Fairfax Youth Group Lead Way to Cleaner Waters
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Learn how a local youth group of 6th and 7th graders used their voices, influence and a little elbow grease to stand up for clean water!
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Bay-Wide Buffer Goals Fall Behind
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The Chesapeake Bay Journal reports that since 2007, Chesapeake Bay wide riparian buffer goals are falling by the wayside. Learn more about what's causing the decline and how you can get involved.
Photo by Chesapeake Bay Journal photographer Dave Harp shows portions of the upper Nanticoke in Delaware are not line with streamside buffers.
Read MoreCapstone Complete: A Planting at Glen Echo Park
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Our Chesapeake Conservation Corps, Rebecca, completed her capstone project at Glen Echo Park. Learn more about it and see the flyers she created to educate Potomac residents about native plants, rain gardens, and river friendly products.
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Meet Peter & the Bloomberg Crew
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An energetic clean up crew from Bloomberg joined Potomac Conservancy on Saturday, April 26 for a day of trash removal at the Fletcher's Cove in Washington, DC. Peter and his colleagues helped remove litter and debris along the shores of the Potomac in the C&O Canal National Historical Park.
Learn why Peter thinks clean water is important after the jump.
Read MoreIsland Ford Farm; a Legacy of Protection
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Sometimes, even though permanent protection of a beautiful piece of land is something that everyone wants, it can take a while to make it happen. Learn how individual action and collaboration helped the Vance brothers protect 179 acres in the Potomac headwaters.
Read MoreCleaning Up the River Friendly Way
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Now that you know what you can do on your property to benefit clean water, what about inside your home? Check out Rebecca’s fourth blog on river friendly cleaning and beauty products to help ensure what you put down the drain isn’t harming the Potomac.
Read MoreSome Businesses Start in a Garage, Others in a Bus
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Starting out of a bus in 1978, learn how Ecoprint emerged from one person's passion as an environmental activist.
Guest blogger and Potomac Conservancy member, Roger Telschow, is President and Founder of Ecoprint, a sustainable printing and mailing business located in Silver Spring, Maryland. Learn more about Roger's story after the jump!
Read MoreHard Hats for a Healthy Potomac
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We are thrilled to announce a public-private partnership unlike Potomac Conservancy has ever embarked upon before! Learn more about Hard Hats for a Healthy Potomac after the jump!
Read MoreGrowing Acceptance for Cost-Saving, Natural Infrastructure
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With National Arbor Day upon us, Potomac Conservancy Board Member and long-time friend, G. Tracy Mehan, III signals an important trend as local stakeholders show growing acceptance for investing in green and gray infrastructure to achieve source water protections.
Mehan reviews three publications on forests, natural infrastructure, and engineered solutions in the May/June 2014 edition of The Environmental Forum, published by the Environmental Law Institute (www.eli.org).
Learn more about changing attitudes and read Mehan's full literature review after the jump.
Read MoreRain Gardens and the Potomac
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Want to put your new knowledge of native and invasive plants to the test? Make your next planting a rain garden planting! Learn more about rain gardens from Rebecca's third blog post.
Read MoreEarth Day Resolution
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Sometimes it can feel like the world’s problems are too big for any one person or community to handle. But did you know that water quality is largely dependent on local actions?
Make a 2014 Earth Day resolution to take an action for clean water! Learn how you can help improve local water quality after the jump.
Read MoreNative Plants to the Potomac Watershed
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Do you know which plants are native to the Potomac region? How about which plants aren't, how they got here, and how they're effecting the native plant species? Learn more from Rebecca's second blog post after the jump!
Read MoreRemembering Frank Woodson
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Potomac Conservancy recently lost a dear friend and partner with the passing of Frank Woodson in March. Frank was a long-time supporter of the Conservancy and a true champion for conservation. He protected more than 200 acres of his West Virginia farm and forest land in 2007 and was a well-respected and passionate advocate for land protection along the South Branch River in Hampshire County.
Learn more about Frank and his legacy after the jump.
Read MoreNative Plantings to Restore and Protect Glen Echo Park
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Our Chesapeake Conservation Corps fellow, Rebecca, is up to some exciting work! Not only is she leading and coordinating her capstone project, she’ll be blogging about it! Learn about her native planting event at Glen Echo Park and what you can do to help!
Read MoreA Saturday Morning to Remember: Potomac River Cleanup Day
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There are some who wake up on a Saturday morning and decide to ease into the day with a fresh cup of Joe and a glance at the weekend paper. Then there’s Eric.
Not one to miss out on a beautiful spring morning, Eric took a brisk walk from his place in Foggy Bottom over to Theodore Roosevelt Island to pitch in for the annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup.
How much trash did Eric and other volunteers remove from the Potomac? You'll have to find out after the jump!
Read MoreCommunity in Action: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
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In honor of World Wetlands Day in February, Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens hosted 100 volunteers for a fun day of restoration activities at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, a local treasure of Northeast Washington, DC.
Discover how local community members are helping to preserve this special urban oasis after the jump!
Read MoreTime for Spring Cleaning. Join Us For Annual Potomac Cleanup!
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Take part in the biggest annual Potomac River cleanup and restore healthy shorelines by removing litter, debris and trash from river access spots. On April 5, 2014, Alice Ferguson Foundation hosts its 26th Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup.
Join Potomac Conservancy at one of our three host sites from 9:00am – 12:00pm. This year, we will be hosting volunteers at the River Center at Lock 8 in Cabin John, Maryland; Fletcher's Cove in Washington, DC; and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, DC.
Interested volunteers can register by emailing Rebecca at long@potomac.org. More details after the jump.
Read MoreMaryland’s Pollution Solution: Local Funds for Local Runoff Problems
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The Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay need our help. During rainstorms, pollutants like motor oils, excess nutrients, pesticides, and trash flow directly into your local rivers and streams. This toxic stew running off the land is the only growing source of pollution entering local waterways.
Maryland’s state legislature stood up for clean water and passed the 2012 Watershed Protection and Restoration Law to curb runoff levels in our waters. But the law is under attack.
Email your state legislators, now, and urge them to maintain critical funding to protect our local lands and waters!
Read MoreRemembering Caroline Stalnaker
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We were very sad to learn about the recent passing of a longtime environmental supporter and friend of Potomac Conservancy, Caroline Stalnaker. Caroline owned a 106-acre working farm along Cedar Creek in Strasburg, Virginia. In 2006, Caroline permanently protected her land through a conservation easement with Potomac Conservancy and Virginia Outdoor Foundation. We have been extremely fortunate to know Caroline and work with her to preserve her land and legacy forever.
Read MoreGet to Know Rebecca Wodder, PC's Newest Board Member
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Potomac Conservancy welcomes Rebecca Wodder to our Board of Directors! Rebecca has devoted her career to conservation and comes to the Conservancy having served for two years as Senior Advisor to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, advancing conservation objectives. Rebecca was nominated by President Obama for the post of Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks in the Department of the Interior in June 2011. Previously, Rebecca served as President and CEO of American Rivers from 1995 to 2011, successfully directing strategic, programmatic and financial operations.
Potomac Conservancy staff and fellow Board members were delighted to welcome Rebecca at her first Board meeting in March 2014.
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