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Lisa Caruso/CBF Staff
A plan that started as a way to introduce green infrastructure to reduce polluted runoff into local waterways has attracted residents, visitors, and local businesses.
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Jake Solyst/Chesapeake Bay Program
The Curator of Paleontology at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Maryland talks with us about the marvelous stories fossils tell, what the Chesapeake region’s ancient past can teach us about its future, and the secrets yet to be discovered at Calvert Cliffs.
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John Surrick/CBF Staff
The Chesapeake Bay’s dead zone, a low-oxygen area that can smother underwater life, was about average in size in 2024, according to recently released data.
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Steven Hayre
Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unanimously voted the Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act (S.2620) out of committee. The CNRA would designate a collection of new and existing parks and protected lands along the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal waters in Maryland and Virginia as part of the National Park System.
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Carmera Thomas-Wilhite/CBF Staff
The draft Farm Bill text released by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) contains several provisions the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) supports, including improvements to a key buffer program, strengthening conservation investments in the watershed, and protecting additional funds for climate-smart farming practices.
Read MoreOngoing: Volunteers are invited to join us at Clagett Farm in Maryland on Tuesdays to plant, weed, and harvest food for our CSA and the surrounding community. See our calendar to register.
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