Chesapeake Bay Trust

“Wood” you believe that trees can save your life? In a recent article published by NBC News, researchers at the University of Louisville report that “people living in neighborhoods with twice as many trees and shrubs had lower levels of a blood marker associated with heart disease, diabetes and some types of cancer compared with those who lived in more tree-bare neighborhoods.” Read on! https://lnkd.in/evMDANgg #TreeTuesday #ImportanceOfTrees #EmpoweringPeople #RestoringNature

Are you passionate about environmental justice, urban forestry, and the Chesapeake Bay? Join our team! We seek a dedicated Urban Trees Program Coordinator to play a critical role for our Urban Trees Grant Program and provide support for other related environmental justice and community engagement programs. “Wood” you like to learn more? https://lnkd.in/ehYpTU95 #UrbanTrees #EnvironmentalJob #ChesapeakeBayTrust #EmpoweringPeople #RestoringNature

Join us on September 24th at 12:00pm to discuss Two-dimensional (2D) Hydrodynamic Modeling in Stream Restoration with Jesse Robinson from the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering. 2D hydrodynamic models are an established tool used in the design of stream restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay. The primary application of 2D models in restoration is to evaluate restoration project vulnerabilities during extreme flood events. Although 2D model use is widespread, minimal data is available regarding the reliability of model outputs applied to stream restoration design. This study begins to address this knowledge gap by evaluating the reliability of 2D models in five restoration sites within the coastal plain of the Chesapeake Bay. ➡️Register here to learn more: https://bit.ly/PMFSessions

Today was a milestone for the Chesapeake Conservation & Climate Corps - we welcomed our 15th class in our annual Passing of the Golden Shovel Ceremony! We also celebrated our graduates, who now join our more than 400 alumni making a continued impact in the environmental movement. Special thank you to our speakers for recognizing our graduating and incoming cohorts: 🎤Maryland Senator Sarah Elfreth 🎤Maryland Delegate Jazz Lewis 🎤Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz 🎤Maryland Energy Administration Director Paul Pinsky 🎤Maryland Department of the Environment Special Project Manager – Climate Change Program Allison Tjaden Thank you to our funding partners - State of Maryland, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and BGE: An Exelon Company - for making this program possible! Shout out to our Corps team - Emily, Hayley, Jaren and Sydney - who support these budding environmental leaders behind the scenes! Today’s event was 15 years in the making. Thank you again to our speakers, partners, host organizations, Corps members and families for joining us at Celebrations at the Bay to celebrate our future champions of the environment!

Happening today! Learn more about the Healthy Environment, Healthy Communities Grant Program! We’re hosting virtual office hours at 12pm today, August 13th. This session is open to anyone to drop in and ask questions or discuss their project. ➡️Register here: https://lnkd.in/e98zM_Tu Can’t attend today? Join a future session! We’re hosting 4 additional office hours sessions: 9/5, 10/10, and 10/21 at 6:30pm and 9/24 at 12pm.

You’re invited! Attend the Chesapeake Bay Trust Virtual Open House: Empowering People for a Greener, Healthier Tomorrow! Join us to learn more about the Chesapeake Bay Trust, celebrate the achievements of our awardees, and see how you can get involved. This event is free and open to everyone! Whether you’re curious about what we do, a friend of the Bay Trust, or a current or past awardee, we invite you to share this event widely with your community! 🗓️When: August 26th from 6:30-8pm 💻Zoom registration link: https://lnkd.in/e2te3MfW Questions? Contact Whitney Vong at [email protected].

Drumroll… announcing the revamped “Bays” Plate! Earlier this week, in partnership with District 38 State Senator Mary Beth Carozza, Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MDOT MVA), and Maryland Coastal Bays Program, we revealed an updated design for the Maryland bay license plate. Funds from this license plate have long been invested in both the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays; now the new design reflects that emphasis on the Coastal Bays as well! We revealed this new design at the Assateague State Park Living Shoreline, an example of a local project made possible thanks to the bay plate. The modified license plate will help us continue to empower hundreds of community-based grantees every year who want to play a role in protecting and restoring natural resources to take local, on-the-ground action to protect the environment. Give your car a cause and order your Bays Plate today! The “Protect the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays” license plate can now be purchased for $20 through an MDOT MVA branch, car dealerships, tag and title agencies, and at the Chesapeake Bay Trust website. Be "car-ful" not to miss what others are saying about the Bays Plate upgrade: https://lnkd.in/g3f8c8qx

Join the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays's Director, Meghan Noe Fellows, for one of Pooled Monitoring Initiative’s Restoration Research Project Webinars: Reforestation Restoration Success – Measuring Early Forest Development After Land Disturbance with Soil Chemistry and Understory Vegetation. Loss of mature forest during stream restoration may be one of the most controversial and socially unacceptable costs of water-quality driven stream restoration projects. Where forest removal is unavoidable, the modified applied nucleation approach to forest restoration can speed return of forest function in riparian forests. After only five years, applied nucleation improved tree canopy, soil organic matter and leaf litter cover as compared with forest, unplanted and traditional planting techniques known as “plantation.” At the most compacted sites, applied nucleation improved bulk density. For the restoration goal of buffer function post stream restoration, planting>not planting and applied nucleation>traditional reforestation practice. ➡️Register at http://bit.ly/4cGOpPF

Join our team! We seek a Finance and Administration Assistant to assist with financial and compliance management of our grantmaking programs. This is a hybrid position. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eyFNBMsC

The Chesapeake Bay Trust and program partners, Maryland Office of the Attorney General and Maryland Department of the Environment, are excited to announce the Healthy Environment, Healthy Communities Grant Program! This opportunity will support environmental improvements and community engagement activities in the Curtis Bay and surrounding communities, as well as the communities of the Patapsco River and Back River Watersheds. Applicants can request funds for a range of project types. Generally, requests will fall into one of the following project types: ➡️Outreach, education, and engagement on environmental topics and natural resources in the community ➡️ Environmental action projects that improve the environment/natural resources in the community ➡️Larger-Scale (>$30,000) watershed/environmental restoration Attend our virtual information sessions: 🗓️Tuesday, 7/16, 6:30pm to 8pm. Register at https://lnkd.in/eNW3hEjb 🗓️Thursday, 7/25, 12pm to 1:30pm. Register at https://lnkd.in/eucaTz7n Applications are due on October 24th, 2024 at 4pm. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/emfSHSX4