Join Chesapeake Bay restoration practitioners and stakeholders for a five-part series to explore and elevate understanding of what constitutes effective, regional-scale collaborative approaches for Bay restoration, including the key factors that contribute to their success and how collaboratives evolve, adapt, and mature to sustain progress. We especially welcome stakeholders who are interested in NFWF’s Innovative…

Please join us on the Forest Service’s Urban Forest Connections webinar series! August 12, 2020 | 1:00-2:15pm ET Redlining’s Intensifying Harm: Rising Temperatures, Hotter Neighborhoods, and How Trees Can Help Vivek Shandas, Portland State University Cate Mingoya, Groundwork, USA For more information and to join the webinar, please visit this site.

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…

Anne Arundel County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust announce a partnership to provide funds for forestry projects and land protection in Anne Arundel County. The goal of this program is to implement cost-effective reforestation and greening projects and increase the number of acres of protected forested land in the County. By increasing tree cover…

Join us for our monthly webinar series! July 8, 2020 | 1:00-2:15pm ET The Forest Service’s Urban Forest Connections webinar series brings experts together to discuss the latest science, practice, and policy on urban forestry and the environment. These webinars are open to all. More information on this webinar and presenters is available here Webinar…

The Chesapeake Bay Trust (Trust) recently announced the opening of the Outreach and Restoration Grant Program in partnership with Baltimore City Department of Public Works to fund projects that improve communities, reduce polluted runoff, and improve or create local natural resources like green spaces, parks, tree canopy, and more. To assist potential grant applicants, the…

The Chesapeake Bay Trust (Trust) recently announced the opening of the Outreach and Restoration Grant Program in partnership with Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Charles County, the City of Gaithersburg, Harford County, Howard County, and the City of Salisbury, to fund projects that both improve communities and improve or create local natural resources like…

The Community Forest Ordinances live webinar will discuss an outline of a street and park tree ordinance and provide an overview of other environmental ordinances available to Pennsylvania municipalities. The webinar is hosted by Penn State Extension. When: Wed., Jun. 3, 2020 (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET) Visit the Event Website for more details…

Penn State Extension will be hosting a webinar on Community tree plans on Wednesday May 27 from 12-1 EST. Community tree planning allows for the development of a path to guide a management program to protect and enhance the community forest. Plans provide objectives and strategies to allow a program to move forward using goal…

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has extended its deadlines for the 2020 Small Watershed Grants (SWG) and Pennsylvania Local Government Implementation (PA-LGI) Grants programs in light of continued impacts from the current global health crisis. SWG applications will now be due by April 28th PA-LGI applications will be due April 30th NFWF will continue…