The Nature Conservancy (“TNC”) is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for consulting services. The work will result in a High-Level Plan for the Pocomoke Sound region (the “Pocomoke Plan”) that will outline a path toward increasing habitat and community resilience. The consultant will identify, assess, and integrate existing projects in the Pocomoke region as…
Native Plant Open House Sales Our nursery is lush and ready to welcome you all Saturday, October 7th, from 10 am to 2 pm for our Fall Native Plant Open House Sale in beautiful Rosaryville State Park (9640 Rosaryville Road). 🍂🌿 Fall is the perfect season to plant, giving roots a strong start for spring. Our…
The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to invite entities experienced in various aspects of tree canopy, urban forestry, tree nursery supply, data review and development, climate resilience, environmental communication and information sharing, and other watershed issues to submit proposals to the Chesapeake Bay Trust (the Trust). The Trust has been designated to…
The Chesapeake Bay Program Beyond 2025 Steering Committee advises the development of recommendations to meet the Chesapeake Executive Council charge to the Principals’ Staff Committee on charting a course beyond 2025. During its September 5 meeting, the Management Board for the Chesapeake Bay Program approved the addition of two non-voting, At-Large advisory member positions to…
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is excited to announce that the application for Host Organizations for the 2024-25 Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps* is now open! 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 the…
Nominations for American Rivers’ annual report on America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2024 are now open! America’s Most Endangered Rivers® is one of the best-known and longest-lived annual campaigns in the environmental movement. Each year since 1984, local river advocates have teamed up with American Rivers to use the campaign to influence key decisions, consistently…
The ninth bi-annual Chesapeake Community Research Symposium (ChesCRS24) will take place June 10-12, 2024, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland, and online. The scope of the symposium will include presentations on environmental research and science following the theme Chesapeake Bay Restoration: Managing Water Quality for Living Resources in a Changing Climate. It is…
“Private Investment in Sustainable Partnerships to Achieve Clean Water Goals” National Conservation Training Center November 3-5, 2023 The annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum is the Alliance’s largest conference of the year. We gather over 400 restoration and protection practitioners to inspire and empower local action towards clean water. *New for 2023 Registration* This year, we are rolling out…
The Watershed Forum Poster Session is back! The Watershed Forum poster session is a juried event, with awards handed out for best poster in the new professional and professional categories. The poster session’s goal is to allow individual presenters to share their work and/or research findings in a visual format with conference attendees. Categories include…
River Network is putting the SRF Advocacy Toolkit into practice! Along with offering cohort-style training series this year on State Revolving Fund advocacy, we are thrilled to be launching a completely self-paced, 9-part training series on our new online learning platform – you can sign up and check it out here: https://bit.ly/RN-SRF-SelfPacedSeries Are you looking…