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Megalodon Teeth and the Ancient Chesapeake Bay: An Interview with Dr. Stephen Godfrey

November 15, 2024

The Curator of Paleontology at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Maryland talks with us about the marvelous stories fossils tell, what the Chesapeake region’s ancient past can teach us about its future, and the secrets yet to be discovered at Calvert Cliffs.

What Comes Next for Striped Bass?

November 5, 2024

As migrating striped bass prepare for their annual journey south from New England to their overwintering waters off the Mid-Atlantic, fishery managers are also considering big moves. In October, two major barometers of the population’s health were released. Neither painted a rosy picture.

The Watershed’s Grand Experiment

October 21, 2024

After 40 years at the cutting edge of environmental restoration, can the Chesapeake Bay Partnership again reinvent itself in time to save the Bay in the 21st Century?

A Blue Crab Mystery

October 17, 2024

The population isn’t crashing, but it isn’t exactly thriving either. What’s going on?

Between a Dead Zone and a Hot Place

August 20, 2024

Rising water temperatures and low-oxygen areas are yet another stressor for striped bass—especially young striped bass—in the Chesapeake Bay during summer. While management actions are the most immediate way to help striped bass, addressing chronic problems like the dead zone remains critical to the species’ long-term prospects.

Everybody’s Fish: Striped Bass on the Move

July 5, 2024

Their impressive annual migrations from estuarine nurseries to summer ocean feeding grounds make striped bass a cultural icon along the Atlantic Coast. But with populations struggling, the fish need many helping hands along the way.

Portrait of a Watershed

May 20, 2024

At any given moment, a seemingly endless number of variables are interacting across our 64,000-square-mile watershed. Scientists and researchers use two primary tools to paint a picture of the Bay, its rivers and streams, and the progress being made to restore them.

An Uncertain Nursery

May 13, 2024

The Chesapeake Bay is a famed spawning ground for Atlantic striped bass. But changeable—and changing—conditions are likely contributing to the species’ troubles.

Secrets of the Striper

March 6, 2024

As pressures mount for striped bass, scientists are broadening the window on the hidden lives of these celebrated fish—while managers race to save them.

Hope on the Half Shell

February 22, 2024

The Chesapeake Bay is now home to the world’s largest oyster reef restoration projects—and they’re showing incredible success. What comes next?

Little Pieces of Life, Green, and Community

November 9, 2023

In building local food systems that support community and environmental wellbeing, small and urban farms have an outsized impact.

What Would a Dream Food System Look Like?

October 23, 2023

CBF's Clagett Farm Vegetable Production Manager Jared Planz discusses the value of eating local.

Watershed Out of Balance: How Industrial Agriculture Tips the Scales

October 20, 2023

With intensifying livestock production in places like the Eastern Shore of Maryland, many are finding that conservation practices can’t keep up with pollution.

Tackling Pollution Hotspots

October 18, 2023

CBF’s Brian Gish discusses the pollution challenges in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County and the best way to approach them.

Healing the Headwaters

October 16, 2023

How the James River Buffer Program has revolutionized the planting of valuable, pollution-reducing streamside forested buffers.

Warming Waters Bring a Storm of Challenges to the Bay

September 26, 2023

Rising water temperatures are reshaping the watershed and require restoration that takes climate change into account. Here are five things you should know.

Will Wildfire Smoke Impact the Chesapeake Bay?

June 8, 2023

If you live in the northern regions of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, you’ve likely noticed unusually hazy skies obscuring the sun this week caused by massive wildfires in Canada.

Learning to Think Like a Watershed

May 22, 2023

By forging human connections, watershed communities uncover the environmental connections that bind them to each other and their waterways.

“We Haven’t Learned to Be Silent Yet”

May 19, 2023

CBF student leaders take action for their communities, their watershed, and their world.

The Quest for Environmental Literacy

May 17, 2023

The benefits of outdoor education to students and society are backed by a growing body of evidence. But achieving widespread access depends on supporting innovation and removing barriers for teachers and schools.

Evolution of a Floating Classroom

May 15, 2023

The immersive experience of a day out on the water has been at the heart of CBF's environmental education program since it began in 1973. The fleet may have since evolved but the mission, and its impact on students, remains the same.

