Press ReleaseOct 9, 2025
Chesapeake Bay Trust and Baltimore Tree Trust Empower Baltimore City Students to Plant Trees
Students put shovels in the ground across Baltimore City neighborhoods.
News & Events
Announcements from the Trust and stories from the field. Every item below links to the full piece on cbtrust.org.
Recent stories
Press ReleaseAug 18, 2025
Maryland's Historically Underserved Urban Communities Receive $8.6 Million to Plant Over 28,000 New Trees
The largest round yet for the Urban Trees family of programs.
Blog
My Native Plants Story, by Aydina Johnson
A first-person story of what happens when native plants take root at home.
Press ReleaseMar 3, 2026
Trust Receives Congressional Funds to Translate a Decade of Research for Regulators and Policymakers
Turning pooled-monitoring science into tools the people writing the rules can use.
Press ReleaseJan 27, 2026
A Return on Your Tax Return: Protect the Bay Through the Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund
One line on the Maryland income tax form sends your gift straight to watershed work.
Press ReleaseDec 22, 2025
Winners of the Annual "Protect the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays" License Plate Sales Contest
The dealerships and tag agents who put the most herons on Maryland bumpers this year.
Blog
Maintenance as the Main Event
Why keeping a restoration project alive matters as much as building it.
EventAnnual
Treasure the Chesapeake
The Trust's annual celebration of the people and projects behind a healthier Bay.
Looking for older announcements? The full press archive back to 2013 lives at cbtrust.org/trustnews.