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It's Time for Maryland Leaders to Double Down on Support for Restoring the Chesapeake Bay
January 13, 2021
Maryland is at a crossroads in its efforts to meet pollution reduction goals in time for the 2025 bay cleanup deadline.
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CBF's 2020 State of the Bay Score Down Slightly
January 5, 2021
This year, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's assessment of the State of the Bay remained at a D+, but declined by one point from 2018. While concerning, the decline is largely due to ineffective management of the Bay's striped bass population, as opposed to water quality concerns.
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Salt for Snow and Ice: Effects on Waterways Not Very Nice
December 22, 2020
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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On Poultry Pollution, Virginia Misses Opportunity
December 9, 2020
Today, Virginia’s State Water Control Board approved the 10-year general permit for managing waste from poultry farming operations in Virginia.
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CBF Applauds House Passage of Ecosystem Restoration Bill
December 8, 2020
The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, which authorizes ecosystem restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and around the country.
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City of Hampton Fights Flooding with Issuance of Virginia’s First Environmental Impact Bond
December 3, 2020
The City of Hampton closed on Virginia’s first Environmental Impact Bond yesterday, a creative outcomes-based tool to finance $12 million in nature-based solutions to localized flooding as part of its Resilient Hampton initiative.
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$2.7 Million Effort to Help Landowners Plant Tree Buffers across the Upper and Middle James River Watersheds
November 18, 2020
The James River Buffer Program, launched in 2019 for landowners in the Middle James region, is now expanding its reach to landowners in the Upper James region.
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Raiding Dedicated Conservation Funds to Plug the State’s Budget Gap Would Further Damage Pennsylvania’s Environment
November 18, 2020
As Pennsylvania legislators begin looking under the Commonwealth’s cushions for enough spare change to plug a state budget gap that could be higher than $4 billion, they should keep hands off of funds already dedicated to conservation and environmental programs.
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CBF: Talen Energy’s Decision to Stop Burning Coal at Three Power Plants Will Help the Chesapeake Bay
November 11, 2020
The power plants—Brandon Shores and H.A. Wagner in Maryland and Montour in Pennsylvania—plan to cease coal-fired operations by the end of 2025, according to the energy company.
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Advocates for Herring Bay and Chesapeake Bay Foundation Plant about 200,000 Oysters at Sanctuary Reef in Southern Anne Arundel County
November 9, 2020
Inspired by successful efforts in neighboring waters, the Advocates for Herring Bay began restoring the historic Herring Bay Oyster Sanctuary in 2019 with a goal of planting 1 million spat—juvenile oysters—in the sanctuary by the end of 2021.
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Trees? Yes, Please!
November 9, 2020
With the help of a new $2 million grant, we’re working with partners to plant 360 acres of streamside forest buffers, train on-the-ground technicians, and boost local clean water plans in eight Pennsylvania counties.
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Monocacy River Watershed Bolstered by Two Large-Scale Tree Plantings
November 9, 2020
A pandemic couldn’t stop the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and a hearty group of volunteers from planting thousands of trees this fall.
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CBF Suing EPA Will Benefit Pennsylvanians
October 20, 2020
In this season and all going forward, we should remind those elected to serve us and who may have forgotten, that clean water counts in Pennsylvania.
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CBF Applauds Senate Cost-Share Bill That Invests in Clean Water Efforts by Pennsylvania Farmers
September 25, 2020
CBF is applauding new legislation in the state Senate that will offer financial support that farmers in Pennsylvania want and need so they can keep soil on the land, reduce polluted runoff into local streams, and protect their long-term viability.
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CBF Steps up Efforts to Ensure Trees Are Available for Planting
September 24, 2020
CBF, which coordinates the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, is spending about $2.6 million for 710,000 trees, shelters, and stakes to supply plantings through 2022.
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Formerly Redlined Areas of Richmond Are Going Green
September 15, 2020
Excessive heat, discriminative housing practices, and trees are three things that may not immediately seem connected, but in Richmond, Virginia, their connection is coming to light.
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Lynnhaven River Grants Offer Final Funding Needed to Fully Restore Oyster Habitat
September 3, 2020
Two grants of approximately $500,000 each will lead to 15 acres of new Lynnhaven oyster reef stocked with 15 million spat-on-shell oysters.
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Eight Counties to Add Buffers and Advance Their Clean Water Plans with NFWF Grant Awarded to CBF
September 2, 2020
A grant by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will provide nearly $2 million in investments to plant and maintain 360 acres of new trees and boost efforts in eight Pennsylvania counties.
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Time for Pennsylvania to Live up to Promises Made
August 31, 2020
Since more than half of the freshwater that pours into the bay comes from the Susquehanna River, saving the Bay is only possible if we first save the local Pennsylvania rivers and streams that feed into it.
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Smallmouth Bass are Making a Comeback
August 27, 2020
After years of struggling with pollution and disease, some populations of smallmouth bass are making a slow recovery.
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Don’t Let Water Quality Become Another COVID-19 Casualty
August 18, 2020
During the legislative special session this month, Virginia legislators should continue to provide robust support for programs that reduce algae-feeding pollution from stormwater, agriculture and sewage treatment plants.
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Maryland Counties Continue Push to Protect Forests as State Regulations Age
August 13, 2020
In the past year, elected officials in Anne Arundel, Howard, and Frederick County have all increased forest protections.
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Agriculture Cost-Share Program Taking Root in Pennsylvania
August 12, 2020
A proposed program aims to help Pennsylvania farmers and bring the state back on track toward meeting its clean water goals.
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CBF Praises House Investments in 2021 Bay Oyster Restoration and Environmental Education
July 31, 2020
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation welcomed today’s vote in the House of Representatives for fiscal year 2021 spending plans that include funding for oyster restoration through the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Bay watershed education program.
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States File Suit Challenging Clean Water Permitting Rollback
July 21, 2020
Today the attorneys general of Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and New York joined other states in filing a suit challenging the weakened water quality permitting rule recently finalized by the Trump Administration.
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