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Newsletter Spring 2018 | View Newsletter Archives
Developing a new resource on sustainable funding strategies for local tree canopy
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments are embarking on a year-long effort to create a written resource and training for Chesapeake communities on sustainable and scalable funding strategies for achieving local tree canopy goals…
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Maryland Urban & Community Forestry Summit
On Friday, May 11th, 2018, the Maryland Urban & Community Forestry Summit was held at the Patuxent Research Refuge National Wildlife Visitor Center. This event brought together urban forestry practitioners from a variety of backgrounds who share a common vision of growing and preserving Maryland’s urban tree canopy…
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WV: Cacapon Institute’s tree canopy efforts earn national award
CONGRATULATIONS to the Cacapon Institute, long-standing champion of trees in the watershed’s West Virginia headwaters, on receiving the Arbor Day Foundation’s inaugural Headwaters Award! This prestigious national award celebrates innovative programs — in rural or urban areas — that support the improvement of water quality and quantity through forestry activities…
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Pennsylvania partnership launches 10 Million Trees Initiative
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Press Release
National, state, and local partners gathered on a Lancaster County farm Tuesday for the announcement of one of Pennsylvania’s most ambitious, collaborative, and challenging efforts to restore and protect its rivers and streams—the planting of 10 million trees by the end of 2025…
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Edmonston, MD: Small town found ways to turn its streets green
Article by Whitney Pipkin, reprinted with permission from Chesapeake Bay Journal, April 9, 2018
A Green Street project in Edmonston, MD, mobilized volunteers, made traffic safer and reduced flooding and pollution. Now, an ‘edible forest’ lets residents literally experience the fruit of their labors. Straddling the northeast branch of the Anacostia River just outside of Washington, DC, is a half-square-mile patch of green called Edmonston. It’s a tiny Maryland town where, despite its distance from the Chesapeake Bay, the residents seem to understand that what they do here affects what happens there…
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