CBF's Save the Bay Blog features a range of informative, engaging, and hopeful stories about CBF, our work, and conservation issues of the moment. Read on!
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Fast and Furious in Harrisburg, Annapolis, and Richmond
February 9, 2018
At the dawn of every new year, shortly after the ball drops and the confetti is swept away, our Bay saving efforts kick into another gear. With the new year comes the start of legislative sessions in Maryland and Virginia, and its continuation in Pennsylvania.
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Legislation Can Help Preserve Forests
February 8, 2018
Environmentalists will once again try during the Maryland legislative session to save Maryland’s forests, and save us all millions of dollars in the process.
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This Month on the Bay: Great Blue Herons Prepare for Spring in February
February 7, 2018
The great blue heron was being smart, standing under sheltering pines at the edge of a marsh.
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We're Half Way There: Marli Hickin
February 6, 2018
Widowed with five children, Marli Hickin wondered what do with the family farm.
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Photo of the Week: Sunrise Oystering
February 5, 2018
Saturday morning oystering via hand tonging on the South River.
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This Week in the Watershed: Keep the Cap!
February 2, 2018
Ospreys soaring through the sky, dolphins jumping through the water, and rockfish on your dinner plate. What do these all have in common?
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Atlantic Menhaden Are in Jeopardy Again: What Does It Mean for Stripers?
January 30, 2018
Protecting Atlantic Menhaden is like pushing a rock up a hill, over and over: the threats just keep coming.
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For Critters and Creeks, Salt is Bad Brew
January 29, 2018
Just like too much salt in your diet can be bad for your health, too much salt on our roads and sidewalks can be bad for the health of our rivers and streams.
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VA Localities Must Address Stormwater Runoff
January 25, 2018
Virginia localities need to address stormwater runoff from urban and suburban areas.
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State Program is Cleaning Waterways Across Virginia
January 24, 2018
Clean water is one topic that Virginians of all political stripes agree on.
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Photo of the Week: Quiet Waters
January 22, 2018
As a local, I remember many good times on the Bay: fishing, boating, and water skiing.
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This Week in the Watershed: A United Front
January 19, 2018
In our current polarized and fractured political sphere, it is extremely rare for a clear majority to agree on something. But across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, a diverse coalition is finding common ground on one topic–clean water.
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How About Home-Grown Oysters and Wine?
January 18, 2018
What about a new tradition: home-grown oysters and wine?
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Photo of the Week: Iced in!
January 18, 2018
This photo, taken January 7, 2018, shows the deep freeze that swept across the Bay with Winter Storm Grayson.
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Chillin’ in the Water as They’re Filter Feedin’
January 17, 2018
Check out CBF's Virginia Oyster Restoration Manager, Jackie Shannon, performing her original Oyster Rap!
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This Week in the Watershed: A Bay-Saving Momentum
January 12, 2018
Watch any sporting event long enough and eventually you’ll see an invisible but palpable force seize control of the game.
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Farmer Spotlight: Open Book Farm
January 10, 2018
Nestled contently in Maryland's Middletown Valley lies Open Book Farm. Originally owned by a family that possessed the land since the Revolutionary War, the farm is now trusted to the caring hands of Mary Kathryn (MK) and Andrew Barnet.
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Photo of the Week: Winter Oysters
January 8, 2018
The Bay is our lifeline. It is our recreation, our sustenance, our home.
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This Week in the Watershed: An Unjustifiable Risk
January 5, 2018
Magic happens when fresh and salt water collide. Life explodes in estuaries, as they are some of the most productive ecosystems in the world. We witness this every day in the Chesapeake Bay, North America’s largest estuary.
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This Month on the Bay: The Bay's Bare Bones Are Exposed in January
January 4, 2018
You’ll be surprised at how much you learn about the Chesapeake when its bare bones are showing.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Will Baker to Receive Distinguished Service Award
January 3, 2018
The Award is being given Mr. Baker for the enormous contribution he has made in preserving and improving the health of The Chesapeake Bay, and on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
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Thank You and Happy New Year!
January 2, 2018
2017! It was the best of times. And it was the worst of times.
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CBF's Most Popular Facebook Posts of 2017
December 29, 2017
Take a look back at our most popular Facebook posts of 2017.
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Return to the Bennett Farm
December 28, 2017
State and local elected and conservation officials converged on Toad Hollow Road in Susquehanna County bearing congratulations and keen interest in seeing the Bennett Farm for themselves.
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Photo of the Week: School of Cownose Rays
December 27, 2017
When I think of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, I think of "getting away from it all."
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