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Trump-Vance Win Comes as 2025 Bay Restoration Deadline Looms
November 6, 2024
Former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance have been declared the winners of the 2024 presidential election. This comes at a critical juncture for the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort, which faces a 2025 deadline under the current cleanup agreement and questions about what comes next.
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New Chesapeake Bay Assessment Reveals Concerns and Hope
October 31, 2024
Despite a slight improvement from previous years, more than two-thirds of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal rivers and streams did not meet clean water standards between 2020 and 2022, according to an assessment by the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program released today.
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Dirty Work: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Adding 130,000 New Trees for Pennsylvania
October 31, 2024
The Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership (K10) is at it again, doing the dirty work of adding 130,000 new trees for Pennsylvania during the fall planting season.
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As 2025 Chesapeake Cleanup Deadline Looms, Officials Propose Next Phase
October 28, 2024
As a defining moment for Chesapeake Bay restoration approaches, officials proposed a course for the next phase of Bay cleanup on Oct. 25.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Kati Grigsby Recognized as Top 40 Under 40 Professional
October 18, 2024
Kati Grigsby, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) Hampton Roads Restoration Coordinator, was named as a Top 40 Under 40 professional by Inside Business this week.
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New Plans in the Works for Cleaner Streams in Lancaster and Centre Counties
October 15, 2024
CBF, local residents, and other conservation organizations will be working together to create watershed management plans that will improve water quality in Lancaster and Centre counties.
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Maryland Commits to Additional Large-Scale Oyster Restoration
October 9, 2024
In a much-anticipated step towards future Chesapeake Bay restoration, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that it will target three new tributaries for large-scale oyster restoration.
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Maryland Congressional Leaders Meet Ahead of Chesapeake Bay Restoration’s Next Phase
September 26, 2024
As officials plan for the next phase of Chesapeake Bay restoration, states in the Bay watershed will not meet goals to reduce pollution to the Bay by a 2025 deadline despite recent progress, members of Maryland’s congressional delegation and an EPA official said at a press conference yesterday.
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All for an Oyster
September 18, 2024
This past year, CBF and our partners added millions of baby oysters into Chesapeake Bay waters. Take a look into their journey. You may be surprised the lengths we’ll go to, all for an oyster.
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Partners Install Maryland’s Largest Public Oyster Garden at Baltimore Marina
September 14, 2024
Today, the Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership, made up of Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore (WPB) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), hosted 35 volunteers to install Maryland’s largest public oyster garden at Lighthouse Point Marina.
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Hampton River Oyster Grant to Bring One Million New Oysters and Engage Local Students and Community
September 4, 2024
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today awarded the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) a grant to restore oyster habitat in the Hampton River.
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Tour Norfolk’s Urban Greening Projects That Address Climate Change
August 16, 2024
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) invites the public to enjoy a self-guided, garden-style tour of green infrastructure projects in Norfolk, which create beautiful, natural solutions to flooding and pollution.
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Virginia Beach Panel Tackles Bay Restoration’s Future at Pivotal Crossroads in Forty-Year Effort
August 15, 2024
The future of the Chesapeake Bay’s restoration in Virginia was the focus of the “Beyond 2025: How the Bay Agreement Can Impact Our Community” panel discussion Wednesday in Virginia Beach at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) Brock Environmental Center.
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Keeping West Virginia's Water Wild, Woolly, and Wonderful
August 15, 2024
A West Virginia couple's dedication to protecting the headwaters of the Lost River and reforesting part of their farm are helping downstream brook trout and improving water quality from the headwaters of the Potomac River to the Chesapeake Bay.
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EPA Chesapeake Bay Evaluations Show Need for Action
August 14, 2024
Key states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are not fully on track to meet commitments to reduce pollution to the Bay by 2025, according to evaluations released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Fish for Oyster Restoration in the 2024 Maryland Rod and Reef Slam
August 1, 2024
Registration is now open for one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most unique fishing tournaments—the Maryland Rod and Reef Slam.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Applauds Bay Grasses Continued Recovery
July 31, 2024
Underwater grasses, a key barometer for Chesapeake Bay health, experienced an increase overall this past year, according to the 2023 results of the annual Chesapeake Bay grasses survey released today.
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CBF Rebuilds 3-D Habitat in St. Mary’s River Oyster Sanctuary in Southern Maryland
July 24, 2024
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) Maryland deployed 150 reef balls set with spat, or juvenile oysters, into the St. Mary’s River in southern Maryland.
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NOAA Grant Catalyzes New Phase of Oyster Restoration in Maryland
July 19, 2024
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently announced a $10 million grant for oyster sanctuary reef construction in Maryland.
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CBF Statement on the UMCES 2023 Chesapeake Bay Report Card
July 9, 2024
The health of the Chesapeake Bay has improved to a C+ for the first time in 20 years in the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)’s 2023/2024 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Report Card released today.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Applauds New Pennsylvania Law Requiring Native Vegetation Along State Highways
July 2, 2024
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is applauding the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s passage and Governor Josh Shapiro’s signing this week of a bill that requires the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to plant native vegetation along state highways.
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Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay Expected to Meet 2025 Goal
June 6, 2024
The Chesapeake Bay Program announced today that the goal to restore healthy oyster reefs in 10 Chesapeake Bay tributaries should meet its 2025 deadline.
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‘Experience the Upper Conestoga’ at a Free, Family-Friendly Event During Lancaster Water Week
June 4, 2024
A free, family-friendly event presented by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) on June 12 at Historic Poole Forge will celebrate the Upper Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and a restoration plan to clean and protect it.
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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.
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Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Extend Important Bay Restoration Programs
May 9, 2024
The Senate passed bipartisan conservation legislation last night that includes provisions to extend the life of important Bay restoration programs another five years.
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