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Our Charge Is Clear: Focus on What People and Nature Need
March 21, 2025
At the very time we need to do more, the latest actions by the Trump administration have created a crisis for the decades-long Bay restoration effort. We cannot and will not stop doing the work that matters.
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Virginia Leaves Critically Needed Menhaden Study Plan Unfunded
March 20, 2025
For the second year in a row, after pressure from Omega Protein lobbyists, Virginia refuses to fund a critical study about menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay. Why?
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Our Bay, the Perfect Classroom
March 19, 2025
As Virginia teacher Tonya Humphrey knows first-hand, environmental education is critically important to her students and their futures
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What’s the State of Bay Restoration 50 Days into the New Administration?
March 14, 2025
CBF’s Federal Director gives a frank update on the current chaos in our nation’s capital and what it means for Bay restoration efforts.
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EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Grant Sparks Healthy Living Movement at Richmond Church
March 13, 2025
Second Baptist Church is just one example of a project that improves community, health, and water quality and is only made possible through funding from EPA.
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Keep 'Forever Chemicals' Out of Our Water and Food
March 12, 2025
According to a recent Washington Post article, it seems not even our gardens are safe from PFAS contamination, otherwise known as 'forever chemicals.'
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“My Voice Was Really Heard”
February 25, 2025
Advocating for strong environmental legislation is an important part of protecting water quality and saving the Bay. Maryland student leaders took time to talk to their local legislators and encourage them to vote favorably on some of this year’s key environmental bills.
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Save the Bay News: Fighting for the Bay We Love
February 14, 2025
This special Valentine's edition of our newsletter is all about fighting for the Bay we love. Read on for stories of advocacy, perseverance, and hope in chaotic moments like these.
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We Are Built for These Moments
February 13, 2025
It is important to remember that our work is so much bigger than the federal government. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation itself grew from a recognition that government action alone is insufficient to protect our waterways. We are built for these moments.
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Knocking on Virginia Lawmakers’ Doors
February 6, 2025
Clean Water Lobby Day in Virginia returns with new faces of a younger generation of Bay stewards fighting for living shorelines, trees, wetlands, and so much more...
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The Karen Noonan Center, 30 Years Strong
January 30, 2025
A victim of the Pan Am Flight 103 terrorist bombing over Lockerbie, 20-year-old Karen Noonan was a college student devoted to education and the outdoors. For more than 30 years, her legacy has lived on through this CBF education program.
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Endangered Species Listing for Hellbender Is Long Overdue
January 28, 2025
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed listing the Eastern hellbender as an Endangered species. A group of determined young people in Pennsylvania, the original “Hellbender Defenders,” say the recognition is long overdue.
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Let's Turn Promises into Progress for the Chesapeake Bay
January 23, 2025
Governor Wes Moore and legislative leaders have an important, though unenviable, task ahead for the remainder of the 2025 General Assembly session: meeting Maryland’s ambitious goals for environmental progress and climate resiliency while navigating a $3 billion budget shortfall.
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Delaware Wins with Chesapeake Bay Restoration
January 17, 2025
We urge Meyer and his administration to be strong leaders for clean water and committed Bay restoration partners.
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Five Ways We’re Advocating for the Bay in 2025
January 16, 2025
Despite a shift in the political landscape this year, we’re committed as ever to fighting for the Bay in 2025.
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