Forest Restoration Strategy
Tree Buffer Survey for VA Ches Bay Groups
If you are planting forest buffers in Virginia we’d like to hear from you! The nonprofit Green Infrastructure Center is assisting the State Forester in determining whether and how we are capturing and recording stream buffer plantings towards helping meet Virginia’s Watershed Improvement Plan (WIP) for the Chespaeake Bay. We will also be convening a…
Oak Decline reporting application in Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County Department of Inspections and Permits has added a feature to its webpage to allow citizens to report ailing and diseased red and white oak trees. Oak decline is a growing phenomenon throughout the Mid-Atlantic region whereby forest managers and arborists are seeing a large number of oak trees dying. There are many…
CREP Now Open for Buffer Enrollment
USDA’s Farm Service Agency began accepting applications June 3, 2019, for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) and certain practices under the continuous Conservation Reserve Program. All Chesapeake states have CREP programs in place. It is the primary program for landowners to restore riparian forest buffers. Prior to reopening, the Program had been closed since…
Now accepting proposals for projects that support the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Goals and Outcomes!
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, seeks services for technical assistance to support key Chesapeake Bay Program Goals and Outcomes through thirteen (13) separate scopes of work: Proposal 1: Quantification of the Value of Green Infrastructure Hazard Mitigation Related to Inland and Coastal Flooding Proposal 2: Behavior Change Training…
Bobby’s Buffer Blog
If you haven’t seen this yet, check out this week’s blog by Bobby Whitescarver– it is in honor of his buffer which just turned 15 years old. As Bobby says: I have some really good news. The riparian buffers on our farm are now fifteen years old. The CRP contracts expire next month. It is…
Announcing the Anne Arundel Weed Resistance
Hi, the Weed Resistance has formed and will be starting the training phase soon. Stay tuned here and on Facebook for dates and locations. Bud AA Weed Resistance Facebook page