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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Locust Blooms and Other Springtime Delights
May 30, 2017
Between soft crab sandwiches and memorable days on the water, there is much to celebrate in the first peeler run. If we want to keep these runs strong, though, we're going to have to manage our harvests carefully and continue the struggle to restore their underwater grass habitats and the dissolved oxygen they need to keep growing.
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Do Something for Our Waters on Clean the Bay Day
May 30, 2017
Our rivers, beaches, and parks are home to hundreds of species of plants and animals that survive in the river bottom, at the shoreline, and in the trees and shrubs. But there's another population, too — trash.
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This Week in the Watershed: A Budget Battle for the Bay
May 26, 2017
After a brief hiatus, we’re happy to bring back “This Week in the Watershed,” a weekly update on all the happenings around the watershed.
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Gardeners Restore Reefs, Too
May 25, 2017
On a breezy spring day, Claire Neubert hauled a wire cage full of oysters onto her dock on Elizabeth Lake at the top of the Hampton River. This miniature oyster reef was full of life. Barnacles sprouted from shells. Little fish squirmed among the oysters. Tiny crabs crawled into the crevices.
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Top 7 Reasons to Register for Clean the Bay Day
May 24, 2017
The big "Spring Cleaning" of Virginia's waterways—Clean the Bay Day, is less than two weeks away! With only one week remaining to register, there are plenty of reasons to sign up today.
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What's Up with the Federal Budget and the Bay
May 23, 2017
What you need to know about the administration's latest proposed budget and how it will affect Chesapeake Bay restoration.
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Stewards of the Earth
May 18, 2017
Second Baptist Church of South Richmond has a Mission to Feed the Community and Protect Local Waterways.
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Photo of the Week: First Light
May 16, 2017
Looking toward the southeast down Middle River at sunrise [in late December] . . .
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Teamwork Is Needed
May 11, 2017
Alan Girard, CBF's Eastern Shore Director, writes, "This week representatives of six local jurisdictions on Maryland’s Eastern Shore signed off on a proposal to work collaboratively to control polluted runoff – one of the few sources of Bay pollution that’s increasing."
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Top 5 Reasons We Can't Wait for Summer
May 3, 2017
Just 48 days and counting, we can't wait for all the fantastic things to do in the Chesapeake Bay area this summer.
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Photo of the Week: Buckroe Beach
May 1, 2017
I've been a Chesapeake Bay transplant for two years now and am lucky to not only own part of some protected land, but live close enough to enjoy the beach and all it has to offer.
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We're on Spring Break!
April 2, 2017
But don't worry . . . we'll be back real soon to tell more stories of the Chesapeake and how our waters are so important to our health, economy, and way of life.
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What Chesapeake Bay Program Cuts Mean for Pennsylvania
March 29, 2017
It is labeled as the "Chesapeake Bay Program," but it means clean water for Pennsylvania. That's why we're alarmed by the proposed federal budget that would eliminate all funding for this critical program.
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What Chesapeake Bay Program Cuts Mean for Virginia
March 28, 2017
Since the release of the federal budget proposal to eliminate all funding for EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program, we've been getting a lot of questions about what the cuts could mean for Virginia and for CBF.
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90-Year-Old Volunteer to Save the Bay
March 28, 2017
Though Walter Zadan recently celebrated his 90th birthday, the Williamsburg resident keeps up a schedule that is unusual for a nonagenarian.
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Photo of the Week: West River Sunset
March 27, 2017
This photo was taken in Shady Side with a view of the sunset on the West River.
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Five Reasons Why the Chesapeake Bay Program Is Critical to Saving the Bay
March 22, 2017
Last week, the Trump Administration issued a preliminary budget that eliminates all funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP), a critical part of the state/federal partnership to restore the Bay and its rivers and streams.
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Leave Chesapeake Bay Oyster Sanctuaries Alone
March 21, 2017
In the current hostile political climate, we can't seem to agree on any government policy. But that's exactly what happened in Maryland this past month. A poll found about 90 percent of Maryland voters, across party lines, want the state to protect oyster sanctuaries.
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Chesapeake Bay's Future Imperiled
March 20, 2017
I'm angry and I'm upset. President Donald Trump has proposed something terrible. I'm not willing to trade a healthy Chesapeake Bay for a wall on the Mexican border.
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Yard Make-Over at No Cost
March 17, 2017
Residents of Cambridge, this spring you can win an unusual prize: a yard make-over at no cost.
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Tell Your Legislators You Support Efforts to Clean up Water, Bay
March 14, 2017
The Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint is working. By all metrics we are seeing progress.
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Photo of the Week: Doggy in the Window
March 10, 2017
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One-For-One Replanting Bill Will Help Preserve Maryland's Forests
March 9, 2017
Pit a bulldozer against a tree and the tree rarely wins.
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Stand up for Clean Water
March 8, 2017
Now is the time for Pennsylvanians to stand up for clean water and let elected officials know they should make reducing pollution a higher priority.
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Photo of the Week: The River Enriched Us
March 7, 2017
This photo was taken at Church Point in St. Mary's City, Maryland.
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