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March 13, 2010, 8:30 – 2:30 p.m. at the College of Notre Dame

Join Baltimore County and Baltimore City in understanding the challenges of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL. Review initiatives made with the Watershed Agreement Phase 1 Action Plan (2.8 MB PDF) and participate in discussions about current trends related to stormwater.  Preview the agenda and register now!

Why a Watershed Agreement?

 More than 200 citizens attended past conferences.

The Baltimore Watershed Agreement formalizes the commitment of Baltimore City and Baltimore County to work together on the management and monitoring of shared watersheds.  First signed in 2002 and renewed in 2006, the agreement acknowledges that geographic boundaries of watersheds are more appropriate for managing these important natural resources than political boundaries.

Rivers and streams don’t fall neatly within city and county boundaries. Many of the streams are shared by Baltimore County and Baltimore City. The headwaters of the Gwynns Falls and Jones Falls, for example, are in Baltimore County but the streams flow to the harbor. Herring Run begins in the County, meanders through the City, and finally empties into the Back River in the County. Drinking water is another shared resource. The Prettyboy, Liberty and Loch Raven Reservoirs are owned and managed by Baltimore City, but are located in Baltimore County. They provide drinking water for much of the Baltimore Metropolitan region. Since 1984 the local governments in the region have worked cooperatively to protect the drinking water reservoirs. The Reservoir Agreement became a sort of model for the Watershed Agreement….

For more information or to register for the conference click here.

If you are looking for ways to get involved locally, click here.

By Meredith Cohn, meredith.cohn@baltsun.com

February 28th, 2010

Years of attempts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay have fallen short and there is continuing opposition to tougher regulation, but a panel of environmental activists that included the Obama administration’s point man for bay cleanup said Saturday there is still reason to hope that anti-pollution efforts will succeed.

The group gathered at the Museum of Industry in Baltimore, once the site of an oyster-packing plant, to discuss ways that community groups and individuals could improve water quality in the nation’s largest estuary – which sustains not only thousands of wildlife species, but recreational opportunities and a slice of Maryland’s economy….

To read more check out the Baltimore Sun website.

Pier 5 Hotel, 711 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21202

Speaker: Tony Geraci, Food Service Director for Baltimore City Public Schools

Help us to kick off National Nutrition Month!

The Health Care Food Leadership Council of Maryland and DC are hosting a dinner celebration on Thursday, March 4 to highlight hospitals that have taken the Balanced Menus Challenge, a commitment to permanently reduce meat purchasing (i.e. beef, pork and poultry) by 20% over a 12 month period, and increase sustainable meat purchasing.

For more information click here.

5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Abbey Burger Bistro, 1041 Marshall Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.

We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you’ll be made welcome. Just say, “are you green?” and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It’s a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.

These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.

Hosted by Teris Pantazes of Seven Seas Energy.

For more information, go to Baltimore Green Drinks.

Check out the spring schedule for upcoming events.

Tuesday, February 9th, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Yellow Dog Tavern, 700 S. Potomac Street

Do you have an interest in:

• nature
• urban gardening
• tree planting
• recycling
• eating locally grown foods
• neighborhood beautification
• energy conservation
• stormwater management

Grab a bite and a drink and join us for a talk about greening our community!

John G. Rangos Building

855 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205

A forum of ideas, new opportunities and challenges for the many people working to see more transit-oriented development in the Baltimore region.

Keynote Speaker:

Shelley Poticha, Senior Advisor for Sustainable Housing and Communities at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Please RSVP to web@cmtalliance.org .