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Volunteering is a great way to take action and get involved in the Alliance’s critical work to restore and protect the Bay and its watershed lands, creeks, rivers and streams. Our volunteers are at the heart and soul of our mission to lead and inspire those who live and work throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed to become true environmental stewards.
Help out at a Project Clean Stream cleanup site, collect local water quality samples, organize the planting of native trees in your community — as an Alliance volunteer you are our most important resource helping us to fulfill our mission to heal the lands and waters of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay for a garden cleanup and refresh of school conservation gardens and landscapes. Participants should come prepared to plant native plants, weed, prune, water, and spread mulch. Supplies and tools will be provided. Wear closed toe shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Bring a water bottle. Sign …
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Come help us plant 250 trees and install livestakes in a Riparian Forest Buffer! What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a hat, sunscreen, and gloves if you …
Become a Water Quality Monitoring Citizen Scientist and gain hands-on experience collecting data and water samples throughout the District!
Join the Treelay, our 24-hour tree relay planting marathon! At this site in Oxford, we will be planting 600 trees. What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a …
Join the Treelay, our 24-hour tree relay planting marathon! At this site in Elizabethtown, we will be planting 300 trees. What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a …
Join the Treelay, our 24-hour tree relay planting marathon! At this site in Lititz, we will be planting 220 trees. What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a …
Join the Treelay, our 24-hour tree relay planting marathon! At this site in Abbotstown, we will be planting 682 trees. What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a …
Join the Treelay, our 24-hour tree relay planting marathon! At this site in Millersville, we will be planting 740 trees. What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a …
Join the Treelay, our 24-hour tree relay planting marathon! At this site at Big Elk Creek State Park, we will be planting 1500 trees!! What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). …
In October 2022, the Alliance hosted back-to-back tree plantings in a first-ever relay-style event to get over 5,000 trees in the ground over a 24-hour period. Known as “Treelay,” the event took place at 8 different sites across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and volunteers planted continuously for 24 hours straight. Our team will hold the next Treelay in April 2024.
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Do you want to become a Volunteer Water Quality Citizen Scientist and gain hands-on experience collecting data and water samples throughout the District? The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) awarded a grant to Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to continue the implementation of a DC-based citizen science water quality monitoring program with the goal of providing up-to-date, weekly water quality data to residents and visitors by sampling for bacteria, turbidity, pH, air and water temperature weekly from May-September.
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