The Chesapeake Bay Maryland Reserve received the Gold Star Award from the Maryland Coastal Bays Program for its extraordinary work as a partner committed to maintaining the environmental integrity of the Coastal Bays watershed.
Hema Bhaskaran, mentor teacher for CBNERR-MD’s Teachers on the Estuary (TOTE) program, received the prestigious 2020 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. This year, Hema helped the Reserve take their TOTE program online during COVID-19.
Shoring Up Resilience through Education (SURE) is a hands-on educational program from Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Reserve that’s educating Somerset County students on what it means to be resilient: as an ecosystem, a community, and a person.
Do you remember a time when a stump could be a kitchen table? Or a pile of rocks became a fort in an epic battle? Or when you discovered the magic of being outside in nature?
We’re happy to see members of Congress and their staff beat the DC heat this summer in the best way possible—by visiting Reserves around the country!