Chesapeake Bay Foundation

For most Chesapeake Bay fans, the word "skipjack" brings to mind romantic images of a Bay tradition. For watermen, the word means hard work and a long day of oyster dredging on the Bay. For trip participants on the Stanley Norman, the skipjack experience will involve a little of each! Please join us for an upcoming trip (see dates below). While aboard, you'll be invited to help hoist the sails or simply enjoy the view! You will leave with a better understanding of oysters and their role in keeping the...

Trees cleanse the air and provide shade in the summer. But did you know that trees are a crucial part of cleaning up local rivers and streams? Join Harry Campbell, CBF Pennsylvania Science Policy and Advocacy Director, and Brenda Sieglitz, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Manager, to discuss the connection between clean water and trees, and how you can support both cleaner water and healthy trees from home. We'll also award a special gift to a lucky participant! If you have questions, please contact Alice Christman at [email protected].

While unprecedented social restrictions make CBF's bimonthly Brock Environmental Center Learning Series impossible to do at the Brock Center for the time being, the issues remain as important as ever.  So we are moving this popular series online, increasing the number of available seats—and making the program monthly! This month, we will address the controversial topic of offshore drilling along the Atlantic Coast and potential impacts to Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, wildlife, and more.  Our speakers for this program will be: Emily Francis, Principal, New Dominion Solutions, LLC Mark Swingle,...

Plastic pollution of the ocean is well-known for its harmful effects on the marine environment and its inhabitants. Microplastics (pieces less than five millimeters) are increasingly of concern. Join Dr. Fred C. Dobbs, Chair of Old Dominion University's Department of Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences for a discussion on plastics, microplastics, and their environmental impact. Dr. Dobbs will consider global budgets of plastic and plastic waste, concerns about ingestion of microplastics, and some known unknowns of microplastics' effects on organisms, including ourselves. He will conclude with stories from business and...