Clear as Mud: Three Steps to Become a Better Communicator
Throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, countless conservation professionals, scientists, and litigators make valuable contributions to improve the health of the Bay and its rivers and streams. If you are one of these clean water champions, we have a great training for you to strengthen your storytelling skills and improve your ability to share the conservation impacts and successes of your work.
Equity Workgroup Call
The Environmental Justice Workgroup call will be held on Wednesday, November 27 at 11AM. With questions, please contact Mariah Davis.
Pennsylvania Member Call
The Pennsylvania Coalition Member call will be held on Thursday, November 21 at 1 p.m. Please contact Jay Andrews with questions.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forum
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s 14th Annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum (held November 15 – 17, 2019 in Shepherdstown, WV) is a watershed-wide event reaching over 400 restoration and protection practitioners annually to inspire and empower local action towards clean water. We do this by sharing successful tools and techniques, building the capacity of local organizations and governments, building partnerships, educating on new initiatives, networking amongst each other, and celebrating our successes.
Virginia Member Coalition Call
The Virginia Member Coalition call will be held on Tuesday, November 12 at 10 a.m. With questions, please contact Pat Calvert.
Stormwater Workgroup Call
The Stormwater Workgroup call will be held on Wednesday, November 6 at 2PM. For more information, please contact Peter Marx.
TMDL Workgroup Call
The TMDL Workgroup call will be held on Tuesday November 5 at 11 a.m.
For more information, please contact Kristin Reilly.
Maryland Coalition Call
The Maryland Coalition Member call will be on Tuesday, October 15 at 11 a.m. For questions about this call, please contact Ben Alexandro.
Communications Workgroup Call
The Communications Workgroup call will take place on Thursday, October 10 at 2 p.m. For more information, please contact Kristin Reilly.
Maryland Diversity Round Table
When: Wednesday, September 25th, 11:00-3:00
Where: First Presbyterian Church of Howard County, 9325 Presbyterian Cir, Columbia, MD 21045
RSVP: Email Ben Alexandro <balexandro@mdlcv.org>
Free! Light lunch and refreshments included.
Co-hosted by Earth Forum of Howard County and Maryland LCV.
This meeting is intended for Choose Clean Water Coalition Member organizations, your board, leadership, and people who can officially represent your organization (staff, etc.). We hope that organizations can send leadership and/or board members that you want to help get on-board with taking real action to make your organization more inclusive.
What to bring: Please bring your organization's mission statement (and/or vision statement or Diversity statement if applicable). We will be helping you to assess it through different lenses and perspectives with diversity equity, inclusion and justice in mind.
Before the meeting, we encourage you and your organization to look through the DEIJ action guide and start the assessment at the end (Chapter 7)
Federal Affairs Call
The Federal Affairs call will be held on Tuesday, August 13 at 11 a.m. For more information, contact Peter Marx.
West Virginia Phase III Watershed Plan to Improve the Chesapeake Bay
The West Virginia Potomac Tributary Team, a partnership consisting of local and state agencies which include but are not limited to, West Virginia's Department of Environmental Protection, Conservation Agency, Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry, and the Eastern Panhandle Planning and Development Council (Region 9), will be holding a public meeting to update stakeholders on the progress of our watershed improvement plan to clean up West Virginia's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The WIP3 will detail the strategies used and commitments needed to be made to achieve our goals.
Location: Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield
For questions, contact Alana Hartman or call (304) 993-6814.
West Virginia Phase III Watershed Plan to Improve the Chesapeake Bay
The West Virginia Potomac Tributary Team, a partnership consisting of local and state agencies which include but are not limited to, West Virginia's Department of Environmental Protection, Conservation Agency, Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry, and the Eastern Panhandle Planning and Development Council (Region 9), will be holding a public meeting to update stakeholders on the progress of our watershed improvement plan to clean up West Virginia's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The WIP3 will detail the strategies used and commitments needed to be made to achieve our goals.
Location: Berkeley County Council Chambers in Martinsburg
For questions, contact Alana Hartman or call (304) 993-6814.
Federal Affairs Call
Our Federal Affairs Call will be held on Tuesday, June 11 at 11 a.m. For more information, contact Peter Marx.
CDRW Webinar: Navigating & Using Social Media Management Software
Join this one-hour webinar hosted by the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed on May 22, 2019 at 1 p.m. to learn more about popular options, including learning the basics of using Tweetdeck, Facebook's scheduler and analytics, Hootsuite, Buffer, and Sprout Social; and get informed on the benefits and drawbacks of each.
This FREE webinar is open to organizations that are part of the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed, the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, Choose Clean Water Coalition, and the Alliance for Watershed Education.
