Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum participates in Project Clean Stream

Photo: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum volunteers participating in the April 20 Heron Haven Project Clean Stream project in St. Michaels, Md., included, from left, Ed Alvarado, Will Coughlan, Bridgette Rains, Nicholas Lesher, Tiffany Rains, Ray Lewis, Allison Smith, Sarah Hawes, Rich Scofield, Pete Lesher, Shawn O'Donnell, Kristen Greenaway, Spencer Sherwood, and Ron Griffin — Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum volunteers participating in the April 20 Heron Haven Project Clean Stream project in St. Michaels, Md., included, from left, Ed Alvarado, Will Coughlan, Bridgette Rains, Nicholas Lesher, Tiffany Rains, Ray Lewis, Allison Smith, Sarah Hawes, Rich Scofield, Pete Lesher, Shawn O’Donnell, Kristen Greenaway, Spencer Sherwood, and Ron Griffin – Contributed Photo

St Michaels – Through ShoreRivers’ coordination and as part of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Project Clean Stream, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum hosted a team of volunteers on Saturday, April 20, 2019 to clean up Heron Haven—a stream running through CBMM’s property, and feeding into St. Michaels Harbor and the Miles River. This is CBMM’s eighth year participating in the event, with the team collecting 13 bags of trash and recyclables.

Every spring, tens of thousands of volunteers come together to pick up trash from local streams, creeks, rivers, parks, and neighborhoods as part of Project Clean Stream. Cleanups take place across the entire Chesapeake watershed, in all six Bay states and D.C. Project Clean Stream’s 2019 goal is to engage 75,000 volunteers at 5,000 sites to clean up 3.5 million pounds of trash.

CBMM’s sustainability programs include its May 19 Community Day, which will be CBMM’s first single-use, plastic free event. Beverages and food items will be served in paper, plant-based plastic or bamboo containers, all of which will be collected at the event and industrially composted. Community Day guests are also invited to bring their own water bottles, or purchase one in CBMM’s Museum Store, to refill on campus.

CBMM’s Miles River waterfront campus also includes several environmental features that help sustain the health of the Chesapeake Bay, including a living shoreline, rain gardens and swales, native plantings, and more. CBMM’s marina is also a Maryland-certified clean marina partner.

For more information, visit cbmm.org or allianceforthebay.org.

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