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Posted November 15, 2024 | Topic: Funding Opportunities, Habitat Restoration & Conservation, Science (Methods, Monitoring, and Evaluation), Stormwater Management
NOW OPEN – Pooled Monitoring Initiative’s Restoration Research Award Program
The Chesapeake Bay Trust has funding available for our research questions around effectiveness of stormwater and stream restoration programs at the watershed/catchment scale (Q1, Q2); effectiveness of restoration practices at the project scale (Q3a/b, Q4, Q5a/b/c); social science research questions to accelerate adoption of BMPs and help quantify targeted outcomes (Q6, Q7a/b/c); and trade-offs in…
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Posted November 15, 2024 | Topic: Education, Marketing and Communications
Winter Photo Challenge
Winter Photo Challenge: Life From the Frozen Earth Share your inspirational winter images by Dec. 1! Organized by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) The longest nights of the year are at hand, and the Smithsonian wants to know where YOU find your sources of beauty and inspiration. Send us your favorite winter nature pics,…
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Posted November 14, 2024 | Topic: Education, Professional Development
Tree Tender Online Training
Tree Tender Online Training will be offered by Penn State Extension on Wednesdays from noon to 1 pm starting January 8 through Feb 19th. The course is designed for lay people and experts alike. In particular, it may appeal to shade tree commissions, municipal officials and staff, community volunteers, and arborists and landscape architects who…
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Posted November 14, 2024 | Topic: Habitat Restoration & Conservation, Stormwater Management, Volunteerism
Friday, 12/06/2024: Church Hill Street Tree Planting (Richmond, Virginia)
Join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the Church Hill Association in bringing new street trees to the historic Church Hill neighborhood of Richmond. Volunteers will plant trees in tree wells along residential blocks of Church Hill. Healthy trees are powerful stormwater tools that filter runoff, provide shade and beautify our neighborhoods! Volunteers are…
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Posted November 14, 2024 | Topic: Funding Opportunities, Marketing and Communications, Organizational Development
Building Sustainable Funding from the Start
If you missed our presentation “Building Sustainable Funding from the Start” at the 🌊 Chesapeake Watershed Forum 🌊 this Fall, no worries. We have a recording for you! Go here to get a copy 👉 https://watergrass.org/building-sustainable-funding-from-the-start/ In this recording, Emily Franc, Potomac Riverkeeper Network’s former Vice President of Development & Philanthropy, shares the organization’s journey,…
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Posted November 13, 2024 | Topic: Habitat Restoration & Conservation, Volunteerism
Wednesday, 11/20/2024: Stream Clean up at Tollgate Wyndham Preserve (Owings Mills, MD)
Join us for a park and stream cleanup at Tollgate Wyndham Preserve. We will clean up trash and do invasive removal (if time allows). We recommend wearing pants, long sleeves, and close-toed shoes. All tools, supplies, and light refreshments will be provided.
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Posted November 13, 2024 | Topic: Habitat Restoration & Conservation, Science (Methods, Monitoring, and Evaluation), Stormwater Management
Anne Arundel County’s FY24 “A Land of Rivers” Annual Report is now available!
The Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration is proud to share our FY24 Annual Report, A Land of Rivers! 🌊 View the report at https://www.aacounty.org/public-works/bwpr/annual-reports-land-rivers This report documents the conditions of our waterways, describe solutions and communicate the urgent need to protect our County’s waters, and live up to our promise to make Anne Arundel…
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Posted November 12, 2024 | Topic: Habitat Restoration & Conservation, Marketing and Communications, Science (Methods, Monitoring, and Evaluation)
Wednesday, 11/20/2024: JOIN US FOR THE CRC ROUNDTABLE – Eat Your Invasives: The Bay’s Battle with Blue Catfish
Eat Your Invasives: The Bay’s Battle with Blue Catfish Blue catfish have been terrorizing Chesapeake Bay’s native fish for decades; they consume smaller fish and invertebrates in huge quantities and compete with larger fish. Some of their prey species are economically important, like blue crabs and menhaden, while others are already the focus of recovery…
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Posted November 12, 2024 | Topic: Habitat Restoration & Conservation
Wednesday, 11/20/2024: 11/20 Lunch Time Webinar w/ Howard Ecoworks: From Sapling to Survivor- How to Keep Trees Healthy and Thriving (virual)
Join Howard Ecoworks on Wednesday, 11/20 from 12:00 – 1:00pm during your lunch hour to hear from our Tree Expert, Zsuzsanna Cooke who will be presenting: From Sapling to Survivor- How to Keep Trees Healthy and Thriving. This webinar is provided in-part by Chesapeake Bay Trust. Join us for Part 1 of this Tree Care…
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Posted November 12, 2024 | Topic: Education, Professional Development
Saturday, 12/07/2024: Winter Solstice Outdoor Teacher Retreat, Dec. 7, 2024 (Columbia, MD)
Winter is on the way – how will you celebrate the season? Join us for the third annual Winter Solstice Retreat that focuses on ways to explore nature in winter. This retreat brings together experts in the field of nature-based early learning to share ideas and practices with a variety of hands-on sessions to choose…