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Emmy Nicklin
e-Communications Manager, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Photo of the Week: A Gift of a Sight
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Photo by Gina Stewart. "[This is] a picture I took off of my deck in North East, Maryland. This Eagle is overlooking the North East River . . . a gift of a sight—majestic and bold." —Gina Stewart Ensure that... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Creola's Clean Water Story
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Photo by Creola Brossman. Clean water is very important to me. I grew up in the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. My friends were always at Buckroe Beach during the summer sunbathing and swimming like most teenage girls were doing.... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Earth Day Tree Planting with Washington Gas Energy Services and Sterling Planet
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Photos by Lauren Belisle. On Saturday, April 20, more than 100 volunteers gathered in Union Bridge, Md., to plant 1,400 trees and shrubs and to celebrate a unique partnership between CBF, Washington Gas Energy Services (WGES), and Sterling Planet. Since... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: Frog Congregation
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Eight colorful frogs congregating by a fountain in North Point State Park, Maryland. Photo by Myrtha Allen. "I taught the course Ecosystems of the Chesapeake Bay in the Baltimore City Public School System at Patterson High School, so the Bay... Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Getting Past the "Rain Tax" Rhetoric
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The following originally appeared in The Baltimore Sun yesterday. Photo by © Krista Schlyer/iLCP. Stormwater fees are the price we all must pay for cleaner water, healthier ecosystems and better lives. Stormwater is the only source of pollution to local... Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: Day Break over Heywood's Creek
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Photo by Bucky Burruss. "My fiancee Bucky Burruss is dedicated to chronicling the sunrise each day as day breaks over Heywood's Creek in Gloucester County. He has taken hundreds of such shots and each is beautiful and distinctive. Today's is... Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: It's Voting Time!
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A small footbridge invites you to take a closer look at the Monocacy river in Frederick, Maryland. Photo by Amanda Angleberger. Voting is now open for the Viewers' Choice winner of our annual Save the Bay Photo Contest! We've narrowed... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Michael's Clean Water Story
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City Dock in Annapolis earlier this month. "I was walking by the seawall and noticed the trash floating on the water. I darn near fell in trying to get the shot!" Multiple reasons can be given when discussing why clean... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: Willoughby Spit
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Photo by Randy Owen. "I actually took this photo in Oct. 2011. I grew up on this strip of sand, Willoughby Spit, in the lower Chesapeake Bay. This picture represents home to me. There is always something beautiful, every day,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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New Rules for Stormwater Expected to Increase Reductions
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The following originally appeared in Bay Journal earlier this month. Photo by © Krista Schlyer/iLCP. Most of us in the Bay community are celebrating this moment in time for the Chesapeake and its rivers and streams. In 2010, the EPA... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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We're Halfway There: Morningside Farm Successes
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This is one in a series of articles about farmers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed who have implemented Best Management Practices (BMPs) to improve water quality and efficiency on their farm. As a result of these and other success stories,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 10, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: One Week Left!
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Last year's second-place winner of the "Save the Bay" Photo Contest. Bushes line the beach at Cape Charles, Virginia, and are speckled with hundreds of monarch butterflies. Photo by Dianne Appell. There's just five days left until the annual "Save... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Local Governments Set Pollution-Busting Examples
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The following originally appeared in Bay Journal News Service yesterday. A community riparian park planting. Photo by CBF Staff. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 2012 State of the Bay Report tells us the health of the Chesapeake Bay has improved 14... Continue reading
Posted Apr 3, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: Tabbs Creek Picture-Perfect Sunset
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A mid-March sunset along Tabbs Creek in Matthews, Virginia. Photo by Harold Crowder. "The Bay is an open invitation to an endless variety of adventures. From the thrill of competition, crewing in sailing boat races out of Fishing Bay Yacht... Continue reading
Posted Apr 1, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Volunteers "Liven-up" Pennsylvania Streams
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Planting season is here, and for many CBF volunteers, that means helping to improve water quality in Pennsylvania and downstream by planting trees along streams. Volunteers recently helped to plant not trees, but "live stakes," along the Conewago Creek near... Continue reading
Posted Mar 27, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: Saving the Bay One Trash Pick-Up at a Time!
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Photo by Chris Carey. "I walked a jetty in Chesapeake Beach and picked up all this in 10 minutes. If we all did this once a month imagine the difference we could make. SAVE THE BAY!" —Chris Carey Learn about... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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A Wastewater All-Star, Part 3
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The following is the third and final part in a series about recent upgrades to an Easton wastewater treatment plant, and how these improvements have helped support our clean water efforts. Read the first and second parts in the series.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 23, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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A Wastewater All-Star, Part 2
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The following is the second part in a series about recent upgrades to an Easton wastewater treatment plant, and how these improvements have helped support our clean water efforts. Read the first part in the series here. Plant Manager Doug... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Student Council Reps Save a Creek, Do a Little Dance
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This article originally appeared the AnneArundelPatch earlier today. Photo by Collin Kroh and Alyssa Morris. Dirt is cold in March. The Harlem Shake is harder in a crab costume. A sycamore tree sapling is taller than a pin oak sapling.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: Urbanna Sunrise
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Photo by John H. Whitehead. "This is a photo I took on 11/12/12 of a beautiful sunrise over the mouth of Urbanna Creek in Urbanna, Virginia . . . I've spent most of my life on the Bay and never... Continue reading
Posted Mar 18, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Larry Simns: The Bay Has Lost a Leader
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President of Maryland Watermen's Association Larry Simns (left) with MD Governor O'Malley (right) at a press conference last year. Photo by John Surrick/CBF Staff. We have known for months this day was coming, but it was still a shock when... Continue reading
Posted Mar 15, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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A Wastewater All-Star, Part 1
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The following is the first part in a series about recent upgrades to an Easton wastewater treatment plant, and how they have helped make the plant more efficient and Bay friendly. Photo by John Page Williams/CBF Staff. Where does the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: The Old Cabin at Red Point
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Photo by Mike Redmond. "This is a picture of the Redmond Cabin on the cliffs of Red Point back in 2005 . . . It TRULY was one of the coolest places on the Bay. Still is an amazing point... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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This Week's Take: Stormwater Fee Will Help Our Rivers
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The following originally appeared this weekend in The Capital. Photo by © Krista Schlyer/iLCP. The health of our local rivers—the Magothy, Severn, South, West, and Rhode—is a reflection of the care that we take of them. The sewage treatment upgrades... Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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Photo of the Week: A Dramatic Kent Island Sunset
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Photo by Doug Edmunds. A dramatic sunset on Kent Island from this past summer. Ensure that Doug and future generations continue to enjoy extraordinary sights like these in our watershed. Support the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint! Do you have a... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2013 at Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog
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