Bees are all the buzz. Join Savanna Lightcap, the Alliance’s DC Green Infrastructure Projects Assistant, as she shares how you can identify bees, plant bee habitats, and rehome unwanted bees.
Then, Brittany Smith will share her very own bee colony.
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Curious what birds are flying around your local landscapes? Emily Broich, the Alliance’s Pennsylvania Green Infrastructure Projects Coordinator, will share how you can spot and identify birds in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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What can you plant at home that will increase habitat and require less yard work? Native plants! Join Tyler Walston, Maryland Agricultural Products Coordinator, as he shares more about how he is transforming his yard.
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Did you know bats benefit greatly from forest cover? Join Jim Kauffman, the Alliance’s Pennsylvania Forests Projects Coordinator to learn more about bats and how we benefit from them.
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Learn from Zach Carnegie, the Alliance’s Maryland Forests Projects Coordinator, how to plant, prune, and maintain your home’s trees.
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The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay presents the 2022 Wild & Scenic Film Festival, virtually. Fourteen inspirational and informative short films are included along with speakers and a chat box feature to communicate with other attendees. Tickets start at $25.
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Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay‘s Watershed Forum will be held online this year. It is a watershed-wide event reaching over 400 restoration and protection practitioners to inspire and empower local action toward clean water. The forum shares successful tools and techniques, offers lessons and learning fro on-the-ground work, builds capacity of local organizations, fosters partnerships, educates on new initiatives and emerging practices, and offers the opportunity to network and celebrate success.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay‘s virtual Taste: Celebrate 50 Years! is its largest annual fundraiser of the year which enables the Alliance to reach for bigger goals to grow programmatic capacity in Forests, Agriculture, Green Infrastructure, and Stewardship & Engagement. All in one evening you will explore the expansive watershed, experience the Alliance’s programs and progress towards Chesapeake restoration, and learn from recognized environmental leaders making change throughout our diverse region
Presented by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
Ruby Stemmle founded ecoLatinos on the values of environmental and social justice within the Latino community. They engage and educate the Chesapeake Bay’s Latino community while fostering connections that reinforce stewardship and activism. From organizing trash cleanup events to providing green infrastructure to homeowners, ecoLatinos is a hands-on, bilingual resource that brings people together across the watershed.
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Presented by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Since 1978, Shank’s Mare has dedicated their work to emphasize the environment, cultural, and recreational opportunities of the Lower Susquehanna River area. Located in a historic 1880’s general store building on the banks of the Susquehanna River. Shank’s Mare offers paddlesports instruction, guided paddling and hiking tours, school field trips, corporate outings, environmental and cultural programs, and an outdoor adventure camp for kids.
This webinar includes:
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Project Clean Stream will kick off with cleanups taking place across the Chesapeake Bay watershed and will run through Spring 2021.
Every spring, tens of thousands of volunteers come together to pick up trash from local streams, creeks, rivers, parks, and neighborhoods as part of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Project Clean Stream — the largest cleanup event in the Chesapeake Bay region. The Alliance provides supplies for cleanups anywhere in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (all six Bay states and the District).
Through Project Clean Stream, the Alliance offers hands-on opportunities through partnership with residents, local businesses, environmental organizations, local governments, community groups, houses of worship, schools and universities, to take action to restore local streams, creeks, and rivers. These cleanups allow us to come together and foster a healthier and more sustainable relationship with the Chesapeake.
Presented by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival brings together selections of films that inform, inspire, and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the Earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation. Festival-goers can expect to see award winning films about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, Native American and indigenous cultures.
Virtual doors open at 6:30pm.
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The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay celebrates its 50th anniversary from January 4 to January 31. Since 1971, the Alliance has dedicated efforts to restoring the Chesapeake Bay’s rivers and streams through partnerships, collaboration, and individual and community stewardshipThe Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay celebrates its 50th anniversary from January 4 to January 31.
Since 1971, the Alliance has dedicated efforts to restoring the Chesapeake Bay’s rivers and streams through partnerships, collaboration, and individual and community stewardship.
Join the Alliance staff for a clean up in Eastport!
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Project Clean Stream will kick off to coincide with National Day of Service and Remembrance with cleanups taking place across the watershed. It will run through Fall 2020.
Every spring, tens of thousands of volunteers come together to pick up trash from local streams, creeks, rivers, parks, and neighborhoods as part of the Alliance’s Project Clean Stream — the largest cleanup event in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Through Project Clean Stream, the Alliance offers hands-on opportunities through partnership with residents, local businesses, environmental organizations, local governments, community groups, houses of worship, schools and universities, to come together to take action to restore clean waters to local streams, creeks, and rivers! Volunteers have the opportunity to pick-up trash in their communities, discover how their everyday decisions affect the overall health of their local waterways, and ultimately foster a healthier and more sustainable relationship with the Chesapeake.
