Press Releases
June 2008 Chesapeake Bay Trust Rated in Top 3% of Charities Nationwide
May 2008 Chesapeake Bay Trust, NOAA and their Partners Award $540,000 to Restore Shorelines Along the Chesapeake Bay
January 2008 Chesapeake Bay Trust Announces its 2008 Award Winners during Reception with Maryland General Assembly Members and Bay Leaders
September 2007 Chesapeake Bay Trust Exceeds $4 Million in Grant Giving to Help the Chesapeake Bay May 2007 Trust Earns 4-Star Ranking from Independent Charitable Evaluator Charity Navigator April 2007 - Treasure the Chesapeake Celebration Raises $100,000 to Help the Bay - Maryland Bay Plate is Here to Stay - One Week to go to Help the Bay at Tax Time March 2007 - BV Wine's New 2007 Program Raises Funds and Awareness for the Chesapeake Bay Trust - Governor O'Malley and Comptroller Franchot Show Their Support for Bay Fund Tax Check-off January 2007 - Chesapeake Bay Funders Network Launches New Capacity Building Initiative - Chesapeake Bay Trust Announces its 2007 Award Winners November - Chesapeake Bay Trust Exceeds the $20 Million Dollar Mark in Grant Giving October - Nominations Accepted for the CBT Awards Through November 6 - BV Wines Donates $10,000 to the Chesapeake Bay Trust - Six Innovative Projects Funded Through the Trust's Pioneer Grants Program September - $200,000 Awarded in Grants to Increase Urban Tree Canopies and Promote Community Greening - Chesapeake Bay Trust Announces $60,000 in Funding for John Smith Four Hundred Project - Public-Private Partnership Funds "Living Shoreline" Project to Benefit the Bay August - Marylanders Contribute $1.2 Million to Help the Bay through the Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund
July - Girl Scouts Create a Living Shoreline Along the Magothy River with a CBT Grant
June - One out of ten Marylanders have purchased a Treasure the Chesapeake license plate
May - Governor Ehrlich Appoints Newest Members to the Trust's Board of Trustees - M&T Bank Donates $10,000 to the Chesapeake Bay Trust for Bay Restoration Projects - Maryland Watershed Projects Receive $2.6 Million to Improve Chesapeake Bay Water Quality