Building Stewardship

Virginia Citizens For Water Quality Summit

Want to see how the Detective solves the Muddy Mystery? There’s still time to register. Hope you can join us! Check out the draft agenda by clicking here. Register online here: https://www.elleevance.com/beventLive.aspx?EventID=NBI15646650 Questions? Contact Anna Mathis at amathis@allianceforthebay.org or 804-775-0951. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clFjh_YFMvg

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Cleaning Corp Partnership

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has teamed up with The Cleaning Corps, a local cleaning company dedicated to environmentally sound cleaning and actions. Their use of environmentally sound cleaning products and waste disposal practices make them a natural partner for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. They are also the first carpet cleaning company in …

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Can you give a day to your local stream?

[imageframe link=”http://bitly.com/PrjClnStrm” ] Over the last few months, working for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, I have had a chance to experience how local watershed and citizen groups and volunteers work together and respond to a cause like Project Clean Stream. Our partners, local and regional groups like Blue Water Baltimore, the Sassafras River …

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Support our MidYear Appeal for Project Clean Stream

[imageframe link=”https://www.allianceforthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2013-Alliance_Mid-Year-Appeal_WEB.pdf” ] Before and after shots of an impervious paver removal through RiverSmart HomesWhat does clean water mean to you? Swimming and boating in a river or the Bay, catching that first fish with your child, or just taking a walk along a stream and breathing in the freshness that comes with clean flowing …

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Become a Bayfriend

[imageframe link=”https://www.flickr.com/photos/29388462@N06/23225422080/” class=”acb-img-container float-right-container” ] The Chesapeake Bay is among the nation’s greatest natural resources and one of its most challenged bodies of water. Chesapeake Bay seafood is prized around the world and Virginia ranks third in the nation for seafood production. A cleaner Bay is also good for business – more tourism, more seafood and more jobs. That’s why we …

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Business Leaders Discuss Bay Restoration at Forum

On March 27th, 2014 the Alliance hosted its premier Chesapeake Business Forum at the Dominion Technical Center at Innsbrook. The event was the culmination of years of discussions about how to invite the business community to have a larger, more visible and prominent role in the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort. Since the Businesses For the …

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Thank you for attending the Chesapeake Business Forum!

Dear Chesapeake Business Forum Participants, Thank you for attending the first Chesapeake Business Forum. Our goal was to hold an event that was informative and practical; providing opportunities for businesses to share information and discuss needs and opportunities that would help us work together. Your attendance, participation, and thoughtful input made the day a true …

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Dominion Foundation Grant Expands RiverTrends Program

The Dominion Foundation has awarded the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay a $35,000 Environmental Stewardship Grant for our RiverTrends Water Quality Monitoring program. With this grant, we will expanding the program to the Tidal York and Small Coastal Basins watersheds. Many of these watersheds are impaired due to bacteria pollution, which makes shellfish unsafe for …

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2015 Chesapeake Bay Business Forum Kicks off New Businesses for the Bay

Business leaders from the Chesapeake region gather to rally support for Bay restoration(Annapolis, MD – November 11, 2015) – Regional business leaders gathered yesterday for the 2015 Chesapeake Bay Business Forum in Baltimore, Maryland, to rally business and support for Bay restoration. The day-long Forum, sponsored by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay at the …

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Lou Etgen Kayaking the Chesapeake Bay

Our very own, Lou Etgen, Associate Director of Programs, departed today, August 20, on a two week sojourn from Havre De Grace to Cape Charles. This trip is in celebration of his 50th birthday and is a way for him to  reconnect with the resource and renew his commitment to the health of this great …

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