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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation urges House leaders to put the America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act to a final vote before lawmakers leave town to hit the campaign trail.
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This month we launched CBF Online Watershed Learning (CBF OWL)—a new education program designed to bring CBF’s expert environmental educators live into online classrooms.
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John Pavoncello/York Dispatch
CBF is applauding new legislation in the state Senate that will offer financial support that farmers in Pennsylvania want and need so they can keep soil on the land, reduce polluted runoff into local streams, and protect their long-term viability.
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Octoraro Native Plant Nursery
CBF, which coordinates the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, is spending about $2.6 million for 710,000 trees, shelters, and stakes to supply plantings through 2022.
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