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Logo: The Great Give Anne Arundel 2013

mAY 15-16, 2013

Support CBF Online During the Great Give

For just 24 hours May 15-16 (between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.) support CBF in The Great Give Anne Arundel County 2013. Your donation could help CBF win up to $10,000! Make a donation | Find out more about The Great Give

Registration Now Open for Teacher and Student Summer Education Programs

More than 30 summer courses are available for teachers and principals from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Apply today.

CBF has three summer environmental leadership courses designed for motivated student leaders who want to create positive and lasting change. Apply today.

Mark your calendars for these Upcoming CBF events!

Clean the Bay Day

June 1 marks the 25th consecutive year Virginians gather to clean our waters. Register today.

Richmond VoiCes Program

Registration is now open for the next Volunteers as Chesapeake Stewards (VoiCeS) training in Richmond. Classes start June 6. Register now.

Bands in the Sand

June 15 is CBF's annual party on the beach. Buy your tickets now.

Contour and strip cropping. Photo by Tim McCabe/NRCS

PRESS STATEMENT

May 13, 2013

CBF Calls for Stronger House Farm Bill

(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William C. Baker made this statement in response to the House Agriculture Committee's release of its draft of the Farm Bill.

"The House Agriculture Committee's draft 2013 Farm Bill falls far short for the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams. This draft actually reduces conservation programs at a time when all of us are asked to do more to reduce pollution....Any loss of funding will shortchange our farmers and increase costs for local citizens and governments."
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Photo credit Tim McCabe/NRCS

PRESS STATEMENT

MAY 9, 2013

Bay Foundation Responds to EPA's Approval of PA Impaired Waters List

(HARRISBURG, PA)—Harry Campbell, Pennsylvania Executive Director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) issued this statement following the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) approval of the state Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) 2012 Impaired Waters List. CBF and partners petitioned DEP to list the Lower Susquehanna River as impaired, due to on-going, disease and die-offs of the smallmouth bass population in this 100-mile stretch of the river.
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PRESS RELEASE

April 25, 2013

Report Suggests Link Between Smallmouth Bass Mortality and Water Pollution

(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Scientists suggest that a perfect storm of pollution, parasites, warming water temperatures, and endocrine disrupting chemicals may be combining to threaten one of the region's most popular fresh water game fish, the smallmouth bass, according to a new Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) report. In Maryland recreational anglers targeting smallmouth bass contribute $206 million to local economies, supporting 1,000 jobs, according to data from the American Sportfishing Association and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

MD Press Release | PA Press Release | VA Press Release | Read the Report

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CBF In the News

May 13, 2013

Smallmouth Bass Fishing Banned until June

(York Daily Record) Over the past decade, the decline of one of the most prized freshwater sport-fish species—the smallmouth bass—has puzzled anglers and scientists.
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CBF In the News

May 12, 2013

Group to Consider How to Get More Information about Pesticide Use in Md.

(Herald Mail) In July, members of a work group created as a result of a measure that passed the Maryland General Assembly earlier this year will start looking at ways to get more information about pesticide use in the state.
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Upcoming Events

Oyster Reef Ball Construction (VA)

May 15-17
9:00 a.m–1:00 p.m more

Bone Appetite at Old Line Wine & Spirits (MD)

May 16
7:30 p.m–10:00 p.m more

Tree Planting (MD)

May 18
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m more

Guided Hike: Fortune's Cove Preserve (VA)

May 19
9:00 a.m–11:30 a.m more

Diamondback Terrapin Protection Project (VA)

May 21,24 & 28
9:00 a.m–12:00 p.m more

Wash to Save the Bay (MD)

June 1
all day more

Clean Water Concert Series (MD)

June 1,8 & 29 more

Living Shoreline Workshop (MD)

June 5
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m more

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Where We Work

CBF has operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Click on the map pins below to learn more about our offices, operations, and education centers.

Blue markers indicate main offices = Offices | Green markers indicate education centers = Education Centers | Yellow markers indicate other operations = Other Operations