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Governor’s office releases data showing a reduction in vacancies on boards and commissions and an increase in diversity.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Hershey Co. on Tuesday pledged $2 million to support Pennsylvania dairy farmers in adopting environmentally friendly practices, part…

A settlement agreement has been finalized in a lawsuit that alleged federal officials weren’t doing enough to stop Chesapeake Bay pollution originating in Pennsylvania….

Oysters

Now is the time for research and answers on all Chesapeake Bay restoration projects regardless of who is doing them and what they say about their efforts.

Officials estimated that the bay now has 227 million crabs. That’s down from the 282 million tallied last year. The all-time high of 852 million crabs came in 1993.

The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant is the site of ongoing illegal discharges into the river.

Oysters

Delmarva Fisheries Association wants to set the story straight with facts, not opinions.

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) traveled to Virginia Beach on Friday for the annual meeting of the Chesapeake Executive Council, a regional policymaking…

Three weeks after the agricultural leaders of the six Chesapeake Bay watershed states urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a regional conservation…

A political consultant warns that proposed development in the town of Trappe could harm the Bay, the climate and the economy.