Type: Educational

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Winter Tree ID

Join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay for an in-person walk around Landis Woods Park to learn how to identify trees during the winter.

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RiverSmart Homes DIY Rain Garden Training

Please join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and Washington, DC’s Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) for a free, virtual rain garden installation training.

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RiverSmart Homes Information Session

Learn about how you can manage stormwater on your property with shade trees, rain barrels, rain gardens, BayScaping, or permeable pavers.

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Made in the Shade: Environmental Conservation & Plein Air Artmaking Part Three

Join us in finding artistic inspiration in the beauty of Overlook Park at this special plein air artmaking event.

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RiverSmart Homes Rebate Rain Barrel Training

Learn how to install a rain barrel! The District Department of Energy & Environment offers rebates on rain barrels to DC residents.

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Ask the Alliance: Turtles of the Chesapeake Watershed: Strategies for Turtle Conservation on Your Property

Join the Alliance’s Forests Projects Coordinator, Jim Kauffman, to learn more about turtles found in the watershed, including ways to encourage the species and habitat conservation.

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Ask the Alliance: DIY Rain Gardens

Join the Alliance’s Green Infrastructure Program Director, Jamie Alberti, to learn more about how to install a rain garden on your property.

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Ask the Alliance: Aquatic Macroinvertebrates

Join Rebecca Lauver, Forests Projects Coordinator, to get a close up look at the organisms that occupy our local streams!

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Ask the Alliance: Foraging 101

Can I eat this? Join Forests Projects Coordinator, Rob Frank, as he shares introductory knowledge about foraging for wild growing food. The presentation will cover beginner mushrooms and plants as well as some species to avoid.

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Ask the Alliance: Long-Distance Kayaking

Join the Alliance’s Senior Green Infrastructure Projects Manager, Laura Todd, to learn about planning, preparing, and paddling long-distance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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