29 May 2024
BJ Small/CBF Staff
Marvelous Macros: Tiny Aquatic Creatures With an Important Message
By looking at the 'bugs' below the water's surface, we can all learn more about the health of rivers and streams.
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28 May 2024
Codi Yeager/CBF Staff
Maryland’s Future Depends on Outdoor Learning
Research shows that outdoor learning helps students improve resilience, problem solving, critical thinking, leadership and teamwork and leads to higher test scores and stronger engagement in school.
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01 Jun 2024
Lisa Renee Jennings/CBF Staff
More Than 64,000 Pounds of Litter Removed Across Virginia on Clean the Bay Day, Initial Reports Show
Preliminary reports indicate that more than 64,000 pounds of litter will not flow into Virginia’s waterways thanks to thousands of volunteers who participated Saturday in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) annual Clean the Bay Day, Virginia’s largest and longest-running litter and shoreline cleanup.
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31 May 2024
Bill Portlock
Maryland Fines Eastern Shore Poultry Rendering Plant $15,000 for Pollution Violations
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has levied $15,000 in fines against Darling Ingredients, owner of the Dorchester County Valley Proteins animal waste rendering plant, for repeated violations that could pollute waterways.
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31 May 2024
Kenny Fletcher/CBF Staff
Leaders Seek Solutions to Protect Tangier Island From Climate Change Threat
Seeking solutions for Tangier Island, one of the country’s communities most at risk from sea level rise, federal, state, and local officials met on Tangier Island on May 30 with Tangier community leaders and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF).
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Saturday,
June
8
Oyster Gardening Seminar
9:00-11:00 a.m.Registration Deadline: June 6
Brock Environmental Center
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Saturday,
June
8
Saturday,
June
8
Oyster Gardening Roundup
9:30-11:00 a.m.Registration Deadline: June 6
Brock Environmental Center
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sunday,
June
9
Oyster Gardener Spat Return
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Registration Deadline: June 7
Eastern Shore Conservation Center
Easton, Maryland
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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