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Stephen Walker
In the past year, elected officials in Anne Arundel, Howard, and Frederick County have all increased forest protections.
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Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
A new report examining the state of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint found promising signs of progress, but serious red flags remain that threaten to derail the restoration effort.
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Nathan Kensinger
For the first time, ASMFC has committed to including Ecological Reference Points—the value of the species to the ecosystem—in its fishery management plans.
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Wikimedia Commons
CBF and the National Parks Conservation Association have filed comments opposing EPA’s reliance on questionable legal authority to create a dangerously unbalanced approach to analyzing the costs and benefits of air pollution limits.
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