Down By the Bay
Ocean Pines Library 11107 Cathell Road, Ocean Pines, MarylandWe hope you will join Education Coordinator, Liz Wist, for a public presentation about our Coastal Bays watershed at the Ocean Pines Library. Never heard of the Coastal Bays before?! This presentation provides the perfect opportunity to learn about this dynamic, diverse system that supports abundant wildlife and a wealth of aquatic resources. Program attendees
Planting Native with Doug Tallamy
Ocean City Golf and Yacht Club 11401 Country Club Drive, Berlin, MarylandPlease 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
Annual Terrapin Survey
Every year MCBP hosts an annual Terrapin Survey and help survey for our State reptile! Come join us!
Nature Meditation Experience
Come spend an hour and half with the Maryland Coastal Bays Program immersing oneself in the nature surrounding the Sinepuxent Bay. Participants will be led through a meditation series to deepen their relationship with the natural spaces around them as well as enhance their observation skills. This experience will take place on Thursday August 31st
Cruise the Coastal Bays
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Discover Your Watershed
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
“Elevating the Nature of Living Landscapes” with special presenter Rick Darke
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.
Jenkins Point Restoration for Resilience Community Update Meeting
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
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