Please join us for an afternoon of learning about the history of oysters in our Coastal Bays, the importance of them to our watershed, and current citizen-led efforts to help understand and restore these amazing creatures. This program will take place at Archer Oyster Company in George Island Landing on Friday, May 6th from 1:30-3:00

Join us for a 1-hour guided evening kayak program on Ayers Creek led by Maryland Coastal Bays Program staff in partnership with Ayers Creek Adventures. While out on the water, we will learn about some of the creatures that call our watershed home, and explore changes in the environment at dusk!   This program will

Join us on Thursday, August 4 from 8-10 am at the Lewis Road Kayak Launch for a litter clean up along the neighboring road

Join us on Monday, September 12 from 2-4 pm for MCBP’s Discover Your Watershed at the Lewis Road Kayak Launch

Join us on Thursday, October 6 from 2-4 pm at the Lizard Hill Wetland Restoration site for an invasive vine and tree removal.

Join Maryland Coastal Bays Program for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count at Heron Park. Each February, data collected from participants of the Great Backyard Bird Count are utilized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society to better understand global populations prior to Spring migration. MCBP’s Archer Larned and Kim Abplanalp will

Please join the Maryland Coastal Bays Program and the Lower Shore Land Trust for "Planting Native: How to Bring Nature into your own Backyard" with special presenter Doug Tallamy. Attendees will hear from Doug on the importance of creating landscapes that enhance local ecosystems rather than degrade them, and how best to accomplish that goal. The

Every year MCBP hosts an  annual Terrapin Survey and help survey for our State reptile! Come join us!

Tuesday, October 24th, MCBP will be hosting the release of the Annual Report Card at the Ocean City Marlin Club beginning at 1 pm. The State of the Bays Report documents the most up-to-date status of the water quality and living resources in the Coastal Bays and highlights the management steps being taken to preserve

  Join the Maryland Coastal Bays Program for our final Discover Your Watershed (DYW) event of 2023! The DYW will take place on Saturday, December 2nd from 9:30 - 11:00 am at our  Showell Property. We will be removing the notorious invasive species, wisteria, from various areas around the site. This restoration site is part

Please join the Maryland Coastal Bays Program and the Lower Shore Land Trust for "Elevating the Nature of Living Landscapes" with special presenter Rick Darke. Attendees will hear from Rick on the importance of landscapes being a livable outdoor space, where people can gather, relax, and explore, and how best to accomplish that goal.  

Maryland Coastal Bays Program will host a public meeting on the Jenkins Point Restoration Project on Monday, Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Clubhouse Meeting Room on 100 Clubhouse Drive.   MCBP held a public meeting on the subject last May, and the Jan. 29 meeting will serve as an update, including presentation of