Tagged Stories: "restoration"
Watershed Wednesday: Corsica River Conservancy (Centreville, Md.)
February 28, 2012Volunteers with the Corsica River Conservancy are seeking to remove the river from the list of impaired waters.
Read storyStates, D.C. generally on track to meet Chesapeake Bay cleanup goals
February 17, 2012EPA says jurisdictions are on the right track to meet pollution reduction goals for the Bay and its rivers by 2025.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Friends of Accotink Creek (Fairfax County, Va.)
February 15, 2012Friends of Accotink Creek is a Fairfax-based volunteer group dedicated to battling illegal dumping in the county.
Read story$400,000 available to cities and towns through Green Streets grants
February 8, 2012Green Streets grants will help towns accelerate greening efforts to improve livability and local waterway protection.
Read storyMd. Gov. O’Malley proposes more than $52 million for Bay restoration
February 3, 2012The funding would supports projects that reduce polluted runoff and other types of nonpoint source pollution.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Conodoguinet Creek W.A. (Pa.)
February 1, 2012CCWA volunteers work with school groups, residents and local governments to remove trash and invasive plants.
Read storySaving the Eastern Shore’s marshes from destructive, invasive nutria
January 26, 2012A team of scientists and trappers is working to eradicate nutria from the Chesapeake Bay by 2015.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Elizabeth River Project (Portsmouth, Virginia)
January 18, 2012The Elizabeth River Project's goal is to make the river safe for swimming and eating oysters by 2020.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Paxton Creek Watershed and Education Association (Dauphin County, Pa.)
November 23, 2011PCWEA is a volunteer organization that’s working to restore Paxton Creek and cultivate a new generation of environmental stewards.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Friends of the Rappahannock
November 9, 2011Friends of the Rappahannock hosts clean-ups each fall and spring, but its environmental efforts span the entire year.
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