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Brian Daniel
Federal investment in large-scale oyster restoration in the Bay's rivers provides support for community efforts and is reaping benefits downstream.
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Pasa Sustainable Agriculture
The federal government has frozen grants awarded to Pennsylvania farmers, leaving behind unpaid contracts, people out of work, and obstacles to reducing pollution to local waters and the Chesapeake Bay.
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Bill Portlock
The Trump administration plans to propose deep budget cuts and program closures at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in its budget for next year. This would devastate NOAA’s work helping to restore the Chesapeake Bay, manage the Bay’s fisheries, and educate the next generation of Bay stewards.
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Joan Smedinghoff/Chesapeake Bay Program
As striped bass prepare to spawn in Maryland and Virginia rivers this month, experts believe the species may benefit from the Chesapeake Bay region’s snowier and colder winter. Historically, cold weather conditions have produced strong year classes of striped bass—when reproduction levels are high and young fish can grow into the large, iconic rockfish targeted by anglers.
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Kenny Fletcher/CBF Staff
The Virginia Senate on Tuesday announced the appointment of Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Virginia Policy Manager Jay Ford to the legislative committee dedicated to addressing recurrent flooding across the Commonwealth.
Read MoreOngoing: Volunteers are invited to join us at Clagett Farm in Maryland. We have opportunities to help plant, weed, and harvest food for our CSA and the surrounding community. We also have opportunities to help care for trees in our tree nursery. See our calendar to register.
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