The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation is accepting public comments through August 21 on proposed stormwater regulations that would help reduce polluted runoff from Virginia's cities, towns and suburbs to the Chesapeake Bay. (Learn more)
Related links: Stormwater Runoff
From the BayBlog: Krissy Hopkins, part of the Chesapeake Bay Program's Fostering Stewardship team, writes about releasing the Bay Program's three terrapins into the wild. Bay Program staff have cared for the three terrapins -- Secchi, Runoff and Skipjack -- for almost a year as part of the Terrapin Institute. (Learn more)
Related links: Reptiles and Amphibians | Terrapin Institute
Eight hundred teenagers and young adults will help make the parks, rivers and schools of Washington, D.C., a little greener this summer through the city’s second annual Green Summer Job Corps, the largest green-collar job training program in the United States.. (Learn more)
Related links: Get Involved
From the BayBlog: A group of volunteers working to clean up the Magothy River shows the value of citizens and government working together to achieve a common goal. It will take efforts from each and every one of us to restore the Chesapeake Bay we all know and love. (Read more)
Applications for the 2009 Conservation Innovation Grants are due by July 24, 2009. The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Maryland will distribute $340,000 for projects that stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation practices on Maryland farms. (Learn more)
Related links: Agriculture | Grants and RFPs
Scientists with the University of Michigan are predicting that the Chesapeake Bay’s low-oxygen “dead zone” will be the smallest in eight years and the third-lowest on record due to a regional dry spell that lasted from January through April. (Learn more)
Related links: Dissolved Oxygen | Nutrients
The Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Act of 2009 will charge a 5-cent fee on disposable paper and plastic carryout bags in Washington, D.C. Most of the money collected will go towards a newly created Anacostia River Cleanup Fund, which will target environmental cleanup, reclamation and restoration efforts on the Anacostia River. (Learn more)
Related links: Trash-Free Anacostia
An office building in Jessup, Md., is working to protect the Chesapeake Bay by capturing and treating polluted runoff on its site, rather than allowing it to run off into a nearby stream.
Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy trains residents to work in their communities to reduce the pollution that flows into storm drains, local rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.
Hike, bike or jog through 15 miles of parkland along Gwynns Falls Trail, which follows the Gwynns Falls stream from Baltimore's Leakin Park to the city’s famous Inner Harbor.
