In fall of 2020, The Woods in Your Backyard Partnership offered a multi-state program for Green Industry Professionals to gain knowledge and skills useful for providing additional services to clientele with small acreage properties. The Advanced Level II webinar series will provide four weeks of in-depth training with two evening webinars per week from February…

Chesapeake Tree Stewards is a new initiative from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Maryland Forest Service and local partners developed to promote, enhance and increase tree canopy coverage in our urban and suburban environments by training and supporting community volunteers in proper tree planting and tree care practices. This four session online training…

Job Description: This position will work on the Alliance’s Forest Team under supervision of the Forests Program Director, with additional guidance provided by the Pennsylvania Forests Program Manager, in the Alliance’s Lancaster office on a wide range of riparian and upland reforestation and restoration projects. The successful candidate should have strong organizational skills, a basic…

Chesapeake Tree Stewards is a new initiative from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Maryland Forest Service and local partners developed to promote, enhance and increase tree canopy coverage in our urban and suburban environments by training and supporting community volunteers in proper tree planting and tree care practices. This one day, hands on…

The Forestry Workgroup at the Chesapeake Bay Program invites you to the final webinar mini-series: Forest Financing February. February 28, 11-noon.  How Carbon Credits are Working for Forests in the Mid-Atlantic.  Dylan Jenkins, VP, Portfolio Development, FiniteCarbon.  This presentation will introduce listeners to current forest carbon markets relevant to the mid-Atlantic. How:  Register here. You will receive the webinar…

Forest Financing February  The Forestry Workgroup at the Chesapeake Bay Program invites you to a webinar mini-series we are calling Forest Financing February. Who:  Chesapeake Bay partners and others interested in learning about emerging finance markets for restoration and conservation on (primarily) private forest lands. When:  Fridays in February 2020.  11 AM-noon EST.  All sessions will be…

The Forestry Workgroup at the Chesapeake Bay Program invites you to a webinar mini-series we are calling Financing Forests February. Who:  Chesapeake Bay partners and others interested in learning about emerging finance markets for restoration and conservation on (primarily) private forest lands. When:  Fridays in February 2020.  11 AM-noon EST.  All sessions will be recorded for later…

Forests for the Bats! In this special edition of our newsletter, we embrace the Halloween spirit by sharing below a series of “sinister” true stories. We hope you enjoy our tongue-in-cheek approach to celebrating all things weird found in our Chesapeake woods. https://mailchi.mp/allianceforthebay/forests-for-the-bats-newsletter-halloween-2019

If you are a private landowner or a forestry professional this is the Forestry Seminar for you! Learn more about tree care and woodland management Come and meet forestry and wildlife professionals Topics include: Chainsaw Maintenance, Forest Stewardship Practices, Wildlife Management, Forest Technology, Tree Care and much more. Morning education sessions at Wor-Wic Community College MD…

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay with support from the U.S. Forest Service is soliciting nominations for their annual Chesapeake Forest Champions contest. The purpose of this contest is to recognize the outstanding efforts of groups and individuals from around the Bay watershed to conserve, restore, and celebrate Chesapeake forests. The contest is open to…