Press Releases

Press Release: Flexible Funding Available for Riparian Forest Buffer Installation and Maintenance in Virginia

The Alliance is excited to partner with the Virginia Department of Forestry as they launch a flexible, no-cost riparian forest buffer installation program called Riparian Forests for Landowners Program. This unique program will also cover one year of maintenance for landowners.

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Creating Access to Green Space in Richmond’s East End

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and partners are pleased to announce the groundbreaking of the Greening Greater Fulton Project, which will bring a green street to two blocks of Government Road in Richmond’s East End.

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A grassy field with small flags showing where young saplings should be planted at a spring tree planting on a poultry farm in Pennsylvania.

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay & Perdue Farms partner to celebrate Earth Day by planting hundreds of trees on PA Poultry Farm

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) and Perdue Farms (Perdue) celebrated the 54th Earth Day and their strong partnership by planting more than 300 trees on a family poultry farm in Quarryville, PA.

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Alliance Receives over $4.7 Million for 7 Projects in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia

NFWF and EPA recently announced their 2023 SWG awards, and the Alliance’s four program teams received seven of the 65 total awards.

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Partnering for Clean Water in Northern Virginia

Google, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA), and the Alliance have announced the completion of their innovative collaboration that will improve water quality in the Northern Virginia region.

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Bushy shrubs planted in front of a poultry barn

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Partnered with Perdue Farms, Awarded $1 Million National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grant to Accelerate Full-Farm Conservation Efforts on Poultry Operations in Pennsylvania

Announcing a new inititiave between the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) and Perdue Farms (Perdue), thanks to funding from National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).

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Press Release: Alliance Kicks Off Annual Taste Fundraising Event Along the Susquehanna in PA on August 31st

The Susquehanna River contributes two-thirds of the freshwater to the Chesapeake Bay and is critically important to the restoration efforts for the whole watershed. To help heal the Susquehanna and its tributaries, the Alliance for the Chesapeake kicked off the celebrations at River’s Edge on August 31st as part of the Alliance’s annual Taste: Celebrate the Chesapeake event series.

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Press Release: EPA and Hershey together commit $2 Million to Land O’Lakes Member Dairy Farms in PA

The Alliance, Hershey, and Land O’Lakes have been working together since 2021 on an initiative called “Sustainable Dairy PA.” The initiative takes a collaborative, industry-led, and public sector-supported approach to accelerate on-farm conservation efforts for local eastern region dairy farmers.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friends of Roland Run and Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Establish Partnership to Monitor River Water Quality

Friends of Roland Run (FORR) and Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay today announced a new partnership to collaboratively monitor and assess river quality in Roland Run.

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Alliance Receives Over $4 Million to Accelerate Work Across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

On Friday, December 2nd, The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced over $33 million in grant awards to support restoration and conservation work in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Representatives from NFWF and the EPA shared news of the 104 total grants to a group of local leaders and community members at Truxtun Park, Annapolis, …

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