Videos

Ask an Expert: What's Regenerative Agriculture?

27 Mar 2020 Episode 3 | 00:05:02

We've heard about growing sustainable food, but what if farmers could go beyond preserving the environment and actually improve it? CBF's Director of Science and Agricultural Policy Beth McGee explores the pollution-reducing, carbon-capturing promise of regenerative agriculture—from her own backyard—and shares how you can help.

Ask an Expert: What's Blue Carbon?

27 Mar 2020 Episode 4 | 00:05:28

Why do marshes sometimes smell like rotten eggs? How do they migrate as sea levels rise? And what does it all mean for the Bay in a changing climate? CBF Maryland Senior Scientist Doug Myers digs into the muck to explain the mysteries of 'blue carbon.'

Ask an Expert: Why Are Oysters Important for the Chesapeake Bay?

25 Mar 2020 Episode 1 | 00:06:46

Why is an oyster hard to shuck? How do young oysters choose their homes? What happens when an oyster filters water? CBF’s Maryland Fisheries Scientist Allison Colden gets up close and personal with the Bay’s famous bivalve.

Throwing Shade: Heat Islands, Public Health, and Clean Water

22 Jan 2020 00:42:22

Cities are full of asphalt, roads, and brick whose hard, dark surfaces absorb the sun's heat, making cities hot--referred to as the "heat island" effect. But there are ways to improve the health of city residents by "throwing shade."

Tour CBF's Brock Environmental Center

17 Jan 2020 00:08:22

Take a video tour of CBF's Brock Environmental Center.

Happy Thanksgiving!

21 Nov 2019 0:01:45

A Special Thanksgiving Message from CBF President Will Baker. 2019

Forests on the Water

20 Nov 2019 Episode 1 |

Forested buffers—stretches of native trees, shrubs, and plants along streams and rivers—keep our waterways clean and healthy. This webinar looks at new options for expanding these critical resources in Virginia.

Introducing the Pru and Louis Mobile Oyster Restoration Center

19 Nov 2019 1:23:00

The Prudence H. & Louis F. Ryan Mobile Oyster Restoration Center is a cutting-edge vessel that will change how Chesapeake Bay Foundation brings back the Bay's native oyster population. This innovative oyster barge is made possible thanks to generous support from Prudence and Louis Ryan, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, and the Marietta M. & Samuel T. Morgan Trust.

Latina STEM Program Participants Get Introduced to the Chesapeake Bay

09 Aug 2019 0:00:56

Twins Keyli Jimenez Garcia and Jalyn Jimenez Garcia had a blast on a Chesapeake Bay Foundation education experience out of CBF's Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, VA. The girls were participants in the "Pathways to Science" program, funded by the National Science Foundation and hosted at Randolph-Macon College, which exposes Latina high school girls to STEM careers.

The Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership

23 Apr 2019 00:02:31

Learn more about the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership's work to improve Pennsylvania's communities, economy, and ecology by planting 10 million trees throughout the Commonwealth.