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Federal Funding Freeze for Pennsylvania Farmers Is a Blow to Momentum for Cleaner Waterways

April 1, 2025

The federal government has frozen grants awarded to Pennsylvania farmers, leaving behind unpaid contracts, people out of work, and obstacles to reducing pollution to local waters and the Chesapeake Bay.

An "Amazing Gift" of Land Conservation

March 31, 2025

How a WILD grant helps protect land, create legacy, and complete a conservation puzzle in West Virginia’s Potomac River headwaters. As Congress goes through the appropriations process in the coming months, we must remember how vital this federal funding is.

Save the Bay News: Menhaden, the Perfect Classroom, and the Garden that Grew

March 28, 2025

This month's newsletter features a range of stories from menhaden to environmental literacy to the flurry of environmental deregulations, layoffs, and funding freezes and what that means for the Bay. Read on.

We Must Go On

March 24, 2025

I had the opportunity to speak with Senator Tim Kaine at our event “Climate Change: Keeping Our Community Safe and Prosperous” as part of our Brock Climate Lecture Series.

Our Charge Is Clear: Focus on What People and Nature Need

March 21, 2025

At the very time we need to do more, the latest actions by the Trump administration have created a crisis for the decades-long Bay restoration effort. We cannot and will not stop doing the work that matters.

Virginia Leaves Critically Needed Menhaden Study Plan Unfunded

March 20, 2025

For the second year in a row, after pressure from Omega Protein lobbyists, Virginia refuses to fund a critical study about menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay. Why?

Our Bay, the Perfect Classroom

March 19, 2025

As Virginia teacher Tonya Humphrey knows first-hand, environmental education is critically important to her students and their futures

What’s the State of Bay Restoration 50 Days into the New Administration?

March 14, 2025

CBF’s Federal Director gives a frank update on the current chaos in our nation’s capital and what it means for Bay restoration efforts.

EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Grant Sparks Healthy Living Movement at Richmond Church

March 13, 2025

Second Baptist Church is just one example of a project that improves community, health, and water quality and is only made possible through funding from EPA.

Keep 'Forever Chemicals' Out of Our Water and Food

March 12, 2025

According to a recent Washington Post article, it seems not even our gardens are safe from PFAS contamination, otherwise known as 'forever chemicals.'

“My Voice Was Really Heard”

February 25, 2025

Advocating for strong environmental legislation is an important part of protecting water quality and saving the Bay. Maryland student leaders took time to talk to their local legislators and encourage them to vote favorably on some of this year’s key environmental bills.

Save the Bay News: Fighting for the Bay We Love

February 14, 2025

This special Valentine's edition of our newsletter is all about fighting for the Bay we love. Read on for stories of advocacy, perseverance, and hope in chaotic moments like these.

We Are Built for These Moments

February 13, 2025

It is important to remember that our work is so much bigger than the federal government. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation itself grew from a recognition that government action alone is insufficient to protect our waterways. We are built for these moments.

Knocking on Virginia Lawmakers’ Doors

February 6, 2025

Clean Water Lobby Day in Virginia returns with new faces of a younger generation of Bay stewards fighting for living shorelines, trees, wetlands, and so much more...

The Karen Noonan Center, 30 Years Strong

January 30, 2025

A victim of the Pan Am Flight 103 terrorist bombing over Lockerbie, 20-year-old Karen Noonan was a college student devoted to education and the outdoors. For more than 30 years, her legacy has lived on through this CBF education program.

Endangered Species Listing for Hellbender Is Long Overdue

January 28, 2025

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed listing the Eastern hellbender as an Endangered species. A group of determined young people in Pennsylvania, the original “Hellbender Defenders,” say the recognition is long overdue.

Let's Turn Promises into Progress for the Chesapeake Bay

January 23, 2025

Governor Wes Moore and legislative leaders have an important, though unenviable, task ahead for the remainder of the 2025 General Assembly session: meeting Maryland’s ambitious goals for environmental progress and climate resiliency while navigating a $3 billion budget shortfall.

Delaware Wins with Chesapeake Bay Restoration

January 17, 2025

We urge Meyer and his administration to be strong leaders for clean water and committed Bay restoration partners.

Five Ways We’re Advocating for the Bay in 2025

January 16, 2025

Despite a shift in the political landscape this year, we’re committed as ever to fighting for the Bay in 2025.

Save the Bay Newsletter: The Year’s Best

December 20, 2024

It is no surprise that all of our top stories of 2024 have something to do with the Bay’s extraordinary wildlife.

Restoration Grants do Double for Delaware Town and Bay

December 19, 2024

Projects to fight stormwater runoff and shoreline erosion are all part of the bigger picture in Laurel, Delaware.

Top Five Advocacy Wins for the Bay in 2024

December 17, 2024

Banning toxic pavement sealant in Virginia, requiring native plants along Pennsylvania highways, protecting trees in Maryland...We look back at what our clean water advocates accomplished across the watershed this year.

Salmon in Maryland?

December 16, 2024

There are several factors to consider regarding AquaCon's proposed salmon farm in Cecil County, Maryland.

Oyster Cities and Floating Farms

December 10, 2024

CBF’s Maryland Coastal Resource Scientist Julie Luecke imagines how oyster restoration, aquaculture, and coastal resilience efforts could forge a new symbiosis in the Chesapeake of the 21st century.

Fierce Farmers on Film

December 6, 2024

The recent Firmly Planted film screening event honored Black women who are growing food and communities while inspiring others to preserve their heritage.