Dear Colleagues, Are you eager to support young aspiring environmental professionals? The Chesapeake Research Consortium’s (CRC) Chesapeake Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (C-StREAM) program is focused on recruiting, advising, and mentoring college students from populations who have been historically excluded from the environmental field and are underrepresented in environmental research and management professions. For…
https://www.aacounty.org/departments/inspections-and-permits/forestry/oak-decline/ The link above connects to the summary of the results of the Oak Decline survey project. Click on March 2023 Oak Decline Report Abstract Oak decline is a phenomenon where oak trees, both red and white oaks, are dying in large numbers in urban and developed areas. The causes, of which there are several…
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is seeking bids from forest planting contractors to establish new forest on 106.3 total acres in Pennsylvania during the spring 2023 planting season. Services sought also include site preparation, annual ‘turnkey’ maintenance, and replanting services on portions of those acres. Services sought entail: Pre-planting mowing on 4.5 acres across…
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is seeking bids from forest planting contractors to establish new forests on 46.7 total acres in Pennsylvania during the fall 2022 planting season. Services sought also include subsequent ‘turnkey’ maintenance on 29.70 of those acres. All services sought entail: Pre-planting mowing on 24.55 acres across 4 planting sites. Planting…
With passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has secured inaugural, dedicated funding for the recently authorized Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (WILD) grants program. The Service is partnering with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to administer those funds through its existing Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund…
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program partnership, is soliciting proposals to accelerate implementation of cost-effective agricultural best management practices in selected basins of the Chesapeake Bay watershed of Pennsylvania. The intent of the Pennsylvania Most Effective Basins (PA-MEB) grants…
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program partnership, is soliciting proposals through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund to restore water quality and habitats of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers and streams. NFWF is soliciting proposals under the Small Watershed…
NFWF is seeking to reconstitute its Technical Assistance Providers (TAP) list as a resource for the Chesapeake community and those seeking different types of assistance in support of a Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund grant. We’re requesting submissions for inclusion on the TAP list by Tuesday, February 1st. We’re requesting Technical Assistance Providers with specific expertise…
NFWF is seeking to reconstitute its Technical Assistance Providers (TAP) list as a resource for the Chesapeake community and those seeking different types of assistance in support of a Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund grant. We’re requesting submissions for inclusion on the TAP list by Tuesday, February 1st. We’re requesting Technical Assistance Providers with specific expertise…
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership, is soliciting proposals to restore water quality and habitats of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers and streams. NFWF is soliciting proposals under the 2022 Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction…