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  • Chesapeake Bay Trust Funding Opportunities

    • imageSpecial Opportunity: Chesapeake Bay Green Street-Green Jobs Initiative -- Deadline: September 24, 2010

       As part of the Watershed Assistance Grant Program (WAGP), the Chesapeake Bay Trust, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Maryland Department of the Environment are partnering with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a special funding opportunity for green streets and other urban green infrastructure projects.   Local governments and non-profit organizations in urbanized watersheds located in the Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland and the Anacostia Watershed within Washington, D.C. are invited to submit requests for urban green infrastructure-driven technical planning and design assistance associated with watershed restoration projects. 

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    • Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program Now Open - Deadline: October 1, 2010

      The Chesapeake Bay Trust is proud to announce a new partnership with the State of Maryland and Constellation Energy to establish a Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program.  The purposes of the Corps are 1) to enable stipend volunteers to work with host organizations and communities throughout Maryland to implement on-the-ground restoration and energy conservation projects, and 2) to provide leadership and training opportunities for young adults pursuing environmental and conservation careers.  Corps volunteers will work on projects in the realms of environmental restoration, energy conservation, agriculture and forestry, and environmental education.

       

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    • imageMini Grant Program - Important Program Information.

       The Mini Grant Program is open and accepting applications. The Mini Grant Program supports the Trust’s mission of building environmental stewards through education, outreach, and restoration projects.

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    • imageLiving Shorelines Grant Program Now Open - Deadline: September 24, 2010

      The Chesapeake Bay Trust, in conjunction with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Restoration Center and the Maryland Department of the Environment, is soliciting proposals to create and promote living shorelines in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C portions of the Chesapeake Bay.

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    • imageEnvironmental Education Grant Program Now Open.  Deadline:  5:00pm October, 29 2010
      The Environmental Education Grant Program seeks to increase environmental stewardship through education and engagement of communities by providing grants that build and expand K - 12 environmental education programs and increase student access to meaningful outdoor education experiences.

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    • imageWatershed Assistance Grant Program Now Open - Deadline: September 24, 2010

      The Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources welcome requests for technical planning and design assistance associated with protection and restoration programs and projects that lead to improved water quality in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the Maryland Coastal Bays.

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  • Chesapeake Bay Trust News and Events

    •  Chesapeake Bay Trust Celebrates 25 Years of Grant-Making for the Bay!

      The Trust kicked off its 25th anniversary celebration at its Treasure the Chesapeake event in May.          Congratulations to this year’s award winners and many thanks to our sponsors and supporters!   Since 1985, the Trust has awarded more than $30 million dollars in grants for stewardship projects aimed restoring the Chesapeake Bay.   Read more

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    • imageChesapeake Bay Trust Awards $1.5 Million in Grants to Help the Chesapeake Bay.

      The Chesapeake Bay Trust announces $1.5 million in grant funding to support 100 organizations throughout the region implement on-the-ground restoration, community engagement, and hands-on education projects aimed at improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers and streams.

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    • image Chesapeake Bay Trust to Receive Federal Funds for Clean Water Jobs Training Initiative

      As part of the federal spending package recently approved by Congress, the Chesapeake Bay Trust was awarded $116,000 for a new Clean Water Jobs Training Initiative.

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    • image Chesapeake Bay Trust Ranked in Top 1% of Charities Nationwide!

      The Chesapeake Bay Trust ranks in the top 1% of charities nationwide according to Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest independent evaluator of charities.

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  • Bay Trust Blog

    • View the NEW Mobile App Field Guide to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

      How is your contribution to the Chesapeake Bay Trust impacting the Bay?  Find out by registering today to become a Chesapeake Bay Steward and gain online access to our new Field Guide to the Chesapeake Bay or visit the Apple App Store from your iPhone, iTouch or iPad to download the free mobile app version.

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    • 100 Maryland Schools certified as "Green Schools"

      Today CBT Executive Director Allen Hance joined Governor Martin O’Malley and Department of Natural Resources’ Secretary John Griffin in honoring 100 Maryland schools that were certified as ‘green schools’ by the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE).

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    • With Help from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, the City of Baltimore Has a New Stormwater Treatment Pilot Project

      The Baltimore City Department of Public Works has just completed an urban Best Management Practice (BMP) demonstration "theme park," a hands-on teaching tool for stormwater practitioners all over the country. This Theme Park pilot project brings the latest thinking in stormwater management to the East Coast and to highly urbanized communities like Baltimore.

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    • From Bay Plate to Bay Project: How Your Purchase of the Treasure the Chesapeake License Plate Helps the Bay

      Did you know that when you buy a Treasure the Chesapeake license plate, your money comes to the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and we use it to fund environmental and educational projects in local communities throughout Maryland that protect and restore the Bay?

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    • What did your Bay Plate fund today?

      Did you know when you purchased your Bay Plate that you were making a contribution to fund environmental education and restoration projects in your local community? 

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