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Request for Proposals: Amelia Street School, Richmond, VA
Are you a landscape designer or landscape architect or a trail builder? We have an RFP for you! The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is seeking landscape designers/architects or trail builder groups to respond to this Request for Proposals (RFP). We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Amelia Street School in Richmond,…
Calling all Writers—seeking place-based Chesapeake Bay writing for new anthology!
Campfire Stories is a collection of stories from America’s beloved national parks and outdoor regions, intended to be read together around the fire (literal or figurative!). Created by Dave and Ilyssa Kyu, the series brings a wide range of nature-focused stories, through diverse forms of writing (e.g. essays, prose, poetry, ballads, short stories), that convey…
Guardian Award Nominations: Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2024
The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program is soliciting nominations for the 2024 “Sellner Chesapeake Guardian Award.” Individuals nominated should have made significant and selfless contributions to the research, management and policy maker communities in Chesapeake Bay and/or its watershed. The nominee should have demonstrated sustained contributions. A worthy recipient might also be someone who has influenced…
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2024
The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program is now accepting presentation and poster abstracts for the 2024 Chesapeake Community Research Symposium! Please consider submitting an abstract for one or more of the special sessions listed here and on the symposium website. The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 1, 2024. The Symposium will take place June 10-12,…
Chesapeake Bay Trust is announcing the release of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Pooled Monitoring Initiative’s Restoration Research Program
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Charles County, Frederick County, Harford County, Montgomery County, and the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration, the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, and…
One Month Until Application Deadline – Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps Host Sites Application for 2024-2025 Cohort – Chesapeake Bay Trust
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is currently accepting applications from organizations interested in serving as a Host Organization for the 2024-25 Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps! Each year this initiative, supported by the Trust, State of Maryland, and BGE an Exelon Company, places young adults (ages 18-25) with nonprofit and government agencies to work full-time in…
Request for Proposals for Contractual Services : TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE URBAN TREEES GRANT PROGRAM
The Tree Solutions Now Act (2021) of the State of Maryland established the goal of planting 5 million native trees by the end of calendar year 2031. The Trust administers the Urban Trees Grant Program https://cbtrust.org/grants/urban-trees/ component of the Initiative, which calls for community-based organizations to plant 500,000 of these trees in urban, underserved communities. The goals…
RFP: $25 million Conowingo Pay for Success Program
Maryland opens application to purchase $25 million of PA, NY, & MD nutrient reductions, in historic “Pay-for-Success” program to mitigate Conowingo pollution. The Susquehanna River Basin Commission announced today the opening of its application for proposals offering cost-effective reductions of nutrient pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay from the Susquehanna watershed. $25 million was appropriated by…
RFP: Sea-level Rise Adaption Plan
Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park Annapolis, Maryland Sea-level Rise Adaption Plan REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Adaptation and mitigation strategies, short-term and long-term planning RFP Posting: November 1, 2023 Questions Due: November 15, 2023 Proposals Due: December 15, 2023 Selection Notification: January 15, 2024 INTRODUCTION The Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park (AMM) stands as a vital institution…
Reminder: Open for Applications – Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is proud to partner with the Prince George’s County Department of the Environment for the Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program. This grant program funds on-the-ground restoration activities that improve communities, improve water quality, support the County’s Climate Action plan, and engage Prince George’s County residents in the restoration and…