NFWF Request for Proposals The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program partnership, is soliciting proposals to restore water quality and habitats of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers and streams. NFWF estimates awarding a total of up to $14 million…

Great video series from Stroud Water Research Center titled “Stories from the Streams.” The first episode is “Back to Our Roots” that, “demonstrates how planting trees along a stream can filter out pollutants and dramatically improve water quality,” but also shows the touching relationship between a scientist and private landowner connected by the shared goal…

Many of you are already aware that the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP and CREP) was only authorized through Fiscal Year 2018.  As of September 28, 2018, it has been closed across the country and not likely to re-open until there is a new Farm Bill. Here is the Farm Service Agency notice: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_Notice/crp_860.pdf This unfortunate development…

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…

2018 National No-Tillage Conference Sessions Videos  https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/7535-national-no-tillage-conference-sessions-videos

The April Bay Journal has a feature article on riparian forest buffers in the Chesapeake Bay.  The bottom line is not a surprise to many: progress on this Bay goal is lacking.  Read more: https://www.bayjournal.com/article/states_lagging_badly_in_planting_streamside_trees      

      For Immediate Release: 03/19/2018 Contact: Erica Ringewald | (518) 402-8000 Press Office | PressOffice@dec.ny.gov   DEC and New York Natural Heritage Program Announce First-Ever Statewide Riparian Opportunity Assessment Tools New Online Tools Will Help Guide Local, Regional Stream Buffer Restoration and Protection Efforts New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner…

2017 National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health Videos —   https://www.swcs.org/events/past-events/past-specialty-conferences/2017-national-conference-on-cover-crops-and-soil-health-videos/

MD DNR Forest Service is looking to fill a Riparian Forester position in Harford County and several Natural Resource technician/seasonal positions across the state. For more information:  Seasonal Natural Resources Technician IIIannouncement2018 HarfordBufferFORESTERannouncement2018

New data from the Farm Service Agency shows that nearly 700 acres of new riparian forest buffer were contracted in the Chesapeake watershed in 2017.  That’s good news.  But that same year, 3,678 riparian forest buffer acres were not re-enrolled.  So, are we losing ground when it comes to these important investments?  It is too…