

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From the Desk of the Local Government Advisory Committee: How Local Governments Find a Voice in Bay Restoration

Three longtime LGAC members share their approach to community engagement.

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From the Desk of the Local Government Advisory Committee: Chair, Second Time Running!

As she happily enters into her second term as chair of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC), Ann Simonetti, former councilmember to Marysville Borough in Pennsylvania, reflects on her past years in LGAC and hopes for the future. “I found it to be less stressful than I thought it would be,” she joked, adding …

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Partner Stories

Supporting small towns creates big wins for the Bay

How local governments are "sandboxing" their way to more effective Bay restoration

Building Resilient Communities to Enhance Public Safety

Checking-in on the Chesapeake: Virginia's progress towards clean-up of the Bay

A healthy Chesapaeke Bay begins with local governments

Supporting small towns creates big wins for the Bay

How local governments are "sandboxing" their way to more effective Bay restoration

Building Resilient Communities to Enhance Public Safety

Checking-in on the Chesapeake: Virginia's progress towards clean-up of the Bay

A healthy Chesapaeke Bay begins with local governments

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Breton Bay, including Breton Bay Sanctuary, is seen looking northeast in St. Mary's County, Md., on June 5, 2018. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)