Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Deborah Starobin Armstrong
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Dawn Sagert
Saving the Bay through education, advocacy, litigation, and restoration.
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John Surrick/CBF Staff
Rising water temperatures are reshaping the watershed and require restoration that takes climate change into account. Here are five things you should know.
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Adaiah Bauer/CBF
What exactly happens on a CBF field experience? CBF Pennsylvania educator Adaiah Bauer walks us through a typical day in the field.
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Craig Caldwell
Following the Talbot County Circuit Court’s dismissal of CBF's challenge to MDE's wastewater treatment permit for the Lakeside at Trappe development, CBF today filed an appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland.
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Krista Schlyer
Between now and Nov. 14, Maryland residents have an opportunity to provide comments to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) concerning a permit that governs how more than 1,400 industrial facilities manage pollution from stormwater runoff.
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Edward Episcopo
CBF urged the White House not to limit the guidance it is drafting on valuing the benefits of healthy ecosystems just to regulatory decisions in comments CBF recently submitted to the Office of Management and Budget.
Read MoreOngoing: Volunteers are invited to join us at Clagett Farm in Maryland on Tuesdays and Fridays to plant, weed, and harvest food for our CSA and the surrounding community. See our calendar to register.
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