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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Atlantic Menhaden Need More Protection
September 20, 2017
We are all bound together in a mind-bogglingly complex web of life, in which what happens to one species affects multiple others. Yet up to now, we have governed many of our natural resources in a vacuum called single-species management.
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This Week in the Watershed: Menhaden’s Moment
September 15, 2017
As we've written before, menhaden might not be a common feature on dinner plates, but there's a reason they’re often called "the most important fish in the sea."
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This Week in the Watershed: A Clean Water Consensus
September 8, 2017
It’s no secret we’re living in an era of division. On what feels like every issue, consensus is avoided like the plague. But despite this current political climate, we can all agree that clean water crosses party lines.
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Inadequate Funding for Clean Water Threatens the Livelihoods of Workers and Families
September 5, 2017
As Pennsylvania considers yet another budget that does not adequately fund efforts to clean up its rivers and streams, the federal House Appropriations Committee has approved a spending bill that would cut support for the Chesapeake Bay Program from $73 million to $60 million.
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This Week in the Watershed: A Chain of Events
September 1, 2017
Here at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, we're often asked, "What can I do to help save the Bay?" While there isn't just one answer to that question, one of my favorite idioms is relevant—90 percent of life is showing up.
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A Bay Saver's Brew: Turning Rainwater into Beer
August 16, 2017
Virginia's Beach's Pleasure House Brewing and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation have teamed up to brew a one-of-a-kind beer using rainwater collected at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center.
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Photo of the Week: After Storm Beauty on the Rhode
August 15, 2017
The brilliant sky after a storm passed through the Ivy Neck Farm area on Maryland's Rhode River.
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This Week in the Watershed: A Silver Bullet Illusion
August 11, 2017
We’ve said it before, but complex problems require complex solutions.
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Outdoor Learning Is Important for next Generation of Leaders
August 10, 2017
For children growing up today with much more technology than I had, it’s hard to overstate the importance of learning outside
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Stewarding the Land
August 8, 2017
Visitors on hay wagons rode through rolling hills of corn, cover crops, and contour strips under a blazing sun in Juniata County, to get a close look and learn about conservation efforts through farmers’ eyes.
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Federal Support Is Essential for Cleaner Waterways
August 7, 2017
There is no doubt about it. It has been hot in Virginia this summer. Fortunately, in Hampton Roads when the temperature soars we can take to the water to beat the heat.
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Photo of the Week: High Tide Nourishment
August 1, 2017
Canada geese at low tide in Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve In Northumberland County, Virginia.
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Rep. Taylor On Our Side
July 24, 2017
All of us who love the Chesapeake Bay breathed a sigh of relief when Rep. Scott Taylor recently went to bat for the bay in Congress.
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One Amazing Week and the Next 50 Years
July 21, 2017
"Education is the best long-term investment in the Chesapeake Bay." After gathering student leaders from across the watershed for a week of hands-on Bay education, these words by CBF President Will Baker ring true.
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Claw and Order: How Are the Crabs Doing?
July 19, 2017
Welcome to the dog days of summer! Around the Chesapeake Bay, this is also crab feast season.
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Sweet (Bipartisan) Success with Sewage
July 18, 2017
It's not often you see people this excited about a sewage plant.
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This Week in the Watershed: Flipping the Script
July 14, 2017
When an anniversary or milestone approaches, the natural inclination is often to reflect on the past. As CBF celebrates its 50th anniversary, we’re flipping the script—what better way to celebrate than to engage with the next generation and hear their thoughts on what it will take to save the Bay.
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Photo of the Week: Marsh Dinner
July 11, 2017
A young heron feeding in the marsh around Salt Ponds in Hampton, VA.
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Celebrating 50 Years with Student Leaders
July 10, 2017
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has been working for 50 years to Save the Bay by partnering with leaders nationally, regionally, and locally in our communities.
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US Funds for Wildlife Programs Should Not Be Cut
July 6, 2017
Thank you, to the Gazette-Mail, for the story about how the federal government is partnering with private landowners to restore trout streams in West Virginia.
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A Cleaner Hampton River at Risk
July 5, 2017
Across the city of Hampton, people are pitching in to clean up the Hampton River.
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This Week in the Watershed: Pride or Disgrace
June 30, 2017
It has been several months since the Trump administration proposed its federal budget, but we are still aghast at the draconian cuts to Bay cleanup programs.
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Under the Microscope: Science the Source of Solutions
June 27, 2017
As a young boy, my curiosity about the woods, critters and water of the Back Mountain region of northern Luzerne County made for an exciting and formative time.
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Brewing for the Bay
June 23, 2017
When you think of a farm, you might imagine a picturesque barn with rolling hills dotted with cows or perfect, straight rows of tomatoes.
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Catch the Last Two Clean Water Concerts
June 22, 2017
As the first official day of summer arrives, so do the final two Clean Water Concert Series performances.
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