Bay Rockers, We Salute You

April 19, 2023

The brainchild of Towson High School students, the homegrown Tributary Festival melds music and passion to the tune of more than $19,000 raised to date for Bay restoration.

Many Questions Remain for Blue Crab Outlook

March 22, 2023

The season for catching Chesapeake Bay blue crabs is already underway in Virginia, and recreational crabbing will officially kick off in Maryland on April 1. Several boats have been plying the waters the past several months, however, to pursue the crustaceans not for steaming but for science.

Coming to Life: A Winter Day on CBF’s Clagett Farm

February 21, 2023

Get an inside look at how CBF's Clagett Farm team is preparing for the growing season. The farm is a place to ground-truth how holistic farm systems, often termed ‘regenerative agriculture,’ can help improve soil and water quality.

Five Things You Should Know from the 2022 State of the Bay Report

January 18, 2023

The Chesapeake Bay this month earned a D+ in CBF’s biennial report card assessing the watershed’s health. While the overall score remains unchanged from two years ago, there’s a lot going on below the surface. Here are five big takeaways.

Be the Change

October 27, 2022

For the Islamic Society of Baltimore's Green Team, caring for nature is caring for each other.

Roots in Rocky Soil

October 11, 2022

Trees, bees, and goats are all part of Tim Wagner's vision to build a farm and a community in central Pennsylvania.

Speaking for the Streams

September 20, 2022

Nancy Kelly has waded, assessed, and protected the Bay's rivers for decades.

Underwater Grasses: How Are They Doing?

August 30, 2022

Underwater grasses are a critical habitat in the Bay and its tidal rivers. We asked Dr. Beth McGee for an update on their status and what it means for the health of the Bay.

Tracing a River's Rage

July 20, 2022

Kicking off a week-long exploration of the Chesapeake Bay, students connect the dots between climate change, communities, and water quality in Ellicott City, Maryland and beyond.

Catching a Heat Wave

July 18, 2022

The Chesapeake Bay is warming. Researchers are finding out why—and what a hotter future means.

Pass the Salt, Please

June 17, 2022

Oysters like things a little salty. So, what happens when the Bay gets fresh?

Forest Fish

March 9, 2022

CBF's Brian Gish has a plan to restore habitat for brook trout in Pennsylvania.

Dinner and a Movie: How to Love the Bay This Valentine's Day

February 10, 2022

From fungi documentaries to French classics, spatchcocked chicken to oysters and mignonette, these farm films and foods pair perfectly with Chesapeake Bay-saving.

Natural Born Chesapeake Leader

January 3, 2022

Hilary Harp Falk, a proven expert in large-scale ecosystem restoration, leading organizational change, and coalition building, is CBF's next president and CEO.

Relentless—Part 3: The Bay's Moment

December 15, 2021

After securing the historic Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint—the best, and perhaps last, chance for Bay restoration—Will Baker and CBF are still pushing.

Relentless—Part 2: A Movement Rises

December 14, 2021

Will Baker takes the helm as CBF’s Executive Director—just in time to shape one of the most momentous periods in Chesapeake Bay restoration history.

Relentless—Part 1: The Tree

December 13, 2021

In 1976, a young Will Baker is working as an arborist when he’s asked to help Save the Bay and joins CBF as an intern.

Environmental Justice, More Than Just A Check Mark

October 1, 2021

Environmental justice starts in communities, not courtrooms.

Blue Crabs: How are They Doing?

June 23, 2021

Long-term, blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay are doing better than they were. But a record low number of juvenile crabs this year raises the need for caution. Chris Moore, CBF's Senior Regional Ecosystem Scientist, breaks down the numbers and what they mean.

Life in a Rain Garden

June 11, 2021

For us, it's water infrastructure. For birds and insects, it's home.

5 Ways Bay Restoration Influences Your Health

May 19, 2021

What does water quality have to do with heart disease, stress, and memory? More than you may think!

