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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), with headquarters in Annapolis, Md., is the only independent 501(c)(3) organization dedicated solely to restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers. The organization's mission is to restore and sustain the Bay's ecosystem by substantially improving the water quality and productivity of the watershed and to maintain a high quality of life for the people of the Chesapeake Bay region. To achieve its mission, CBF seeks to reduce pollution, restore habitat and replenish fish stocks, and educate and engage constituents to take action for the Bay through blogs and other activism. CBF measures the health of the Bay in its annual State of...
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), with headquarters in Annapolis, Md., is the only independent 501(c)(3) organization dedicated solely to restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers. The organization's mission is to restore and sustain the Bay's ecosystem by substantially improving the water quality and productivity of the watershed and to maintain a high quality of life for the people of the Chesapeake Bay region. To achieve its mission, CBF seeks to reduce pollution, restore habitat and replenish fish stocks, and educate and engage constituents to take action for the Bay through blogs and other activism. CBF measures the health of the Bay in its annual State of the Bay Report. Fewer than one-third of the bay's water quality goals have been met, according to the 2006 report card from the federal- and state-funded bay program. More than half of the bay's tributaries carry warnings against eating fish because of chemical pollution. Over the course 2006, the critical habitat of underwater grasses declined to its lowest acreage since 1989.
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Anne Arundel Education Notes
The Anne Arundel County Board of Education will meet for a workshop on the fiscal 2010 capital improvement budget and capital budget at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the administration building, 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis. A meeting and public hearing on the fiscal...Tags: Liberty Bell, Awards and Prizes, Society, Budgets and Budgeting, Major League Baseball
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Bruce Hornsby answers DP readers' questions
247-4732Bruce Hornsby turns 54 this year, but he's lost none of his flexibility. In recent years, the Williamsburg resident has crafted records that cover the panorama of American music. His 2002 album "Big Swing Face" featured rock and pop tunes with little...Tags: Hampton Coliseum, Ozzy Osbourne, Hampton Roads, Popular Music, Dave Matthews Band
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Community events
Jazz performer Charles Darden will perform 6:30-8:30 tonight at Riverwalk Landing in Yorktown as part of the free Rhythms on the Riverwalk concert series. Bring blankets and/or lawn chairs for seating. Food will be available for purchase. For more...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Relief and Aid Organizations, Dancing, Emergency Planning, Chesapeake Bay
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Health notes
Bull roast and auction planned for ill child A bull roast and auction is scheduled Oct. 19 at Michael's Eighth Avenue to help pay medical costs for Cormac "Mac" Murray, 3, the son of Brian and Aimee Murray of Sykesville. The child has been diagnosed...Tags: Academic Progress, Cancer, Multi-Sport Events, Chesapeake Bay, Virus Diseases
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Wittman pushes for effective bay clean up
247-4534U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman wants to require stricter accountability for the Chesapeake Bay clean up effort and implement measures that would direct federal money to those activities that are creating the most benefit. Wittman's first legislation regarding the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay, Government, National Government, Laws
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When the stars align
247-4732When it comes to music at this year's Bay Days festival, organizers borrowed a trick from television chef Emeril Lagasse. They kicked it up a notch. "What I decided to do is make our entertainment a three-course meal," said Bay Days president Michael...Tags: Bruce Hornsby, Real Estate Agents, Music Industry, Government, National Government
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Foundation seeking oyster gardeners
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is looking for volunteer oyster gardeners to grow oysters along docks or marinas. Volunteers will return the oysters next year to plant on sanctuary oyster reefs. The non-profit foundation will hold training sessions on...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Growth, land-use forums set
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is co-sponsoring two forums on growth and land-use issues in Frederick and Harford counties next week. Meetings will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the C. Burr Artz Public Library, 110 E. Patrick St., Frederick, and 7 p.m....Tags: Environmental Pollution
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Growth forum seeing red
Sun ReporterRed, the color code for development, has proliferated on planning maps of Maryland since the 1970s. And if current trends continue, it will almost eliminate by 2030 the green spaces on maps of the state's central area and along the Chesapeake Bay,...Tags: Academic Progress, Chesapeake Bay, Petroleum Industry, Management Change, Local Authority
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Business Notes
The Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau will host the Fifth Annual Mid-Atlantic Tourism Public Relations Alliance Media Marketplace from tomorrow through Thursday at the Westin Annapolis Hotel. The event will bring together...Tags: Retirement Planning Services, Financially Distressed Companies, Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The), Bankruptcy, Glen Burnie
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Anne Arundel Datebook
Today Hokie gatheringThe Annapolis chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association will hold a picnic for the incoming Virginia Tech freshman class and their parents from noon to 5 p.m. at Broadneck Park, 618 Broadneck Road, Annapolis. Meat and drinks...Tags: Teen-agers, Colleges and Universities, Clubs and Associations, Elections, Local Elections
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Nonprofit pays fine for illegal work
Sun reporterThe bulldozing and tree-clearing occurred on environmentally sensitive soil about a hundred yards from the Chesapeake Bay - the kind of violation the Chesapeake Bay Foundation is accustomed to reporting. The nonprofit turned in the violator: itself....Tags: Punishment, Fines, Chesapeake Bay, Rental Service, Government
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