The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is now accepting entries for the 2023 Save The Bay Photo Contest.  The deadline is March 31.

CBF invites photographers from across the watershed-- including Pennsylvania-- to submit their most extraordinary images that showcase the beauty and resilience of the Bay, its rivers and streams, and the wildlife that call it home.

All winners receive cash prizes: First Prize: $500; Second Prize: $250; Third Prize: $150; Viewers' Choice: $100

Click Here for all the details.

For more on Chesapeake Bay-related issues in Pennsylvania, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA webpage.  Click Here to sign up for Pennsylvania updates (bottom of left column).  Click Here to support their work.

Also visit the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership to learn how you can help clean water grow on trees.

CBF has over 275,000 members in Bay Watershed.

How Clean Is Your Stream?

Check DEP’s 2022 Water Quality Report to find out how clean streams are near you.

Visit DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed webpage to learn more about cleaning up rivers and streams in Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates on Pennsylvania’s progress.

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-- DEP Receives $29.35 Million In Federal Funding To Support Abandoned Mine Land Economy Revitalization  [PaEN]

-- NRCS-PA Announces Additional Application Deadline For Conservation Security Program [PaEN]

-- Coalition For Delaware River Watershed: Bipartisan Bill Introduced In Congress To Expand Equity In Delaware River Conservation Program  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna University Freshwater Research Institute, Chesapeake Conservancy Formalize Relationship On Watershed Restoration Projects  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To 2023 Save The Bay Photo Contest  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Leader Hillary Harp Falk Calls For Shifts In Bay Cleanup Strategies

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners March 20 Workshop: Prepare And Connect On National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Funding Applications, Farm & Home Center, Lancaster

-- Interstate Chesapeake Bay Commission Issues 2022 Annual Report

-- Appalachian Voices Urge Congress To Pass Proposed FY 2024 Investments In Appalachian Coalfields

-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 10 RiverWatch Video Report

[Posted: March 6, 2023]

3/13/2023