Press Release
December 23, 2016
Need a New Year's Resolution? Try These for Cleaner Water
(HARRISBURG, PA)—With the new year, come resolutions to be healthier by losing weight, quitting smoking, or getting real face-time with family and friends. In the spirit of the season, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation offers resolution suggestions to help manage stormwater on the homefront and improve the health of local waters. Read More
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Press Statement
December 21, 2016
$1 Million Award Will Help Put More Maryland Livestock in Clover
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—"This is great news for farmers needing a boost to put their animals out to pasture. Our local creeks also will be cleaner as a result of this significant investment in Maryland sustainable agriculture."
Alison Prost, CBF's Maryland Executive Director, issued this statement following the announcement by the Natural Resources Conservation Service that CBF received a Regional Conservation Partnership (RCPP) award to funnel $1.1 million worth of conservation practices to Maryland livestock farmers. Read More
Press Statement
December 16, 2016
CBF Statement on Virginia Governor's Budget Proposal
(RICHMOND, VA)—"Despite a difficult budget situation it is disappointing to see any budget that rolls back investments in Virginia's farms and localities."
Rebecca LePrell, CBF's Virginia Executive Director, issued this statement following the release today of Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe's Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal. Read More
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CBF In the News
December 12, 2016
Goldsborough Has Been the Calm in the Storm of Fisheries Management
(Bay Journal)—The Bay Foundation's senior fisheries scientist is packing up his binders and his fishing gear and heading to Florida for retirement. In his 35-year career, he has been in the thick of debate over how to maintain not just crabs but nearly every significant Bay species. Read More
CBF In the News
November 26, 2016
Spratley Students Help Chesapeake Bay Foundation Plant Rain Garden
(Daily Press)—New plantings [from Spratley Gifted Center students and volunteers from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation] will function as a rain garden, designed to absorb water, slowing its drain into the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The plants will help filter out pollutants that would otherwise flow into the Bay. Read More
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You can grow containers of Bay grasses like these at home. Photo credit CBF Staff
Virginia Grasses for the Masses
Aquatic grasses provide vital food and habitat for Bay critters. If you live in Virginia, you can help strengthen the sustainability of this vital part of the ecosystem by growing grasses at home for planting in the spring. Find out more about CBF's Grasses for the Masses program. Workshops begin January 11, 2017.
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TURNING THE TIDE, SAVING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
Episode #46
Let Science Be Your Guide
December 20, 2016
CBF President Will Baker and retiring CBF Fisheries Scientist Bill Goldsborough discuss the progress made using the science-based management of rockfish, crabs, oysters, and menhaden over the last decades.
Meet Bill Goldsborough on CBF's blog.
Photo credit: CBF Staff
Episode #45
Second Chances: People, Planet, Profit
December 6, 2016
CBF President Will Baker talks with Pete Theodore from Second Chance in Baltimore, Maryland, about the environmental and community benefits of diverting waste from our landfills.
Find out more about Second Chance at www.secondchanceinc.org.
Photo by Rob Beach/CBF Staff
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