The Alliance works with site captains to coordinate local cleanup events, and provides cleanup supplies such as trash bags and gloves.
Information and to register as a volunteer or to register an event
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Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy presents a Q&A on native trees.
Josh Clark, WSA’s Restoration Coordinator, and Craig Highfield, Director of Forest Programs for Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, will go LIVE at 11:30 to answer your questions about resilient tree species, including WHY we need them and HOW you can take action to plant trees for tomorrow.
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Join the Watershed Stewards Academy’s Tree Troopers for an Invasive Species Q&A via Google Meet featuring Bud Reaves, Anne Arundel County Forester, and Craig Highfield, the Director of Forest Programs for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
They will discuss invasive plant species, how they affect our forest canopy, and how to properly control them. In preparation for the conversation, review these great resources that the Anne Arundel County Weed Resistance put together for Class 12 Steward Candidates: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
To join, please RSVP to Alyssa Brummitt: cont-abrummitt@aacps.org.
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Are you interested in installing a rain barrel at your home? Do you have a rain barrel but aren’t sure how to use and maintain it?
Join the Erin O’Grady, the Alliance’s DC Programs Manager, for an “Ask Me Anything” conversation about rain barrels on Facebook Live.
Erin will provide a general overview of information on the benefits of rain barrels, as well as the installation, use, and maintenance of these stormwater best management practices. Come prepared with any general rain barrel questions you have for a Q&A session.
To join, like the Alliance on Facebook for updates and go to the Alliance’s page at the event start time to be a part of the conversation! Can’t make the event? The Alliance will share the presentation on social media after the Facebook Live session.
Stay tuned for future “Ask Me Anything” presentations by liking the Alliance on Facebook.
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We’re cooking up a great way for us to get together — it’s a virtual Green Drinks on Facebook Watch, Thursday, April 2!
Going online, we’re focusing on “The Flowers and the Trees” to follow our February Green Drinks theme which was “The Birds and the Bees.” And although the flowers are beautiful and in bloom, we’ll turn our attention to the trees, highlighting all the benefits trees give us.
So, join us in the spirit of trying something new in our emerging virtual world and to have some fun while learning great things!
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Eastport Yacht Club presents a Zoom talk by Kate Fritz, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Anyone can join the Zoom meeting and listen in and ask questions.
Kate will focus on three large-scale trends occurring across the Chesapeake Bay region right now and will provide thoughts on the future of the Chesapeake Bay movement in this time of rapid change. Come ready to ask your most burning question about the state of the Bay.
To join, go to https://zoom.us/join
Meeting ID: 933 245 044
Password: 665911
New to Zoom? Here’s info from EYC:
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Presented by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival brings together selections of films that inform, inspire, and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the Earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation. Festival-goers can expect to see 10 award-winning films about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, Native American and indigenous cultures.
Early bird tickets available October 15 – November 21, 2019. Thereafter ticket prices will increase and be on sale until the day of the Film Festival or until they’re sold out.
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The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s 14th Annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum (held November 15 – 17, 2019 in Shepherdstown, WV) is a watershed-wide event reaching over 400 restoration and protection practitioners annually to inspire and empower local action towards clean water. We share successful tools and techniques, build capacities of local organizations and governments, foster partnerships, educate on new initiatives, network among each other, and celebrate our successes.
Our theme for 2019, “Better Together: Diverse and Innovative Collaborations for the Chesapeake Watershed,” intends to highlight collaborative models from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed that accelerate the protection and restoration of its lands and waters. We seek to understand what gives these collaborations staying power, to explore new roles for the veterans of the Chesapeake Bay restoration movement, to identify opportunities to engage non-traditional stakeholders and work cross-sectors, and to learn how to strengthen partnerships by following the principles of equity in order to create a diverse and inclusive movement.
Registration is closed but sponsorships are available.
Join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay for a morning of socializing with other local businesses, learning about the work the Alliance is doing, and participating in fun fall activities.
FREE native plants (one per family while supplies last), apple cider, and donuts along with fun fall activities such as pumpkin painting and bird feeder making. Tours of the Alliance headquarters will be available.
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At this event, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay recognizes environmental leadership award winners and showcases its programs and progress toward Chesapeake restoration. The Taste also helps raise critical funds to support the Alliance’s mission and increase the impact of its work across the Chesapeake watershed. The event features unique Chesapeake-inspired food and drink, live music, raffles, and a silent auction.
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