29 Sep 2022
David Nyweide
Wetlands Are Waters, Too
An upcoming Supreme Court decision could determine the fate of thousands of acres of wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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28 Sep 2022
Debra Brown
Clean Water Advocacy: September 2022 Update
Salmon, trees, plastic bags, and more. And all with Election Day right around the corner.
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29 Sep 2022
Aileen Devlin/Virginia Sea Grant
Virginia Announces $13.6 Million in Flood Preparedness Grants Paid for by Rggi
Yesterday the Youngkin Administration announced it has awarded $13.6 million in flood preparedness grants to 27 projects across Virginia using funding generated by Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
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26 Sep 2022
Kenny Fletcher/CBF Staff
Richmond Church Completes Reforestation of Formerly Paved Areas
Last Saturday, volunteers joined CBF in planting 30 native trees, capping off a major effort that looks to nature for solutions. The project at Branch’s Baptist Church is an important test case, piloting efforts to remove asphalt and concrete and enrich the underlying soil to reforest formerly paved areas.
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16 Sep 2022
AJ Metcalf/CBF Staff
Judge Halts Abingdon Woods Deforestation after CBF Files Second Injunction Request
A Harford Circuit Court judge today granted CBF’s request for a temporary restraining order to halt the ongoing tree clearing at Abingdon Woods for a proposed warehouse project.
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Farm Volunteer Day
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1
Baltimore Oyster Gardening Workshop
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Annapolis Bay Discovery Cruise
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6
Newport News VoiCeS Class
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