Advancing Local-Level Water Quality and Resiliency Financing in the New York Kettle Lakes
The University of Maryland EFC and the Syracuse EFC partnered to deliver technical assistance in the Kettle Lake region in the New York portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This effort built on the Syracuse EFC’s initial work to develop watershed implementation plans (WIPs) for each of the four lakes and created a financing strategy designed to connect lake stakeholders to resources that will support the implementation of identified water quality improvement projects.Partners
EFC Recognized for Climate Change Efforts in Oxford
EFC’s Work in Oxford Hailed a Case Study in “Consensus on Climate Change” by International Policy DigestOver the past decade, communities up and down the nation’s eastern shoreline have been battling the particularly biting effects of climate change. Violent storms, erratic weather and devastating f...
This event is for the MAPP Community onlyThis event will be the first of four portfolio session partnered with MCA. The first event will consist of a short 30-45 minute talk on the professional portfolio with a short review session to follow for the reminder of the time. Speakers:Naomi Hemme and Pau...
Climate Action Planning and Greenhouse Gas Inventories
EFC provides technical support in developing greenhouse gas inventories and climate action planning to University of Maryland System institutions. Previous and current work includes the University of Maryland Global Campus, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland College Park, The Universities at Shady Grove, and Towson University. EFC helps calculate campus carbon emissions, assists in developing carbon reduction strategies, and develops basic cost calculations for prioritizing strategies.
This event is open to the public.The Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski & Stanley A. Jashemski Research Grant CelebrationJoin Dean Dawn Jourdan, Associate Dean of Research Casey Dawkins and Professor Emeritus Lindley Vann to celebrate architectural, historical and archeological research projects at t...
Open to the MAPP and UMD CommunityInterested in a graduate degree in:ArchitectureCommunity PlanningReal Estate DevelopmentHistoric PreservationCome talk to us about it! We will be holding an in-person open house for prospective graduate students and everyone is welcome. If you are considering a grad...
This event is open to the public and will be live streamed on Youtube and Facebook.Speaker:Emily LiebAuthor & Historian of U.S. citiesIn the mid-1950s, Baltimore’s Rosemont neighborhood was a vibrant Black middle-class community, rich with rowhouses, parks, shops, and professional offices. By 19...
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Tree Canopy Funding and Policy Roundtable
In March 2023, 125 local and state leaders from across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed gathered at the two-day, virtual Chesapeake Bay Watershed Tree Canopy Funding and Policy Roundtable to discuss challenges and opportunities in advancing tree canopy goals. Centered around the themes of equity, climate resilience, and tree loss, this event featured expert presentations as well as facilitated discussions with the aim of helping local and state leaders identify funding, policy, and programmatic solutions to achieve state and regional tree goals.
Addressing Stormwater and Pollinators in the Route One Corridor
EFC’s Sustainable Maryland (SM) program recently convened staff, elected officials and Green Team members from 14 municipalities along the Route One Corridor in Prince George's County, Maryland, to discuss how they could advance projects and collaborate on a regional basis to address stormwater and flooding issues and the creation of a pollinator corridor.
