A Focus on Sustainability Webinar Series
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Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) Program
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landscape professionals that design, install, and maintain small-scale
stormwater best practices in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Hometown Habitat
An environmental film aimed to inspire an army of habitat heroes across the nation!
The film is produced by Catherine Zimmerman and features Doug Tallamy.
CCLC Announces Suzanne Etgen as the 2021 Marcy Damon Conservation Landscaping Award Honoree
On December 9, Suzanne Kilby Etgen will become the fifth recipient of the Marcy Damon Conservation Landscaping Award. The award, given by the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council (CCLC), a regional non-profit, recognizes Etgen for her devotion to sustainable landscaping and education within the Chesapeake Bay region.
The Marcy Damon Conservation Landscaping Award was established by the CCLC to honor former Council chair and Maryland naturalist and educator, Marcy Damon. Etgen will receive the Marcy Damon Conservation Landscaping Award during the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council’s biennial sustainable landscaping “Turning a New Leaf” conference.
Registration is Open!
The Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council is holding its 9th “Turning a New Leaf” conference on December 8-10, 2021.
The information-packed Turning a New Leaf program offers opportunities to learn from a diverse array of talented and knowledgeable speakers. This year’s conference will be comprised of two virtual, online sessions on Days 1 & 2, followed by three optional regional field days – one each in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia – on Day 3. The 2021 themes focus on normalizing sustainable practice and working collaboratively to ensure diversity, equity and justice in the field of conservation landscaping. Sponsorship opportunities still available.
Why Conservation Landscaping?
Our actions are closely linked to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. Stewardship of the land and water by each and every one of us is our most effective tool to improve and protect the Bay. Conservation landscaping is working with nature to reduce pollution. Conservation-focused landscapes incorporate environmentally-sensitive design, minimize polluted runoff, conserve water and are planted with native plants. They protect the soil and are maintained using the minimum amount of chemicals to help protect clean air and water, support wildlife, and provide a more beautiful, healthier human environment.
With so many people living and moving into the Chesapeake region, polluted runoff from streets, farms, construction sites and yards, has become an increasing problem. Contaminants from every home and community—sediments, sewage, manure, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and motor oil—can be carried into the Bay from local streams and waterways. How we manage our landscapes is important to all of us! You can embrace the responsibility of caring for the land, and protect the Chesapeake Bay by applying the principles of conservation landscaping. We invite you to explore our web resources, participate in our events, subscribe to our listserve or donate your time or money to support these learning opportunities. Each of us has the opportunity to protect the future health of our communities and Bay by how we envision and care for our landscapes.
Season 7 is Here!
Free for CCLC members, Season 7 of our Focus on Sustainability Webinars are now in session. Register for upcoming webinars, or view recording from our webinar archive.