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Maryland is regressing on its efforts to mitigate stormwater pollution that flows into the Chesapeake Bay, according to a new report by an environmental…

Fishing

Almost half of all game fish in the Chesapeake Bay’s freshwater lakes, rivers and streams may be unsafe to eat because of high levels…

The Chesapeake Bay will have a smaller “dead zone,” or an area of little to no oxygen, this year, researchers say. When excess nutrients,…

The Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, is a little less healthy than it used to be. Record rainfall upset the salinity balance and…

Late last month, the Trump administration announced that it would ease up on requirements for facilities to monitor and report their pollution during the…

U.S. Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R-Md.) applauded a new Trump administration rule governing the nation’s waterways, saying it will protect farmers from the “costs…

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s elected fiscal watchdog pointed to the Susquehanna River, which empties into the Chesapeake Bay watershed, as one of the casualties…

Maryland lawmakers met with Environmental Protection Agency officials on Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss the status of funding for the Chesapeake Bay. U.S. Sen….

A Senate panel voted today to boost funding for federal Chesapeake Bay programs next year – a reversal from the Trump administration’s effort to…

The Chesapeake Bay states recently released their final Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs), which are federally required to demonstrate how each state will meet its…