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

“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

“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

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