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Save the Bay News: Living Shorelines, Urban Farms, and People-Centered Conservation
November 16, 2023
This month, we discuss what it means to center people in conservation. When we do it successfully, it not only moves watershed restoration forward, but also builds community.
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Being the Bay’s Voice
November 13, 2023
For nearly two decades, CBF’s Volunteers as Chesapeake Stewards (VoiCeS) program has inspired hundreds of dedicated volunteers to serve their community and the Bay.
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CBF Announces Tola Sanni as New Chief Financial Officer
November 9, 2023
CBF has selected Tola Sanni as its new Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the organization's accounting, payroll, and financial & grant management, and reporting. She also serves as the treasurer of CBF’s Board of Trustees.
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Little Pieces of Life, Green, and Community
November 9, 2023
In building local food systems that support community and environmental wellbeing, small and urban farms have an outsized impact.
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Living Shoreline Builds Resilience—and Community
November 8, 2023
This summer, roughly 90 volunteers from all walks of life came together for 10 weeks to restore waterfront in Portsmouth, Virginia. Community and comradery ensued.
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A Place for People
November 6, 2023
There are more than 18 million people who live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, who don’t all look the same, have the same background, or speak the same language. But we are connected by the right—not the privilege—to clean water.
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Successful Virginia Buffer-planting Program is Worth Replicating in the Farm Bill
November 3, 2023
After just four years, the James River Buffer Program is already responsible for planting more than 900 acres of forested buffers on several dozen properties in the Middle and Upper James River watershed in Virginia.
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Baltimore City Wastewater Treatment Plant Settlement First Step in Reconciling Pollution to the Bay, CBF Says
November 2, 2023
Today, Baltimore City’s Public Works Department agreed to a $4.75 million settlement payment to address pollution from the city-owned Back River and Patapsco wastewater treatment plants.
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Back from the Edge
November 2, 2023
For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has had remarkable success, saving 99 percent of the species on its list. While some species have tragically been lost forever, these three Chesapeake comeback stories give us hope.
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Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winner’s Project Benefits Folks and Feathered Friends
November 1, 2023
Brennan Ka’aihue celebrated winning a 2022 Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Diversity Award with a project that is for the birds.
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Renewal Project Accelerates Restoration Work In Halfmoon and Pequea Watersheds
October 30, 2023
The Halfmoon and Pequea Creek Watersheds Renewal Project, coordinated by CBF, is accelerating progress toward bringing impaired streams in the two Pennsylvania watersheds back to health.
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CBF Issues Statement on Rep. Sarbanes’ Announcement He Will Not Seek Another Term
October 27, 2023
The announcement by U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes that he will not seek another term in the House of Representatives will leave large shoes to fill, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
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Save the Bay News: Healing Headwaters, Pollution Hotspots, and Eating Local
October 27, 2023
The Chesapeake Bay region’s food system profoundly affects the watershed and the people who live here. Our latest newsletter features stories about how to meaningfully address pollution from agriculture—the largest source of pollution to the Bay but also a critical part of our economy and way of life.
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As the Miles of Impaired Waters Increase, CBF Sees Opportunities and Momentum in Pennsylvania
October 27, 2023
On Saturday, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will open for public comment its Draft 2024 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report that identifies 28,820 miles of waterways in the Commonwealth that have been damaged by pollution.
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CBF Applauds House Committee Vote to Advance Bipartisan SEEE Act
October 26, 2023
CBF applauded the House Natural Resources Committee’s approval today of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and boost funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Office and expand environmental education about the Bay.
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What Would a Dream Food System Look Like?
October 23, 2023
CBF's Clagett Farm Vegetable Production Manager Jared Planz discusses the value of eating local.
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CBF Mourns the Loss of Ridge Hall, Environmental Lawyer and Mentor to Many
October 23, 2023
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) joins the Chesapeake Legal Alliance and many others mourning the loss of Ridge Hall, a long-time environmental lawyer and mentor.
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Watershed Out of Balance: How Industrial Agriculture Tips the Scales
October 20, 2023
With intensifying livestock production in places like the Eastern Shore of Maryland, many are finding that conservation practices can’t keep up with pollution.
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ASMFC Releases Addendum II to The Striped Bass Management Plan as Low Numbers Cause Concern
October 19, 2023
As low striped bass numbers in the Chesapeake Bay cause widespread concern, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) yesterday released for public comment a fisheries management plan update that seeks to help rebuild the striped bass population.
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Chesapeake Executive Council Elects MD Gov. Moore to Chair at Pivotal Time
October 19, 2023
The Chesapeake Executive Council, which leads the federal-state Chesapeake Bay restoration partnership, elected Maryland Gov. Wes Moore as its chair at its annual meeting today.
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Tackling Pollution Hotspots
October 18, 2023
CBF’s Brian Gish discusses the pollution challenges in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County and the best way to approach them.
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CBF Testifies in Support of Key House Bill to Bolster Bay Science, Education, and Restoration
October 18, 2023
CBF Maryland Executive Director Allison Colden today urged the House Natural Resources Committee’s Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee to act on bipartisan legislation to support the critical scientific and educational work of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Chesapeake Bay Office.
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Healing the Headwaters
October 16, 2023
How the James River Buffer Program has revolutionized the planting of valuable, pollution-reducing streamside forested buffers.
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Bringing Our Best to the Table
October 13, 2023
Change is a constant opportunity. The best laid plans will inevitably encounter wrenches. It’s how we react to them that matters.
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Save the Bay Magazine - Fall 2023
October 12, 2023
Fall 2023 issue of CBF's "Save the Bay" magazine includes a look at food production in our watershed--agriculture and fisheries and their effect on our environment, our economy, and our health.
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