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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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CBF Statement on Richmond's Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
May 5, 2017
(RICHMOND, VA)—Today the City of Richmond marked the completion of a multi-year effort to significantly reduce nutrient pollution discharged into the James River by the city's wastewater treatment plant.
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CBF Issues Statement Following Passage of Funding for Bay Restoration
May 4, 2017
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William C. Baker issued this statement after Congress approved funding in support of Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts for the remainder of the 2017 fiscal year.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Statement on Opening Atlantic Coast to Offshore Drilling
April 28, 2017
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation Vice President Kim Coble issued the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Administration has proposed opening areas of the Atlantic coast to offshore oil and gas drilling.
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CBF Issues Statement on New, Record Bay Grasses Acreage
April 27, 2017
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—The Chesapeake Bay Program today released the results of the 2016 Bay grasses survey, which found a new record number of acres of habitat essential for many of the Bay's living creatures.
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Statement on Governor Signing Bill to Fix Alexandria's Combined Sewer System
April 21, 2017
(RICHMOND, VA)—Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed legislation today that will require Alexandria to upgrade its outdated combined sewer system by 2025.
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CBF: Annual Crab Survey Numbers Suggest Need to Maintain Regulations
April 19, 2017
(RICHMOND, VA)—Chris Moore, Senior Scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, issued this statement today following the release of the annual Winter Crab Dredge Survey in Maryland and Virginia.
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CBF Issues Statement on the Importance of the Federal Partnership in Continuing Bay Recovery
April 17, 2017
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William C. Baker issued the following statement on the importance of maintaining a federal partnership as the Bay continues to improve.
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Oyster Reports Show Restoration Efforts Are Working, but Much Work Remains
April 13, 2017
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Allison Colden, Maryland Fisheries Scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, issued this statement following the release today of reports outlining the progress made by Maryland and Virginia in recent years to increase significant acreage of oyster reefs.
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CBF Statement on Rep. Scott Taylor Letter Supporting Bay Program Funding
March 29, 2017
(RICHMOND, VA)—Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Virginia Beach) urged full funding for the EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program in a letter yesterday to key House appropriators.
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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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CBF Statement on Proposals for Addressing Alexandria's Combined Sewer System
March 28, 2017
(RICHMOND, VA)—Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has proposed giving Alexandria until as late as 2030 to address upgrades to its outdated combined sewer system, which sends untreated sewage into waterways and jeopardizes human health and water quality.
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CBF Issues Statement on Elimination of Funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program
March 16, 2017
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William C. Baker issued the following statement concerning President Trump's proposed budget, which eliminates funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program.
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CBF Issues Statement on OMB Proposal to Cut Bay Restoration Funding
March 2, 2017
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Following reports in the Washington Post today of the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposal to cut Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding in support of the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint, Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William C. Baker issued the following statement.
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Virginia Budget Supports Farm Conservation Practices
February 27, 2017
(RICHMOND, VA)—Over the weekend Virginia's legislators approved a budget that includes an investment of about $17 million in fiscal year 2018 in Virginia's agricultural cost-share program.
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Conservation Efforts Support Healthier Farms, Cleaner Water
February 17, 2017
Until last year, cattle would wade into streams and ponds to cool off on David Surratt's farm in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Speaking up for Clean Water
February 15, 2017
Just eleven years after Captain John Smith led the original exploration of the Chesapeake Bay, the Western Hemisphere's oldest legislative body was founded when Virginia's House of Burgesses met in 1619.
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Clean Water Remains a Priority
February 9, 2017
If you talk to longtime residents of Hampton Roads, you will hear stories about how waterways are starting to show signs that they may be on the mend.
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CBF Statement on Virginia House and Senate Budgets
February 7, 2017
(RICHMOND, VA)—In separate proposed fiscal year 2018 budgets released Sunday, the Virginia Senate Finance Committee and House Appropriations committee both supported funding for the Commonwealth's agricultural cost-share program.
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Statement on Virginia General Assembly Resolution Commending CBF on Its 50th Anniversary
January 31, 2017
(RICHMOND, VA)—On the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates today, legislators presented the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) with a resolution commending CBF on its 50th anniversary.
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CBF Issues Statement on Nominee Pruitt's Testimony concerning Bay Restoration
January 18, 2017
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William C. Baker issued this statement following the testimony of EPA Administrator nominee Pruitt concerning Bay restoration efforts.
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Blueprint Progress Drives Improved Bay Health
January 5, 2017
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—The health of the Chesapeake Bay improved two points (six percent) this year to 34, equivalent to a C-, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's (CBF) biennial State of the Bay report.
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