September is National Disaster Preparedness Month! 🌀 Dangers from #hurricanes and #flooding can impact our health, safety, and the environment, but there are ways to prepare before a storm lands. Learn more: epa.gov/natural-disast… 📷: Aileen Devlin 📍: Hampton Roads, VA

POV: Our face when you tell us you haven't registered for a CBF adult education course yet 👁️👄👁️ We've got upcoming Volunteers as Chesapeake Stewards (VoiCeS) classes for lifelong learners in DC, MD, and VA! Learn more: cbf.org/action-center/… 📷: Alan Goldstein 📍: Jug Bay

Hear from CBF President and CEO Hilary Harp Falk at a critical moment for the #ChesBay restoration effort. 🌊 cbf.org/blogs/save-the…

Hey, Richmond! On Saturday, September 21, we're giving away trees alongside Virginia IPL and Mosby Memorial Baptist Church. 🌳 Join us: cbf.org/news-media/new…

A plan is underway to remove an estimated 60,000 pounds of trash and debris from the #Anacostia Watershed, along with 33 abandoned or derelict vessels from marinas along the river. fox5dc.com/news/anacostia…

Something about those September skies just hits different 😌 📷: Harold Burnley 📍: Kilmarnock, VA

Rdducing agricultural pollution in the #ChesBay region is a complex problem. 🐄 Read more: bayjournal.com/news/pollution…

A study has found most cities receive significantly more rain than nearby rural regions, an effect that has become more pronounced over the past two decades. 🌧️ But why? washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro… #urbanrainfall #urbanization

¡Hoy comienza el Mes nacional de la herencia hispana! Today marks the start of #HispanicHeritageMonth! 🎉 Clean water, clean air, and a safe environment are rights we all share. Learn more: cbf.org/about-cbf/our-… 📷: Mike Keller 📍: Elliott Island, MD

According to a new report from the GlobalCarbonProject, emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane, increased 40% between 1980 and 2020. umces.edu/news/study-fin…

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2024 Maryland Rod & Reef Slam! 🎉 During the tournament, 32 anglers reeled in more than 120 fish, including 31 different species.🎣 cbf.org/news-media/new…

Last Saturday, the Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership, made up of CBF and Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, hosted 35 volunteers to install Maryland’s largest public #oyster garden at Lighthouse Point Marina. 👏👏 cbf.org/news-media/new…

More than 60 anglers caught nine different species of fish from the #HamptonRiver during CBF's Virginia Rod and Reef Slam in Hampton Saturday. 🎣 #SavetheBay Hampton University cbf.org/news-media/new…

Okay Mother Nature, you win 🙌 📷: Nathan Ingram 📍: Virginia Beach, VA

We love to #LearnOutside! 🛶

For a large section of northern and northwestern Virginia, a brutal early summer #drought came with the summer heat. 🌡️ insideclimatenews.org/news/10092024/…

Today is National Voter Registration Day! 🗳️ As #ElectionDay approaches, remember that the health of the #ChesBay watershed is on the line. While the Bay can't cast a vote, YOU can. Learn more: cbf.org/action-center/… 📷: Sean Pelan 📍: Blackwater River, MD

Across the portions of Maryland and Virginia east of the Bay, saltwater contaminating farmland is a widespread and growing problem for local farmers. #climatechange bayjournal.com/news/climate_c…

#DYK that urban #wildfires can have serious and far-reaching consequences for waterways and the creatures that call them home? 💧 theconversation.com/urban-wildfire…