'The Greatest Opportunity': 5 Takeaways from Secretary Blinken's Climate Speech on the Chesapeake Bay

April 21, 2021

In a national address from CBF headquarters in Annapolis, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week called for American leadership on climate change and highlighted the Chesapeake Bay as a blueprint for innovation to lead the world forward. Here are five big takeaways from his speech.

In Hot Water

April 13, 2021

The world's oceans have absorbed more than 90 percent of the warming generated by climate change. The Bay and the species that call it home are feeling the heat.

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 101

March 3, 2021

An introduction and what you need to know about this influential fishery management body and how it affects the Chesapeake Bay and some of our favorite fish.

Clean Water, New Grass, and Space for Wildlife

February 16, 2021

Rotational grazing improves water quality and pasture quality at Funkhouser Farms in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.

This Is the Way Small Farms Can Survive and Thrive

February 8, 2021

Dairy farmer Matt Bomgardner sees grazing as a way to save money and preserve family farms.

The Day the Ladybugs Moved In

February 1, 2021

On their farm in Frederick County, Maryland, MK and Andrew Barnet are working to restore the soil, the water, and the planet—all in the name of good food and good life.

Tenacity for Trees

December 8, 2020

Despite a cancelled event, Keystone 10 Million Trees partner Anne Wain found a way to plant saplings in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Space to Shine

December 2, 2020

On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, High School Science Teacher Hemalatha Bhaskaran finds solutions in online environmental education.

What the Mahogany Tide Means for the Bay

June 4, 2020

We talk with CBF’s Maryland Senior Scientist Doug Myers to explain what's behind the rust-colored water in the mid-Bay's tidal rivers and what it means.

This Month on the Bay: The Dirt on Soil Health

May 13, 2020

What worms, a shovel, and some water can tell you about the miraculous world beneath your feet.

Climate Change Hits Home

April 27, 2020

The Chesapeake is changing. We can still save it—and the planet.

This Month on the Bay: Homebound Birding

April 13, 2020

We all may be stuck close to our nests, but webcams and windows are still aflutter as the Bay’s charismatic avian residents celebrate spring. Here’s what to look for.

This Month on the Bay: Tiny, Timid, Timberdoodle Dancers

March 13, 2020

The sun sank. The indigo evening swept in with a hush. Ears straining and flashlights ready, we waited for the timberdoodles.

Meeting Harriet

February 26, 2020

In the marshes of the Chesapeake Bay, Harriet Tubman’s story comes alive.

This Month on the Bay: Skunk Cabbage are the Bay’s Bouquet

February 14, 2020

An ode to mud puddles and odiferous plants.

Floods and Fees: How a Pennsylvania Town Found a Fix for Stormwater

January 7, 2020

By re-envisioning stormwater management as a service, Derry Township energized efforts to proactively manage, repair, and upgrade aging infrastructure, reduce chronic flooding, meet the increasing regulatory requirements of its MS4 stormwater permit, and clean up its streams.

Bringing the Farm to Life

October 30, 2019

Planting trees is part of treating the land—and cattle—right at Drager Farms in Lancaster County.

The Forest for the Trees

October 18, 2019

Forests are one of our most valuable resources in our work towards clean water. But despite their value, forests are disappearing at an alarming rate in Maryland's Anne Arundel County.

Follow the Filter Feeders

August 22, 2019

CBF student leaders headed to the nation’s capital to explore the connections between federal policy and water quality.

Show Me the Science: Virginia’s Refreshing Take on a Water Quality Quandary

July 18, 2019

Working together, researchers and policymakers created a win for the James River—and everyone else.

Show Me the Science: Virginia’s Refreshing Take on a Water Quality Quandary

July 18, 2019

Working together, researchers and policymakers created a win for the James River—and everyone else.

Speaking the Bay's Language

July 11, 2019

The waters of the Chesapeake Bay are the balm that soothes Dr. Lorelly Solano's hectic days. To help protect it, she’s sharing her passion for the environment with a new generation of immigrants and Spanish-speaking citizens on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Hope Springs Eternal. So Do the Shrimp.

April 26, 2019

Upon meeting the Bay for the first time, I came away an optimist.

We give a *BLEEP* about NEPA. You should, too.

The government’s environmental moral compass is in serious danger of getting out of whack.