News

CBF Issues Statement on Nominee Pruitt's Testimony concerning Bay Restoration

January 18, 2017

(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William C. Baker issued this statement following the testimony of EPA Administrator nominee Pruitt concerning Bay restoration efforts.

Streams and Students in Pennsylvania

January 11, 2017

Chesapeake Bay Foundation educators Tom Parke and Emily Thorpe took advantage of an unseasonably warm winter day in Pennsylvania, to wash life vests, check canoes for needed repairs, and reflect on the Susquehanna Watershed Environmental Education Program's (SWEEP) 26th year of connecting students with their local waterways.

Blueprint Progress Drives Improved Bay Health

January 5, 2017

(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—The health of the Chesapeake Bay improved two points (six percent) this year to 34, equivalent to a C-, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's (CBF) biennial State of the Bay report.

CBF Prioritizes Five Pennsylvania Counties to Jumpstart Cleanup Efforts

September 13, 2016

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is calling on Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to focus additional investments in five south-central counties to accelerate pollution reductions from agriculture.

Working With Farmers to Reduce Pollution

A look at how CBF was able to help the Plouse Family Farm implement the best management agricultural practices they always wanted.