16 Aug 2022
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Funding Farmers to Save the Bay
Big federal investment to fight climate change will help farmers too.
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10 Aug 2022
Isabella DeFrancesco/CBF Staff
A Shellabration on Water
With oyster kayak tours, Hampton-based eco-tourism company Shored Up LLC celebrates the Bay’s favorite bivalve.
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16 Aug 2022
CBF Staff
CBF Cheers New Climate Law, Urges USDA to Invest Ag Conservation Funds in Bay Farmers
CBF today cheered President Biden for signing into law landmark climate change legislation that includes historic investments in agricultural conservation programs essential to restoring the Bay and its local rivers and streams and enhancing climate resiliency in the region.
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16 Aug 2022
AJ Metcalf/CBF Staff
CBF Statement on Competitive Leases at Navy’s Greenbury Point
On Monday, the Navy announced that because it received two requests for leases for Greenbury Point—one for a golf course and the other for an Anne Arundel County park—it will no longer consider either for a sole source lease of the waterfront peninsula in Annapolis.
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11 Aug 2022
Kenny Fletcher/CBF Staff
Virginia Declares More Waterways Damaged by Harmful Algal Blooms
Harmful algal blooms that threaten the health of people and pets who spend time on the water led Virginia to add Lake Anna and six other bodies of water to its list of impaired waterways in a recent draft report.
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Friday,
August
19
Farm Volunteer Day
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Registration Deadline: August 18
CBF's Clagett Farm
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Tuesday,
August
23
Farm Volunteer Day
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Registration Deadline: August 22
CBF's Clagett Farm
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Tuesday,
August
30
Farm Volunteer Day
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Registration Deadline: August 29
CBF's Clagett Farm
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Friday,
September
2
Farm Volunteer Day
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Registration Deadline: September 1
CBF's Clagett Farm
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
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