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Posted August 21, 2026 | Topic: Education
Thursday, 10/01/2026: Reading the Landscape: Jug Bay by Canoe (Croom, Maryland)
Join the Natural History Society of Maryland for an exploratory paddle through the expansive tidal freshwater wetlands of Jug Bay. This nationally recognized research area is one of the Chesapeake region’s most significant examples of the long relationship between people and the landscape. Archaeological evidence reveals a continuity of human habitation spanning more than 13,000…
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Posted August 20, 2026 | Topic: Advocacy, Agriculture, Education, Habitat Restoration & Conservation, Marketing and Communications, Organizational Development, Professional Development, Science (Methods, Monitoring, and Evaluation), Stormwater Management, Volunteerism
Final 24 Hours: Watershed Forum Registration Lottery Closing 🚨
Time is Running Out to Submit an Application for the Forum Registration Lottery This is your final reminder. The lottery application for the 21st Annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum officially closes tomorrow, Friday, August 21, at 5 PM EST. If you are planning to attend the Watershed Forum at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) this November, you must submit…
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Posted August 20, 2026 | Topic: Education, Habitat Restoration & Conservation, Stormwater Management
Saturday, 09/26/2026: 2026 RiverSmart Homes Showcase (Washington, DC)
Learn how to keep our local waterways clean and healthy through green infrastructure and ecological landscaping practices. Join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the DC Department of Energy & Environment for the 2026 RiverSmart Homes Showcase on Saturday, September 26 from 10:00am to noon at Jones Memorial United Methodist Church (rear parking lot),…
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Posted August 17, 2026 | Topic: Education
Saturday, 08/22/2026: Taste of Summer Camp-For Grown Ups: Water Works (Baltimore, MD)
This Saturday! Aug 22nd: Water Works, 10-11:30a. Lets run through a hose, splash around, and celebrate water through games! Water Works is the last of the ‘Taste of Summer Camp for Grown Ups’ series. There will be some meditative and relaxing elements as well! Tickets and more details here: rb.gy/jiyoht No one turned away for…
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Posted August 17, 2026 | Topic: Education, Science (Methods, Monitoring, and Evaluation)
Sunday, 08/30/2026: Leaping Look-Alikes: Blacktip and Spinner Shark Migrations (Baltimore, MD )
Dr. Beth Bowers, the Natural History Society’s Sharkfest keynote speaker, will share her experience studying blacktip shark and spinner shark migration. Learn more about her talk at https://www.marylandnature.org/get-involved/events/event/leaping-look-alikes-blacktip-and-spinner-shark-migrations/.
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Posted August 17, 2026 | Topic: Education, Habitat Restoration & Conservation, Science (Methods, Monitoring, and Evaluation)
Sunday, 08/30/2026: Sharkfest (Baltimore, MD)
Come to the shark side for a chompin’ good time! Celebrate all things shark at our annual Sharkfest, Sunday, August 30th. Learn about one of the most successful creatures ever living on our planet. Explore fossil and shark teeth collections, learn about shark behavior and anatomy from experts, and marvel at the apex predator of…
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Posted August 14, 2026 | Topic: Education, Science (Methods, Monitoring, and Evaluation)
Tuesday, 08/18/2026: Megalodons, Mermaids and Climate Change: Answers to Your Ocean and Atmosphere Questions
Misinformation now spreads like wildfire. From misleading headlines to non-expert influencers and cherry-picking of data, it can be like the wild, wild West out there. Marine scientist Ellen Prager and meteorologist Dave Jones recently released a book that combats misinformation, provides accurate science and is laced with humor and engaging storytelling. In this webinar, they’ll…
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Posted August 13, 2026 | Topic: Education
Thursday, 09/24/2026: Our Classroom Pet is a Living Fossil (ONline)
Our Class Pet Is A Living Fossil is a photographic nonfiction book that follows Mr. Eric Jayne’s fifth‑grade “horseshoe crab scientists” as they raise and study one of Earth’s most extraordinary animals. This unique classroom project blends hands‑on science, stewardship, and storytelling, showing how students, their teacher, and scientist Stephanie Tuckfield work together to protect a…
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Posted August 13, 2026 | Topic: Education
The Making of Maryland: 1 Billion Years and Counting Exhibit Open
Maryland’s story begins more than a billion years ago, when the piece of Earth we call home sat near the South Pole. The Making of Maryland: 1 Billion Years and Counting, at the Maryland Museum of Natural Sciences follows Maryland’s extraordinary journey through tectonic collisions, rifting oceans, asteroid impacts, and rising mountains, and the evolution of life from single‑celled…
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Posted August 12, 2026 | Topic: Education, Professional Development
Sunday, 9/13/26: Maryland Native Plant Society’s 2026 Annual Conference (College Park, MD)
Registration Now Open! Secure your spot for the Maryland Native Plant Society’s 2026 Annual Conference Co-hosted with UMD Extension Maryland Native Plants Program and UMD Plant Science and Landscape Architecture Dept. 2 day event | Sept. 12-13 Meals included Presentations by native plant professionals Native plant sale – also open to public from 10-2 on…