Bayscaping to Reduce Runoff - 9/9/14

By John Racanelli

Published September 9, 2014 at 4:24 PM EDT

Around the Chesapeake Bay area, we have a specific word for landscaping with the environment in mind: Bayscaping. This eco-friendly, holistic approach to gardening helps conserve water and prevent pollution that may otherwise end up being carried into our waterways.

Suzanne Etgen, coordinator at the Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards Academy, is here with me today to discuss how we can create beautiful lawns and gardens while minimizing the stormwater runoff that eventually enters the Bay.

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As chief executive officer, John Racanelli leads a team of 600 full and part-time employees and 1,000 volunteers in pursuing the National Aquarium’s mission to inspire conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures. More than 1.5 million people annually visit the Aquarium’s venue in Baltimore, Maryland, while millions more are touched by the Aquarium’s education programs, outreach activities, social media campaigns and conservation initiatives.

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