REGISTER to receive the webinar link: http://bit.ly/smwebinar2019
10th Annual Choose Clean Water Conference
The Choose Clean Water Coalition’s 10th Annual Choose Clean Water Conference will be held on May 20-22 at the Marriott Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.
For any questions, please contact Kristin Reilly.
WIP Phase III MD Information Webinar
Three information sessions and one webinar will be held in April and May 2019 as part of Maryland's engagement strategy for its most recent Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The meetings and webinar will feature an overview of the current draft WIP and provide you with opportunities to ask questions of State agency representatives.
Time: TBA
To register for the webinar, visit go.umd.edu/wipwebinar
For any questions, contact Nancy Nunn.
Pennsylvania Coalition Call
The Pennsylvania Coalition Member call will be on Thursday, May 16 at 1 p.m. For questions about this call, please contact Taylor Nezat.
Virginia Member Coalition Call
The Virginia Member Coalition call will be held on Tuesday, May 14 at 10 a.m. For more information, please contact Mary Rafferty.
Virginia’s Draft Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan Webinars
The Office of the Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources, through the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), announces the release of Virginia’s Draft Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan for meeting the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (the Draft Phase III WIP) for public review and comment.
A webinar will be held on May 13, 2019, at 9 a.m., and repeated at 6 p.m., to share information about the Draft Phase III WIP. The webinar will provide an overview of the plan and provide information about the comment submittal process. During the webinar, the public is invited to ask questions, which will be answered in the order they are received as time allows. All questions will be compiled and addressed in a Frequently Asked Questions document that will be available with the final WIP. The webinar will be recorded and available for future viewing on this web page.
To register for the 9 a.m. webinar on May 13, visit https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1461104016153487873 (if the link does not open, please copy and paste the link into your browser).
To register for the 6 p.m. webinar on May 13, visit https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1788373652161109249 (if the link does not open, please copy and paste the link into your browser).
Shale Workgroup Call
The next Shale Workgroup call will be on Friday, August 11 at 11AM. For more information contact, Chante Coleman.
Communication Workgroup Call
The Communications Workgroup call will take place on Thursday, May 9 at 2p.m
For any questions, please contact. Kristin Reilly
WIP Phase III Central MD Information Session
Three information sessions and one webinar will be held in April and May 2019 as part of Maryland's engagement strategy for its most recent Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The meetings and webinar will feature an overview of the current draft WIP and provide you with opportunities to ask questions of State agency representatives.
Where: Harford Community College, Chesapeake Dining Rooms, 401 Thomas Run Rd., Bel Air, MD 21015
To register for Central MD, visit go.umd.edu/cmdwipsession
For any questions, contact Nancy Nunn.
WIP Phase III Eastern Shore Information Session
Three information sessions and one webinar will be held in April and May 2019 as part of Maryland's engagement strategy for its most recent Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The meetings and webinar will feature an overview of the current draft WIP and provide you with opportunities to ask questions of State agency representatives.
Where: Chesapeake College, Todd Performing Arts Center, 1000 College Circle, Wye Mills, MD 21658
To register for Eastern Shore, visit go.umd.edu/eswipsession
For any questions, contact Nancy Nunn.
Stormwater Workgroup Call
The Stormwater Workgroup call will be held on Wednesday, May 1, at 2PM. For more information, please contact Peter Marx.
WIP Phase III Western MD Information Session
Three information sessions and one webinar will be held in April and May 2019 as part of Maryland's engagement strategy for its most recent Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The meetings and webinar will feature an overview of the current draft WIP and provide you with opportunities to ask questions of State agency representatives.
Where: Hagerstown Community College, Kepler Theater, 11400 Robinwood Dr., Hagerstown MD 21742
To register for Western MD, visit go.umd.edu/wmdwipsession
For any questions, contact Nancy Nunn.
Equity Workgroup Call
The Environmental Justice Workgroup call will be held on Wednesday, March 27 at 11AM. With questions, please contact Mariah Davis.
2019 Naturally Latinos Conference
The Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) and its generous sponsors and dedicated partners are proud to announce the second Naturally Latinos Conference to be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Woodend Sanctuary, 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD.
Attendees will experience thought-provoking presentations by regional and national environmental experts, enjoy the opportunity to network with leading nature professionals and be inspired to use the many strategies and tactics shared here to transform their local communities.
For more information, contact Conference Chair Serenella Linares at Serenella.Linares@anshome.org.
Pennsylvania Coalition Call
The Pennsylvania Coalition Member call will be on Thursday, March 21 at 1 p.m. For questions about this call, please contact Ezra Thrush.