Chesapeake Bay Trust, Author at Eye On Annapolis

Local News January 23, 2017 | 1:46 pm

10 things you can do to protect the bay

Plant a tree: Trees are incredibly valuable to our environment and to the Chesapeake Bay. Planting trees not only improve the Bay’s water quality, resulting in less runoff and erosion, […]

Life In The Area October 5, 2014 | 3:37 pm

Chesapeake Bay Trust doles out nearly $1M to help local communities

[do action=”schuh”/] Last month the Chesapeake Bay Trust announced almost $1 million in grants to be awarded to more than 60 nonprofit organizations, municipalities and local schools throughout the Chesapeake Bay […]

Life In The Area December 13, 2013 | 3:25 pm

Chesapeake Bay Trust Partners For The 21st Century Conservation Service Corps

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced that the Chesapeake Bay Trust is one of 91 initial organizations nationwide that have been approved […]

Life In The Area August 20, 2013 | 10:20 am

Show Us Your Plates

Where do you take your Bay plate? Just over the bridge to Ocean City, Md? Or maybe all the way to the California coast? We want to know! The Chesapeake […]

Events April 6, 2013 | 10:50 am

Name A Chesapeake Bay Icon And You Could Be A Winner

Want a chance to win Southwest airline tickets, a gift card to your favorite store, and other prizes while you name a Chesapeake Bay icon? Then enter the Chesapeake Bay […]

Life In The Area March 25, 2013 | 10:22 am

A Healthy Chesapeake Bay? Check!

It is often said that there are two things certain in life; death and taxes. If I were to add any other certainty to life, I would want it to […]

Events February 14, 2013 | 11:15 am

Help The Bay, Sip Some Brew, Win A Fat Tire Bike

Sometimes doing the right thing to help the Chesapeake Bay can be difficult, time consuming and often strenuous. So what if I told you there was a way you could […]

Life In The Area October 20, 2012 | 4:26 pm

Chesapeake Bay Trust Accepting Nominations For Scholarships

The leaves are beginning to change and school is back in session, which means it is time for the Chesapeake Bay Trust’s annual awards program! The Trust’s Student of the […]

Events September 12, 2012 | 1:25 pm

September Is For The Bay

With Labor Day behind us, there is nothing left for Annapolitans to do but to accept the coming of cooler breezes off the Chesapeake Bay and Saturday mornings full of […]

Life In The Area July 20, 2012 | 4:51 pm

Bay Plates: There Is More To Us Besides Being Really Ridiculously Good-Looking

If you live in Maryland, it is probably safe to say you have seen a Bay Plate before. You know, the ones that are blue and yellow with the heron […]

Life In The Area April 16, 2012 | 12:01 am

Chesapeake Bay Trust Partners with Groupon Grassroots for Earth Day Initiative

The Chesapeake Bay Trust and Groupon Grassroots (http://grassroots.groupon.com), the philanthropic arm of Groupon, announce the launch of a campaign to help clean-up local communities by removing more than 2,000 pounds […]

Local News April 13, 2012 | 5:27 pm

It’s Tax Time, Help The Bay

With the April 17 tax deadline fast approaching, Marylanders are encouraged to “Check Line 35” on their Maryland state income tax form and contribute to the Chesapeake Bay and Endangered […]

Life In The Area March 15, 2012 | 2:35 pm

Ft. Smallwood Elemtary Student Wins Prize

This past Saturday Miss Abbey Nettleton, a fifth grader at Fort Smallwood Elementary in Pasadena, MD, was unveiled as the winner of the first annual Chesapeake Bay Revival Coloring Contest. The contest, […]

Events March 8, 2012 | 2:45 pm

Chesapeake Bay Coloring Contest Winner To Be Unveiled

Donna McCartney, author of the children’s Nautical Mile Book Series, will announce the winner of the Chesapeake Bay Revival Coloring Contest, a program she created to recognize the outstanding work […]

Life In The Area February 1, 2012 | 4:38 pm

Help The Bay At Tax Time

The Chesapeake Bay Trust relies on the generosity of citizens all across Maryland to ensure we can continue our efforts to keep the Bay clean. Therefore, financial contributions of any […]

Life In The Area January 5, 2012 | 11:18 am

How Do Bay Plates Help The Chesapeake Bay?

Did you know Maryland license plates actually help the Bay? I know it seems crazy, but a simple $20 fee goes a long way to restore and protect the Chesapeake […]