Nearly $2.4 million in environmental education grants will be funded by the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office through the competitive B-WET (Bay-Watershed Education and Training) Chesapeake program this year. B-WET is an environmental education program that supports locally relevant outdoors, experience-based … Continued
7th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival October 8 & 9, 2016 10 AM – 4 PM Battlefield Park South 120 Reservation Road Chesapeake, Virginia 23322 The 7th annual Waterways Heritage Festival will be held October 8 & 9, 2016 from 10 … Continued
The Chesapeake Bay Trust (CBT) recently welcomed the newest class of Chesapeake Conservation Corps Members. Created by the Maryland Legislature, the program matches young people ages 18-25 with non-profit and government organizations for one-year terms of service to improve local … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources and The Nature Conservancy of Maryland/DC recently announced the completion of a Coastal Resiliency Assessment on existing natural features that protect coastal residential communities in the state. The study identified areas that reduce the … Continued
The biennial “Annapolis Bermuda Ocean Race” is scheduled to occur on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean during June 10-16, 2016. The long distance sail race with approximately 35 participants (from 30 to 65 feet in length) will start east … Continued