The Maryland Coastal Bays Program is looking for dedicated volunteers to join the Stranded Spawning Horseshoe Crab Recovery Team. Volunteers will be responsible for routinely checking popular spawning grounds to rescue stranded or flipped horseshoe crabs during the spawning season from May to July. This volunteer program helps prevent mass casualties of horseshoe crabs and

We are looking for volunteers to help plant grasses generously donated by the West Ocean City Association. We ask that all volunteers wear close-toed shoes, appropriate outdoor clothing, bring their own reusable water bottle, bug spray, and gardening gloves if they'd like to. MCBP will have tools available to help dig holes. Volunteers will need

Islands serve as critical habitat to numerous iconic species found in the Maryland Coastal Bays. Throughout the last several decades, island loss and the impacts it has on species like colonial nesting bird populations have been alarming. But there is still hope to restore these once abundant islands and the populations of our colonial nesting

The Maryland Coastal Bays Program and Ocean Pines Association will host the fifth annual Bay Day on Sunday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at White Horse Park in Ocean Pines.

James Farm Ecological Preserve in Ocean View, DE The Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (Center)  are excited to offer “Journey Up the Coast: An In-Person Exploration of the DE Inland and MD Coastal Bays” for children ages 6-12 this summer! This unique “bay-hop” education program will include

Assateague State Park The Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (Center)  are excited to offer “Journey Up the Coast: An In-Person Exploration of the DE Inland and MD Coastal Bays” for children ages 6-12 this summer! This unique “bay-hop” education program will include a series of fun interactive

Come out for a Community Beach Clean up on Tuesday, September 17th  from 8-10 am, 94th Street in front of the tennis courts. We will be working to pick up trash on the beach and surrounding streets. Check in and pick up for materials. There will be tables set up with all the equipment needed

Help us plunder marine debris by land or by sea

Join MCBP for invasives removal, and trail work. Attendees will work with MCBP staff to continue work on removing wisteria along a portion of the property and continue trail improvements. Registration is required. Boots, pants, long sleeves, and gloves are encouraged. Water will be available and MCBP will supply all necessary tools and equipment. Register

What started as an idea to further promote local stewardship and awareness surrounding trash clean ups, has metamorphosed into a multi-partner endeavor to bring a story to life. Maryland Coastal Bays Program, in collaboration with the Town of Ocean City, Plak That, 1% for the Planet, and Di angelo Publications, has implemented a Storybook Walk

Ilia Fehrer Natural Preserve (IFNP), Berlin MD Here’s your chance to check out the new trail system and explore a gem of a forest at IFNP. This 400 + acre preserve managed by MCBP is a beautiful forested wetland with a series of trails that meander through several stages of ecological succession. Attendees will join

Lewis Road Kayak Launch We’re hosting our second Discovery Your Watershed event at the Lewis Rd. Kayak launch day use area. Join us for a few hours in the afternoon as we remove the common invasive climbing vine, wisteria. All necessary tools will be provided. Please monitor the weather and dress accordingly. Sturdy boots are