Explore the Estuary -Adult Learning Series
“Stormwater and Yard Waste: Lawn Care for Water Quality” Part 1 of the spring Talk and Walk series at the Berlin Library. What do lawns have to do with water quality? Come hear a talk with Jennifer Dindinger, Watershed Restoration Specialist with UMD Sea Grant Extension, and learn about ways you can manage your lawn
Explore the Estuary -Adult Learning Series
“Rain Gardens: Getting Down to Business” Part 2 of the spring Talk and Walk series at the Berlin Library. Do I need a rain garden? Are rain gardens just big wet spots in my yard? Maybe, and no! Come hear a talk with Jennifer Dindinger, Watershed Restoration Specialist with UMD Extension, and learn about the
Horseshoe Crab Recovery Team Training
Sarbanes Center 6695-6699 Verrazano Bridge, Berlin, MDThe 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
Selsey Road Restoration Grass Planting
Selsey Road, West Ocean City Selsey Road, Ocean City, MarylandWe 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
Disappearing Islands: A Turn of Events – Presentation Series
Berlin Library 13 Harrison Avenue, Berlin, MarylandIslands 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
Bay Day
White Horse Park 239 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, MarylandThe 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.
Journey Up the Coast – Save the Date
James Farm Ecological Preserve 30048 Cedar Neck Rd, Ocean View, DelawareJames 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
Journey Up the Coast
Assateague State Park 6915 Stephen Decatur Hwy, Berlin, MarylandAssateague 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
Community Beach Clean Up
94th Street Ocean CityCome 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
Marine Debris Plunder
White Horse Park Boat Ramp Ocean Pines, MDHelp us plunder marine debris by land or by sea
Discover Your Watershed
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
Storybook Walk Ribbon Cutting for “Keep Our Beaches Clean! What if Everybody Did That?”
Bayside Park 3rd Street 3rd Street Bayside, Ocean City, MarylandWhat 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