A bill before Congress should make it easier across the bay’s watershed to identify major sources of pollution that might ...

Near the Chesapeake Bay, farms have flourished for hundreds of years on the rich, fertile soil of coastal Maryland. But as sea levels rise, driven in part by climate change, encroaching saltwater ...

The property is the last remaining piece of a 180-acre tract of land known as Carr’s and Sparrow’s beaches, two popular ...

With oysters plentiful and the health of the Chesapeake Bay improving, industry leaders are hopeful federal funding cuts ...

In 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), which sets limits on the amounts of different pollutants entering the Bay to ...

Blue Crab Advisory Report shows declining blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay, despite no significant overharvesting.

The Chesapeake Bay is the healthiest it’s been in a long time, according to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The center’s 2024 Report Card gave the bay a C , a ...

The effort will support the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance‘s goal of adding 10 billion new oysters to the Chesapeake Bay by 2025. So far, about 6 billion new oysters have been added to the Bay ...

Governor Moore made Bay restoration a clear priority early, reinvigorating the Governor’s Council on the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays Watershed and centering the state’s work around the latest ...

Sherpa points to Chesapeake Bay’s Hampton Roads, which includes Norfolk, Newport News and Virginia Beach, as hot spots of land subsidence occurring at a relatively high rate, exacerbating the ...

Chesapeake Bay enthusiasts and conservation advocates have hoped for this milestone since the 1980s. ... Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, and the North Beach of Fort Monroe by voluntary sale or donation ...