2020 State of the Bay Report
This year, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) assessment of the State of the Bay remained at a D+, but declined by one point from 2018. …
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States to Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Restoration Failures
A group of states and environmentalists said Monday they will sue the Environmental Protection Agency based on claims that a long-running plan to tackle pollution …
Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass Die at Twice the Rate of Those in Atlantic
Striped bass that stay year-round in the Chesapeake Bay are dying at nearly twice the rate of those that migrate each year to the Atlantic …
Trump Declares War On The Chesapeake Bay
The Trump Administration is proposing large cuts in funding for the program in charge of coordinating state and federal efforts to protect and restore the …
Chesapeake Bay health worsened in 2018
According to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s 2018 State of the Bay report, Chesapeake Bay suffered a massive assault in 2018. Extraordinary weather flushed enormous amounts of nitrogen, …
Can Chesapeake Stripers Catch a Break?
Chesapeake Bay is the single most important place in the world for Atlantic striped bass. That being the case, one might suppose that fishery managers …
Chesapeake Bay Is Turning Around
The Chesapeake Bay is a poster child for environmental degradation. The largest estuary in the United States, the Chesapeake catches the runoff from one of …
Tiny threatened fish may prompt more stream restorations
Everyone knows Lancaster County’s dirt- and fertilizer-laden streams have become ground zero for Pennsylvania’s lagging commitments to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. Now the discovery …
Health Of Entire Chesapeake Bay Improves For 1st Time
While scientists have measured improvement in the water quality and animal life in parts of Chesapeake Bay in the past, a new University of Maryland …
Omega Protein challenging menhaden catch limits on Chesapeake Bay
A leading environmental group and a major commercial fishing operation are at odds over the Chesapeake Bay menhaden harvest regulations. Omega Protein is challenging the …