Save the Date!  Michael Dirr is a featured speaker! Montgomery Parks and Casey Trees, Washington D.C., present the eighth annual conference — Trees Matter Presents: Green Cities Summit. Presentations will focus on the health and welfare of trees in our increasingly developed landscapes. Learn from some of the country’s leading experts about innovative efforts to …

The Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council's 2019 Turning a New Leaf conference, will be held in Harrisburg, PA. Highlights: Keynote Speaker: Thomas Ranier Three tracks: Streams and Surrounding Landscapes Landscaping in a Changing Climate Designing with Native Plant Communities Afternoon Plenary Speaker: Nancy Striniste Registration opens September 15. Join us for one of two field trips …

The Earth’s climate is changing. Impacts - including higher temperatures, warming water temperatures, rising sea levels, and longer periods of extreme weather - are already being felt in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and are expected to worsen. The good news is there are actions we can all take to help mitigate and adapt to these …

Speakers: Bill Selbig, USGS Rebecca Dohn, City of Nashville A community with dense overhead tree canopy may benefit from reduced stormwater runoff volume through interception, transpiration, and infiltration but may also suffer from excess nutrients leached to nearby receiving waters from leaf litter. Bill Selbig will highlight ongoing research to help managers assess stormwater volume reduction potential …

The Culture-Ecology Bond: Perspectives for Designers Culture and ecology exist in a dynamic relationship: culture shapes ecology and vice versa. Our 2020 conference will explore this feedback loop as it pertains to landscape design and management. From historical as well as contemporary perspectives, our presenters will consider the complex, sometimes overlooked ways in which culture …

Registration is open now for MAHSC.  Excellent sessions! Many CBLP CEUs! In addition to the regular MAHSC sessions, CBLP is hosting a special workshop, designed for maintenance crews and crew leaders, on Thursday, January 16. Send your crew or favorite contractor! Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Program - ​Sustainable Stormwater BMP Management Certificate Training This one-day …

Up to 8.5 CBLP CEUs are available.

Join CBLP staff, Beth Ginter and Katie Pinkham, for this free webinar to learn how to log your CBLP CEUs  and "hands on" experience, using our online forms.  Katie and Beth will also answer your questions about CBLP recertification. There is no charge, but you must register in advance. CBLP-Tracking and Reporting CEU Hours Webinar …

The Forestry Workgroup at the Chesapeake Bay Program invites you to a webinar mini-series we are calling Financing Forests February. Who:  Chesapeake Bay partners and others interested in learning about emerging finance markets for restoration and conservation on (primarily) private forest lands. When:  Fridays in February 2020.  11 AM-noon EST.  All sessions will be recorded for later …

The Penn-Del Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture will hold its 55th Annual Shade Tree Symposium this February at the Lancaster Marriott and Convention Center. Two days of continuing education sessions will cover a range of topics including tree care, climbing techniques, pests and disease, plant health care, utility arboriculture and vegetation management, and municipal arboriculture. …