Tagged Stories: "diversity"
Green infrastructure training for Hispanic landscape professionals kickstarts during Hispanic Heritage Month
October 7, 2024EcoLatinos uses outreach and education tools to meet the needs of their community
Read story![Purple flowers and green vegetation bloom during spring near a brick building.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_900x600_crop_center-center_none/sep_26_24_1800-01-_K1A0784.jpg)
Students from across the U.S. spend their summer advancing Bay restoration
August 15, 2024Chesapeake Research Consortium expands diversity in the environmental field
Read story![Flooded street with blue car driving through.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/aug_15_24_1800-01-IMG_7479.jpg)
Hike leader looks back on one of the longest running LGBTQ outdoor groups in Washington, D.C.
June 28, 2024Adventuring LGBTQ has been active since the early 1979
Read story![Craig Howell rests his hand on a tree and looks upward.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_26_24_1800-02-9E3A4280.jpg)
2022 survey results show Bay Program partnership’s continued challenge to increase racial diversity
January 20, 2023While the percentage of people of color rose slightly overall, the percentage in leadership fell as workgroup efforts achieved the highest response rates yet
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Taking steps toward equitable funding throughout the Chesapeake watershed
November 14, 2022Advisory committee hears from community groups and funders at quarterly meeting
Read story![City street in Baltimore City shows few trees.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/nov_14_22_1304-01.jpg)
Watershed protection runs on volunteers and stewards. What’s the best way to repay them?
October 12, 2022Abel Olivo believes there’s a better way to engage community members
Read story![Group of people fish off a pier.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_12_22_1000-01.jpg)
A forest with ties to Harriet Tubman gets over 2,000 new trees
September 27, 2022Volunteers flocked to Delaware’s Blackbird State Forest to replant a historic area
Read story![Volunteers gather to watch an instructor plant a tree](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_27_22_1000-01.jpg)
Between two rivers, a city’s hopes are tied to healthy waters
September 15, 2022The Clean Water Act revived the James and the Appomattox, allowing Hopewell to seek its own renewal
Read story![A man fishes from the James River in Hopewell](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_xx_22_1800-03-1.jpg)
Public comments sought on changes to Watershed Agreement language
August 4, 2022Removal of the word “citizen” includes more people in Bay restoration
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De-buzzing the latest environmental buzzword
September 8, 2021Seeing “intersectionality” in action during my summer internship
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