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Taste of the Chesapeake 2013 Highlights

The Alliance held its annual fundraiser, The Taste of the Chesapeake, on Thursday evening, September 19, at Quiet Waters Park, in Annapolis,  accompanied by starry skies, music by The Fiddle Oaks, and a sellout crowd of almost 300 sponsors, partners and supporters. Alliance Executive Director, Al Todd, along with the Chair of the Board, Alex Beehler, presenting …

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Don’t Underestimate the Power of Citizen Stewardship

I love the phrase, “We are the ones we have been waiting for.” Peter Levine, who wrote a book of the same name on civic renewal, cites the origin of this phrase in the poetry of June Jordan. It has been used in discussion of both the civil rights and environmental movements. There are some parallels. …

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20 New Monitoring Sites Added in Virginia

We’re thrilled to announce that we have added 20 new monitoring sites to our RiverTrends program. This spring, we trained new volunteers in the Richmond, Lynchburg, and tidal York areas to collect water quality data through our RiverTrends program. In Richmond, we partnered with the City of Richmond to train volunteers to collect field data …

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Partners launch the Care for Blair County Water website

The website highlights 12 different community “roles”, and the actions each can take in protecting nature and local waterways. In partnership with the Blair County Conservation District, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has developed the educational website www.cleanblairwater.org to teach Blair County, PA residents about water quality and their local watersheds. What are the pollution threats to …

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Annapolis Film Festival Environmental Showcase

Forum attendees share a discussion on forest management strategies with the Alliance’s Chesapeake Forest team.On Friday, April 1st at 2 pm the Annapolis Film Festival will roll out a Chesapeake red carpet for the 4th annual Environmental Showcase. The Alliance is supporting as a partner the fourth annual Annapolis Film Festival’s Environmental Showcase that will be held …

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Trees for Sacred Places Finishes 2014 Strong!

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) and the Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC) have hit a new milestone with their Trees for Sacred Places Project (formerly 10,000 Trees)! Throughout 2014, 36 congregations have planted 1200 native trees, making the total count for the project 1,700 new native trees planted at 40 congregations! Mother …

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Renewed Commitment to Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring in Virginia

On November 18th, leaders from Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Izaak Walton League of America, Virginia Citizens for Water Quality, and Virginia Water Monitoring Council, and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay renewed a long-standing commitment to partnering to give citizens the tools and trainings needed to accurately assess …

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Upham Brook Watershed Restoration

[imageframe link=”https://www.allianceforthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/UphamBrook.jpg” ] Upham Brook is a tributary of the Chickahominy River that flows through the urban areas of Henrico County and City of Richmond. It is polluted by bacteria and other runoff contaminants. The  Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF)  is partnering with the Alliance and other community groups and county and city officials to do …

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Environmental Stewardship with Businesses

[two_fifth margin_top=”20px” class=”acb-img-container float-right-container” ] Project Clean Stream volunteer Shalisa Hutt poses with her daugher and nephews during cleanup of the Coty Cox Branch of the Wicomico River in Salisbury, Md. Photo courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Program.Project Clean Stream had an amazing turnout for 2014! This year 7,500 volunteers helped restore over 260 sites in …

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Plastic Bag Ban(dwagon)

This fall, media has been abuzz on plastics polluting our natural resources and it begs the question: are we doing enough on this front for the Chesapeake watershed? California became the first state to ban plastic bags from being offered in retail stores across the state in late September. In the Chesapeake watershed, the City …

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