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Summer programs for educators: More than 30 summer courses are available for teachers and principals from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Apply today.
Summer programs for students: CBF has three summer environmental leadership courses designed for motivated student leaders who want to create positive and lasting change. Apply today.
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Bands in the Sand
June 15 is CBF's annual party on the beach. Buy your tickets now.
PRESS Statement
June 7, 2013
AAC Health Department Advises Against Swimming this Weekend
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Anne Arundel County Department of Health has issued a "Preemptive Advisory" in effect for June 7-9 cautioning that all county beaches are under a no swimming/no direct water contact advisory for at least 48 hours due to predicted elevated bacteria levels from rainwater runoff and increased health risks.
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PRESS RELEASE
JUNE 5, 2013
CBF and EPA Reach New Agreement to Reduce Pollution from Animal Operations
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have reached a new agreement to reduce pollution from animal operations. This new agreement, which arises from the 2010 settlement of CBF's lawsuit, will provide additional certainty that the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint (the Bay Total Maximum Daily Load and State Watershed Implementation Plans or "WIPs") now in place will achieve its goal of reducing pollution throughout the six-state, 64,000 square-mile Bay region with full implementation by 2025.
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PRESS RELEASE
JUNE 1, 2013
Thousands Volunteer Statewide to Help Mark Clean the Bay Day's 25th Anniversary
(HAMPTON ROADS, VA)—As a testament to the long-time success of one of the most popular volunteer events in the state, today several thousand volunteers rolled up their sleeves to become stewards of their local waterways and participated in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's (CBF) Clean the Bay Day.
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CBF In the News
June 19, 2013
Reducing Chesapeake Bay Pollution is Focus of Controversial New Plan
(Lancaster Online) A bold and controversial initiative, with a strong Lancaster County connection, has been launched in the Legislature that would dramatically shift how Pennsylvania strives to meet its deadline to reduce nutrients and sediment from agriculture that pollute the Chesapeake Bay.
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CBF In the News
June 17, 2013
'Coalitions' an Ineffective Way to Spend Taxpayer Money
(Frederick News Post) It's hard not to see the $25,000 the Frederick County Commissioners have allocated to a coalition of rural counties to resist the so-called, state imposed "rain tax" as a waste of money.
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