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Centre County 7th-Graders Learn About Water Quality in Their Own Backyards and the Bay
May 10, 2018
It was a wet and wild day of outdoor learning at Fox Gap Rod & Gun Club in Centre County, 30 miles east of State College.
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3,000 Bushels of Oyster Shell Needed by July to Bring Back Virginia Reefs
May 10, 2018
(VIRGINIA)—Restaurants and seafood lovers are urgently needed to help provide the 3,000 bushels of oyster shells needed by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation this year to build new oyster reefs.
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CBF Issues Statement on Winter Crab Dredge Survey Results
May 9, 2018
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation Senior Regional Ecosystem Scientist Chris Moore issued this statement following the release of the Winter Crab Dredge Survey results.
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This Month on the Bay: A Mahogany Tide in May
May 9, 2018
Mahogany tides are natural occurrences, but a bloom as widespread and deep as the one that came this week is a serious reminder of how much we have overfertilized our waters with nitrogen and phosphorus.
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In the Path of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
May 8, 2018
Water is life, and clean, abundant water is our right.
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Photo of the Week: Headed Fishing
May 7, 2018
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This Week in the Watershed: A Big Dam Problem
May 4, 2018
It's not often you can see water pollution from space. But a well-known image following Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 has a long, complicated story to tell.
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Thirty Years of Stewardship
May 3, 2018
On a cold night in January 1989, I gathered 12 friends of mine together. Plastic bags, fishing line, cigarette butts, and heaps of other trash were defiling our waterways. And we wanted to do something about it.
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A Good Tree to Lean On
May 2, 2018
As a couple, we have been members of Branch's Baptist Church in Richmond and active in the Spanish-speaking congregation for over a decade.
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El que a Buen Árbol se Arrima, Buena Sombra le Cobija
May 2, 2018
Como pareja, hemos sido miembros de la Iglesia Bautista Branch's en Richmond y activos en el ministerio de habla hispana por más de una década.
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A Powerful New Restoration Tool for the Bay
May 1, 2018
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–a key federal partner in the Chesapeake Bay Program–recently gave Capitol Hill a sneak peek at a unique and powerful new federal restoration tool that will be unveiled on May 31: the Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Plan.
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Photo of the Week: Castle Life
April 30, 2018
The Bay is a place mankind should act like a polite guest.
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CBF Comments on EPA Changes to Coal Ash Rules
April 30, 2018
(RICHMOND, VA)—As the Environmental Protection Agency considers changes to federal rules governing the disposal of coal ash, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation today filed written comments expressing concerns that the proposed revisions could increase risks from coal ash.
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This Week in the Watershed: 10 Million Keystone Trees
April 27, 2018
Pennsylvania's waters might not contain blue crabs, oysters, or other iconic Chesapeake Bay critters, but with more than 50 percent of the Bay's freshwater flows coming from the Susquehanna River, the Keystone State determines the health of the Chesapeake.
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CBF Applauds Hogan Administration for Holding Exelon Accountable for Its Share of Conowingo Clean-Up
April 27, 2018
(ANNAPOLIS,MD)—Alison Prost, Acting Vice President of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, issued this statement following Maryland’s issuance today of a Water Quality Certification to Exelon Generation Company LLC to operate the Conowingo Dam for the next 50 years.
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T.O. Longest & Sons: Dressing the Land for the Long Haul
April 26, 2018
(DRAGONVILLE, VA)—Tommy Longest and his son-in-law, Kevin Norman, produce corn and no-till soybeans on about 4,000 acres (2,100 in corn) of land in King & Queen County, VA, between Dragon Run (the headwaters of the Piankatank River) and the Mattaponi River.
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CBF Experiment: A Large Man-Made Oyster Reef That Revives the Dead Zone
April 25, 2018
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—The Chesapeake Bay Foundation today began a first-of-its kind experiment in Maryland: build and monitor a giant man-made oyster reef to test whether such reefs can break up dead zones of low oxygen.
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2018 Future Harvest CASA Conference: Helping the Next One in Line
April 25, 2018
Vincent Matanoski is a beginning farmer. He’s looking to learn.
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Statewide Partnership Launches Major Effort to Plant 10 Million Trees, Clean up Pennsylvania Waters
April 24, 2018
(HARRISBURG, PA)—National, state, and local partners gathered on a Lancaster County farm Tuesday for the announcement of one of Pennsylvania’s most ambitious, collaborative, and challenging efforts to restore and protect its rivers and streams – the planting of 10 million trees by the end of 2025.
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CBF Issues Statement On New Record Bay Grass Acreage
April 24, 2018
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)--The Chesapeake Bay Program announced today that in 2017 Bay grasses covered almost 105,000 acres, a new record.
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Announcing the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership
April 24, 2018
This morning, a coalition of national, state, and local partners announced one of Pennsylvania's most ambitious, collaborative, and challenging efforts to restore and protect its rivers and streams—the planting of 10 million trees by the end of 2025.
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This Week in the Watershed: The Biggest Ever
April 20, 2018
A recently released study found that not only are Bay grasses flourishing, but the comeback of grasses is one of the few places on Earth where ecological improvements are a direct result of human efforts to reduce pollution.
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A Common Thread: Prof. Ken Halanych and His Chesapeake Inspiration
April 19, 2018
A self-proclaimed “Baltimorean,” Prof. Ken Halanych grew up on and around the Chesapeake Bay.
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CBF Seeking Oyster Gardeners in Virginia
April 18, 2018
(VIRGINIA BEACH, VA)—The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is holding oyster gardening workshops this June on the Eastern Shore and in Hampton Roads, the Northern Neck, and Middle Peninsula that allow volunteers to support efforts by the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance to add 10 billion new oysters to the Bay by 2025.
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Former Riverkeeper Tom Leigh to Help Eastern Shore Localities Reduce Pollution
April 18, 2018
(EASTON, MD)—Tom Leigh, a former local Riverkeeper and Chesapeake Bay Trust program director, has been hired as a clean water expert to counsel multiple Eastern Shore localities.
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