Location: Pennsylvania

Coleman Organic, Brian Eckman, Coleman Family Farmer since 2015

Corporate Partnerships lead to on farm conservation: How the Alliance and Perdue are aiding poultry farmers with their conservation needs.

From animal waste management systems to vegetative environmental buffers (VEBs), the Alliance and Perdue have been able to mitigate environmental resource concerns, while creating a more natural environment for the poultry flocks.

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70,000 Native Trees and Shrubs for Big Elk Creek State Park

The Alliance’s largest-ever tree planting is complete; Big Elk Creek State Park in Chester County, Pennsylvania now has 270 acres of new forest, including over 70,000 native tree and shrub seedlings!

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Volunteers Plant Trees Around the Clock at Treelay

Thank you to everyone who made the 2024 Volunteer Tree Planting Relay (Treelay) possible! Over the course of 24 hours, Alliance staff, partners, and 213 dedicated volunteers planted 4,200 trees in Pennsylvania and Maryland. That’s one tree every 21.6 seconds!

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Thank You for a Great Wild & Scenic Film Festival!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2024 Wild & Scenic Film Festival! 598 of our friends and partners gathered to enjoy the festival this year.

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Putting Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative Data to Use

What good is data if it never gets used? The Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative (CMC) is here to make sure that doesn’t happen! Each group within the CMC network is monitoring to achieve their own unique and individual goals for education, advocacy, outreach, and communication and have made enormous impacts on their communities.

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Project Clean Stream Kick Off Event – York, PA

Join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay as we kick off Project Clean Stream’s spring season in PA! This season we are hosting a clean up at Bantz Park in the City of York along the Codorus River. Please prepare to be outside, including wearing long pants, close-toed shoes, and bringing a reusable water bottle. …

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Tree Planting in Glen Rock

Come help us plant 212 trees in a Riparian Forest Buffer! What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a hat, sunscreen, and gloves if you have them. Please …

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Tree Planting in Christiana

Come help us plant 800 trees in a Riparian Forest Buffer! What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a hat, sunscreen, and gloves if you have them. Please …

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Tree Planting in Mount Joy

Come help us plant 160 trees in a lawn conversion planting! What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a hat, sunscreen, and gloves if you have them. Please …

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Tree Planting in Chambersburg

Come help us plant 725 trees in a Riparian Forest Buffer! What to wear & bring Please dress for the weather, we are rain or shine! Volunteers need to wear long pants, clothes that can get dirty, and close-toed shoes (boots recommended). We also recommend a hat, sunscreen, and gloves if you have them. Please …

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