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In recognition of the National Day of Service on Wednesday, September 11, The Alliance kicked off the fall 2024 Project Clean Stream season in Pennsylvania, Annapolis, Washington, DC, and Virginia!
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Keep an eye out for wingstem (also called yellow ironweed) as the summer wraps up!
Before the summer of 2014, I had hardly ever set foot in the Chesapeake watershed. Then I started a job that would take me all across its 64,000 square miles. As a photojournalist, I document the region — its people, places and wildlife — for stories published on the Chesapeake Bay Program’s website.
Water clarity is instrumental in determining the health of the Chesapeake Bay, and has an unquantifiable impact. For one, aquatic organisms rely on light for photosynthesis, especially at depths. When light is limited, food chains are affected from the bottom-up. In addition, some fauna rely on light to see prey and navigate.
Every year, Project Clean Stream (PCS) hosts several trash pickups, drawing tens of thousands of volunteers to come together with the common goal of cleaning up and promoting the health and restoration of their local waterways.
In 2021, the Alliance and ecoLatinos set forth to partner on a new project: The Greening of St. Catherine Labouré. In total, this project helped educate hundreds of Spanish and English-speaking parishioners, engage 60+ volunteers, and install over 2,000 square feet of green stormwater infrastructure.
The spring and summer seasons are a very busy period on farms and in farm country, specifically for those who grow crops and produce. As temperatures warm, farmers start preparing the ground for planting season. Arguably, the most important part is tilling.
With autumn just around the corner, a shift is occurring in the reproductive stage of trees – the unique flowers that have consumed spring and summer are becoming seeds!
Commonly called autumn coralroot, this unique orchid is one of 11 other species of terrestrial orchids and is native to the eastern and central U.S. as well as some parts of Canada and Mexico.
One of our favorite parts of the Taste is honoring individuals who have gone above and beyond to help improve the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
