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November 2023
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay 18th Annual Watershed Forum
This watershed-wide event reaches over 400 restoration and protection practitioners to inspire and empower local action toward clean water. Participants share successful tools and techniques, offer lessons and learnings from on-the-ground work, build capacity of local organizations, foster partnerships, educate on new initiatives and emerging practices, networking and celebration! The theme for 2023 is Private Investment in Sustainable Partnerships to Achieve Clean Water Goals. Register now
Find out more »Learning Series: Centering Those at Risk–The Power of Community-Led Research for Climate Resilience Investments
Community-led research is a powerful approach to gather and apply community generated data to inform climate resilience decisions such as green infrastructure plans and watershed restoration priorities. In the hands of those community members who are at greatest risk from climate change, CLR is a way to capture their wisdom and experiences and build an advocacy platform to ensure efforts to build community resilience address issues of justice and advance solutions that are based on community needs. Highlighted will be…
Find out more »December 2023
Learning Series: Equitable Resilience Planning Frameworks
This session will cover how to engage and center the needs of the most vulnerable community members when developing climate resilience plans. It will include examples of community-driven plans that advance community priorities, drawing from the experience of members of the National Association of Climate Resilience Planners and the Community-Driven Climate Resilience Planning Framework. Information and registration
Find out more »January 2024
Learning Series: Building Climate Resilience–Transforming Communities through Green Workforce Development
Join the River Network for an inspiring webinar on community-led environmental transformation through green jobs. Discover how communities have successfully built green workforce programs to transform vacant or contaminated lands while bridging communities’ climate and economic goals. Hear from experienced practitioners and community leaders who have harnessed the power of green jobs to transform brownfields into community assets. Information and Registration
Find out more »February 2024
Taking the Pulse of the Ocean with MarineGEO—Global Issues and Local Lessons
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) presents a webinar that will address: Are fish in the Chesapeake as hungry as fish in Chile? Are marine communities in Alaska more resistant to invasive species than those in Panama or Chile? And can saving marine biodiversity help protect the ocean from climate change? Eleven years ago, Smithsonian scientists launched the Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO): a global network of partners dedicated to studying what makes marine ecosystems tick—and how they will respond…
Find out more »March 2024
Solution Gardening with Native Plants
The Severn River Asssociation presents this talk as part of its ongoing John Wright Speaker Series. Speaker: Elizabeth Elliott Summary: Are you passionate about contributing to environmental sustainability? Do you want to provide habitat for bees, butterflies, and songbirds in your own backyard? Are you curious about the ways your gardening choices support healthy waterways? Elizabeth Elliott will address some common gardening problems and how native plants can provide a solution. Attendees will also learn how their gardening choices can contribute…
Find out more »April 2024
State of the Magothy Presentation
Find out how the Magothy River is doing. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.for viewing of displays; the presentations begin at 7 p.m. Speakers: Sally Horner, Ph.D., will present the Magothy River Index Caitlin Sporik, Bayland Environmental Designers, will address multi-faceted restoration projects for Mill Creek The Magothy River Association will raffle this yellow perch photograph by Jay Fleming. The meeting will be held in the Health & Sciences Building. Park in Lot D.
Find out more »Introduction to Sea Kayaking
We know that the more you know about the Chesapeake Bay the more you will want to protect it. Kayaking is a great way to get up close and personal with the Bay. The Chesapeake Paddlers Association is offering a one-day exploration of sea kayaking in the classroom with local paddlers and instructors – no boat needed! Learn how to get comfortable with a little more distance and a little more bounce to open up a world of new kayaking…
Find out more »Stewardship at Home & Work
Chesapeake Bay Trust will present a workshop and interactive panel on this topic. Details will come soon. Save the date. i
Find out more »Living Soil Workshop
Learn how to combine nitrogen-rich materials with carbon-rich materials to create living soil that will nourish your plants and trees all year round. The class is full of stories, science, and suggestions. Topics range from compost to no- and low-till methods to the secret life of soil. Appropriate for beginning gardeners to seasoned cultivators. You will leave with the free materials you need to start your own living soil garden. You will also get a 10% discount at Honey’s Weekend…
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