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Registration is now open for PAXCON 2018 which will take place Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at the National Wildlife Visitor Center in Laurel, MD. The theme of this year’s conference is Climate Change & the Patuxent River: Local Implications of Global Issues.  This theme was chosen based on feedback from last year’s conference participants who…

The Director of Development is a position key to the overall strategic growth and sustainability of Blue Water Baltimore. The Director is a senior-level position, responsible for planning and implementing fund raising activities that cultivate major funding sources and developing new fundraising opportunities. The Director of Development reports to the Executive Director, manages the Development…

  Fossil Club Lecture by Dr. Bretton Trent on ‘The Rise & Fall of the Neogene Giant Sharks’. Dr.Kent is the author of ‘Fossil Sharks of the Chesapeake Bay Region’ as well as many other publications. Bring your copy for an autograph! He is also a biology professor at the University of Maryland. https://www.amazon.com/Fossil-Sharks-Chesapeake-Bay-Region/dp/1881620018 Members…

Colleagues and friends in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed:  On behalf of the Land Trust Alliance and the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network, we are pleased to announce a new round of grants available through the Chesapeake Bay Land and Water Initiative.  A partnership of the Funders Network and the Alliance, the Land and Water Initiative seeks…

Brown Bag Lunch Talk with Jared Parks, LSLT Land Programs Manager. Fall is here and with it come the Confusing Fall Warblers. Notoriously difficult to identify, these birds can drive even the most experienced birders cuckoo. After the adults finish their nesting for the year, many molt into much more muted versions of their spring selves,…

Jared Parks, LSLT Land Programs Manager, will lead a fall bird walk on a 350 acre protected property situated along the Chincoteague Bay in Worcester County. Jared will lead a bird walk through coastal meadows, successional habitat restored for quail, and upland forest. No birding experience is necessary, however, dress for the weather and bring…

SMANA’S INAUGURAL DC FORUM: Leveraging the Intersections Bringing together social issues, perspectives, and change agents to unlock today’s challenges! Register now for what promises to be an amazing day! Wednesday, October 10, 2018, (Union Station/Capitol Hill area) Tickets start at just $29.95. The Social Marketing Association of North America is pleased to announce their Inaugural…

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation seeks (2) Program Educators for the PA Student Leadership Field Education Program. This is a new education program based in Harrisburg, PA and will require extensive travel in the South-Central counties of PA. This is a fulltime 3-year term position. CBF Environmental Education Approximately 35,000 students and teachers participate each year…

Please join the National Aquarium as we welcome Bill Band for his lecture, Sharks: Predators in Peril. Bill’s adventures as a maritime pilot, scuba diver and underwater photographer have fed his lifelong fascination with sharks. These majestic top predators are essential to the natural order of marine ecosystems, but now face their most severe threat…

The Department of Natural Resources, Resource Assessment Services, Tidewater Ecosystems Assessment Division, is currently accepting applications for a Natural Resources Biologist II. The main purpose of this position is to manage and direct activities at the DNR harmful algae bloom, HAB, Toxicity Testing Laboratory at EPA Fort Meade to be able to study the occurrence of harmful…