Press Releases

26 Feb 2008 - The Fourth Annual Chesapeake Bay Foundation & Capital Region Earth Force Teacher Institute - entitled Charting Your Connection to Islands in the Chesapeake Bay - will take place on Smith Island July 14th - 17th, 2008. More...

26 Feb 2008 - The mid-Atlantic region’s 2007 President’s Environmental Youth Award was given to the Arlington H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program sixth grade students after a one day effort in which they collected 443 items — computer monitors, televisions, cell phones and even a rock tumbler! And, congratulations to the students who also won the Staples Earth Force award on March 13th. More...

22 Aug 2007 - State Farm Insurance of Virginia and Capital Region Earth Force formally begin their 2007-2008 school year partnership. More...

9 Aug 2007 - Capital Region Earth Force Sets Sail Across the Chesapeake Bay in Search of Smith Island's Watermen Community More...

6 Jun 2007 - Find out what the Young Adult Project from Leesburg, VA has been up to with this article composed by Dwayne Lane, Selena Lyons & Natalia Verdi. More...

6 Jun 2007 - Project Updates, Our Third Annual Youth Summit, An Exemplary Project and more - it is all in the new Watershed Staple! More...

9 Aug 2007 - Capital Region Earth Force Travels from the Mountains to the Metropolis More...

25 Apr 2007 - Alexandria City's Mayor Euille (pictured here meeting with an Alexandria City Earth Force Class) along with the senior management team of Staples helped to make this a great day! More...

20 Dec 2006 - Check out the progress of Capital Region Earth Force Students in the The Watershed Staple! More...

11 Jul 2006 - Capital Region Earth Force is proud to announce that Michael Wollins' 7th graders from Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington, VA are the recipients of the Exemplary Classroom of 2006! More...

7 Jul 2006 - Find out how Capital Region Earth Force students have progressed throughout the year! Read the latest edition of The Watershed Staple!

Pictured to the left, Liz Castillo's 6th graders from Kenmore Middle School pose with the bags they collected for their Earth Force project.

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7 Jul 2006 - What a week we had! Capital Region Earth Force, the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality present the first "From the Headwaters to the Bay Institute." More...

22 Jul 2006 - The 2nd Annual "Taking Refuge in the Refuge" Teacher Institute Wears Aways Misconceptions Regarding Erosion More...

7 Jul 2006 - Capital Region Earth Force students gathered in Alexandria's Waterfront Park to celebrate the Chesapeake Bay Watershed's cultural diversity as well as their own successes in improving their communitites through civic action. More...

1 Aug 2005 - Educators from throughout Virginia gathered June 28 through July 1 to share their expertise and to learn new ways how Earth Force and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation can bring environmental learning alive. More...

21 Jun 2005 - Jefferson Middle School's Turbo Tigers bring attention to Fecal Coliform in Four Mile Run. More...

21 Jun 2005 - Kenmore Middle School raises the awareness of Arlington County residents to Four Mile Run's Fecal Coliform levels. More...

9 Jun 2005 - Lezlie Love and her students at Glasgow Middle School in Fairfax County are improving their school and local waterway through mending fences. More...

20 Jun 2005 - Gunston Middle School sixth graders will be leaving their mark in order to help the Chesapeake Bay More...

9 Jun 2005 - Long Branch Elementary fourth graders address erosion and pet waste on their school grounds More...

8 Apr 2005 - Capital Region Earth Force's First Annual Youth Summit was a great success! More...

13 Dec 2004 - Area experts on the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers gathered on Monday night to share information and brainstorm ways to get students moving to action. More...

15 Nov 2004 - Alexandria, Va-Based Capital Region Earth Force has been chosen for the new 2004 Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington from an applicant pool of 250 candidates. More...

10 Nov 2004 - Congressman Jim Moran of Virginia joined Luz Chamorro’s students from Gunston Middle School at Four Mile Run in Arlington, Virginia, on October 22nd. More...