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Caroline Phillips
This past year, CBF and our partners added millions of baby oysters into Chesapeake Bay waters. Take a look into their journey. You may be surprised the lengths we’ll go to, all for an oyster.
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Jessica Srebroski
CBF President and CEO Hilary Harp Falk addresses why it's important the members of the Chesapeake Executive Council meet in December and recommit to a clean Bay.
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Matt Pluta
To protect the health of residents and waterways, the Caroline County Commission unanimously passed new legislation this week that will strengthen local oversight of storage of food processing residuals, also known as industrial sludge or dissolved air flotation (DAF) material.
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Anglers and Chesapeake Bay supporters had much to celebrate on Sunday, September 15, at the 2024 Maryland Rod & Reef Slam fishing tournament’s closing ceremony at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Philip Merrill Center in Annapolis.
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More than 60 anglers caught nine different species of fish from the Hampton River during the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) Rod and Reef Slam in Hampton Saturday.
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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