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You may have noticed on a particularly cold winter hike that rhododendron also seems to huddle up for warmth.
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This March, the Film Festival will be premiering our very own short film, Surf & Turf: A Chesapeake Bay Watershed Story! It is a story of the captivating journey from inland mountains and headwater streams, to the wide-open, salty expanse of the Bay itself.
In the Shenandoah Valley, the Alliance brought together a waterman and a farmer to share their personal stories and professional passions, while breaking bread together. Theirs is a story of the captivating journey from inland mountains and headwater streams to the wide-open, salty expanse of the Bay itself.
Our volunteers’ hard work has a lasting impact improving the ecosystem, health, and beauty of the watershed, and their time and dedication has made this effort a success. We could not have done it without them!
The end of 2024 brings us to the close of another fabulous year of green infrastructure in Washington, DC! Cheers to the new year and the stormwater systems we hold dear.
Environmental Projects Intern, Alex DuBuclet, from Bowie State University, has concluded another semester with the Alliance! Join us, as Alex tells us about their Capstone Project from this semester.
Happy sixth birthday to our plant identification YouTube series, Tree Talk! It’s hard to believe so much time has passed since the series began, and we’re honored to have taught so many people about so many species!
In 2024, the Alliance was awarded $3.9 million by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to construct a nearly three-quarter-mile-long living shoreline on a family-run heritage farm. The project will help reduce wave energy arriving from the 33-mile fetch that’s causing the farm to lose roughly 10 feet of shoreline per year.
With a delicious meal on the table and the opportunity to enjoy it with friends and family, recounting memories from a successful day on the Eastern Shore, it’s difficult to ignore all of the work that made it possible.
From the rolling hills of central PA to the Shenandoah Valley, the Chesapeake Bay is filled with thousands of hard-working dairy farms. What a joy it is to have this abundance of local milk, butter, cheese, ice cream, and other dairy delights right at our fingertips!
