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  1. Recent Stories

Tagged Stories: "green infrastructure"

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Chesapeake Stewardship Partnership News Restoration Spotlight Travel, Recreation and Culture Watershed Science Wildlife

Seven green infrastructure projects that lead to cleaner water rain or shine

January 29, 2025

These projects are helping to slow down the fastest growing source of Bay pollution

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Yellow coneflowers and other native plants bloom in a rain garden in front of Lancaster Brewing Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Green infrastructure training for Hispanic landscape professionals kickstarts during Hispanic Heritage Month

October 7, 2024

EcoLatinos uses outreach and education tools to meet the needs of their community

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Purple flowers and green vegetation bloom during spring near a brick building.

Faith-based recreation center off the Chesapeake Bay gets nearly 900 feet of healthy shoreline

March 4, 2024

Maryland DNR funds the living shoreline through its climate resiliency initiative

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A beach with grasses growing on it.

Creating green infrastructure with and for vulnerable communities

January 19, 2023

Chesapeake Bay Program pilots green infrastructure effort with four communities in the watershed

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Local governments plan for resilient communities

December 22, 2022

Annual Local Government Forum convened local decision-makers and climate experts to discuss resiliency planning

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A rain garden planted on a sidewalk in a city.

Between two rivers, a city’s hopes are tied to healthy waters

September 15, 2022

The Clean Water Act revived the James and the Appomattox, allowing Hopewell to seek its own renewal

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A man fishes from the James River in Hopewell

West Virginia tourist town confronts flooding with green infrastructure

December 7, 2021

Stormwater infrastructure projects installed in Berkeley Springs help reduce flooding and pollution.

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Local government and climate experts convene to problem solve on community flooding

October 20, 2020

Federal funding, collaboration, environmental justice and more examined at the 2020 Local Government Forum

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Relief from the heat: In rapidly warming cities, trees can save lives

August 31, 2020

Research links increased heat vulnerability to unjust urban planning

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A cocktail of contaminants in Chesapeake waters

June 12, 2020

A new report reviews emerging and existing contaminants of concern for waterways and fisheries

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