Tag: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Chesapeake Bay Trust: $50M In Grants Awarded
Last week, the Chesapeake Bay Trust announced a milestone: that a total of $50 million in grants has been awarded since its inception to improve local communities, local rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay. Since 1985, the Trust has worked with hundreds of nonprofit groups, watershed organizations, schools, civic organizations, and city and county governments throughout [...]
Funding Available To Advance Green Infrastructure Projects
Late last month, the Chesapeake Bay Trust, supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, announced the 2013 Green Streets-Green Jobs-Green Towns Grant Program, an initiative designed to support urban green infrastructure projects that lead to improved water quality within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Created in 2011 as part [...]
Shady Cove Restoration Project Wins Award
This partnership, which worked together to restore the eroding Shady Cove Natural Area peninsula on the West River in Galesville, also created more than three acres of tidal wetlands, while protecting the peninsula and nearby coves from additional erosion. This project was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the Maryland Department of [...]
Chesapeake Bay Trust Assoc. Executive Director Honored At White House
Today, Dr. Jana Davis was be one of 11 leaders honored at the White House as a Champion of Change, for her work to promote innovation through the Trust’s portfolio of grant programs. In 2009, the Chesapeake Bay Trust was awarded $3 million in federal recovery act funding from the Maryland Department of the Environment [...]
Green Grants Available To Improve Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the state of Maryland have unveiled an expanded Green Streets-Green Jobs-Green Towns grant initiative to help cities and towns in the Chesapeake Bay watershed accelerate greening efforts that improve watershed protection, community livability, and economic vitality. Building on the success of the initial round of grants, [...]
