27 Sep 2024
Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
Save the Bay News: Voting for the Bay
Stories, resources, and other things you need to know to vote for the Bay
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24 Sep 2024
Caroline Maryan
The Bay Watershed's 11 Most Unexpected Places to Vote
What's it like to cast your vote at a whiskey distillery, nature center, or Pennsylvania Dutch Smorgasbord?
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26 Sep 2024
Dean Thomas Harrison
Maryland Congressional Leaders Meet Ahead of Chesapeake Bay Restoration’s Next Phase
As officials plan for the next phase of Chesapeake Bay restoration, states in the Bay watershed will not meet goals to reduce pollution to the Bay by a 2025 deadline despite recent progress, members of Maryland’s congressional delegation and an EPA official said at a press conference yesterday.
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25 Sep 2024
Kenny Fletcher/CBF Staff
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges Virginia Communities to Apply for Climate Adaptation Grants
Another round of grant funding opened this month for projects that strengthen communities’ resilience to climate change and protection from extreme weather through the Community Flood Preparedness Fund.
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24 Sep 2024
Kenny Fletcher/CBF Staff
Virginia Regulators Reverse Course to Keep Ban on Winter Blue Crab Season
In a significant reversal, Virginia state regulators Tuesday killed the possibility of opening the blue crab winter harvest for the upcoming 2024/2025 season.
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Thursday,
October
3
Special Invitation to Chesapeake Oyster Science Symposium 2024
10:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.Registration Deadline: October 3
Event will be broadcast live over Zoom from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, VA
Tuesday,
October
8
Tree Staging at PSU Research Farm
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Registration Deadline: October 6
Manheim, Pennsylvania
Saturday,
October
12
VA Clean Water Captains Retreat
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.Registration Deadline: October 8
Brock Environmental Center
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Saturday,
October
19
Fonticello Park Tree Planting
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Registration Deadline: October 17
Richmond, Virginia
Ongoing: 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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The Chesapeake Bay's 64,000-square-mile watershed covers parts of six states and is home to more than 18 million people.
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