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CBF President and CEO Hilary Harp Falk addresses why it's important the members of the Chesapeake Executive Council meet in December and recommit to a clean Bay.
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Time and again, research shows that spending time outside boosts material learned, improves attention and focus, and strengthens social skills.
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Anglers and Chesapeake Bay supporters had much to celebrate on Sunday, September 15, at the 2024 Maryland Rod & Reef Slam fishing tournament’s closing ceremony at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Philip Merrill Center in Annapolis.
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More than 60 anglers caught nine different species of fish from the Hampton River during the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) Rod and Reef Slam in Hampton Saturday.
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Today, the Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership, made up of Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore (WPB) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), hosted 35 volunteers to install Maryland’s largest public oyster garden at Lighthouse Point Marina.
Read MoreOngoing: Volunteers are invited to join us at Clagett Farm in Maryland on Tuesdays to plant, weed, and harvest food for our CSA and the surrounding community. See our calendar to register.
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