Oyster gardening improving Chesapeake Bay ecosystem; Here's how you can help. A process that was conducted by volunteers in the public, who decided to grow oysters and begin oyster gardening.

Want to improve the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem? Eat an oyster — then recycle its shell. It might end up in a foster oyster colony at The Docks at Downtown Hampton, a public pier where volunteers ...

The water in the Chesapeake Bay has been warming and it could have profound impacts on our area. The rising temperature of the water is placing pressure on the delicate ecosystem in the Chesapeake ...

The rising temperature of the water is placing pressure on the delicate ecosystem in the Chesapeake Bay’s watershed. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

Following a screening of the brief but revealing documentary “The Biggest Fish You’ve Never Seen,” which details the over harvesting of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay, local experts ...

On the U.S. mid-Atlantic seaboard, efforts to restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay over the last 10 years have faced a mysterious challenge — massive booms and busts of the seagrass meadows ...

The number of ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay watershed have been in decline due to the over harvesting of ... Menhaden population affects ecosystem. Ted Black [email protected]; Apr 14, 2025 ...

The Chesapeake Bay area could have up to a third of the year under marine heat wave conditions by the end of the century, according to a new study from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.