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- President Biden’s 2022 budget increases EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program funding to $90.5 million.
- Lawmakers introduce bill boosting funding for NOAA’sChesapeake Bay Office.
- High school students plant hundreds of flowers for bee and butterfly habitat.
- CBF continues to advocate for new funding to help farmers with clean-water practices.
- Newly updated Maryland oyster stock assessment found highest spatfall since 1999.
- Major federal support is possible for cleanup of waters surrounding former Bethlehem Steel Mill.
- 2,012 volunteers picked up 52,306 pounds of litter during Clean the Bay Day.
- CBF and Virginia Beach City Schools welcome students at new Macon and Joan Brock Classroom.