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17 Aug 2018
This Week in the Watershed: Wavering Waters
For more than 40 years, CBF Senior Naturalist John Page Williams has explored the many waterways in the Chesapeake Bay, particularly his home Severn River. And despite all that time on the water, he often says, "Every time I go out on my river, I learn something new."
Topics: Bay Grasses, Eastern Oysters, Water Quality
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03 Aug 2018
This Week in the Watershed: A Torrent of Trash
The health of our local waterways and the Bay is often hidden below the surface. But other times, water quality is in plain sight.
Topics: Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Conowingo Dam and
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20 Jul 2018
This Week in the Watershed: A Bay Mutiny
In 1608, during the first exploration of the Chesapeake Bay by European settlers, it was Captain John Smith who led the way. Of the countless voyages throughout this national treasure since, it's a safe bet that most had a captain.
Topics: Bay Grasses, Conservation, Politics, Restoration, Water Quality, What We Have to Lose
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13 Jul 2018
This Week in the Watershed: A Blessing and a Curse
The recent hot and sunny weather throughout the watershed has blessed many of us with picturesque days to swim, fish, or work in our gardens. But this weather isn’t a blessing to some.
Topics: Algal Blooms, Dead Zones, Water Quality
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06 Jul 2018
This Week in the Watershed: Best Bang for Our Buck
The least expensive ways to fight pollution also targets the largest source of pollution—agricultural runoff.
Topics: Conservation, Politics, Water Quality
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29 Jun 2018
This Week in the Watershed: Bay Building Blocks
Speak of the Chesapeake Bay and thoughts of the mighty oyster or beloved blue crab are not far away. These treasured critters are not only delectable but are critical building blocks for the health of the Bay's ecology.
Topics: Blue Crabs, Conservation, Eastern Oysters, Fisheries, Habitat Loss, Restoration, Water Quality
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08 Jun 2018
This Week in the Watershed: Investing in Clean Water
When Virginia's General Assembly adjourned in March, there was one item unresolved. There was deadlock on the state budget. But following a lengthy special session, it's clear there is something legislators all agree on: clean water.
Topics: Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Restoration, Virginia's Agricultural Cost-Share Program, Virginia's Stormwater Local Assistance Fund, Water Quality
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01 Jun 2018
This Week in the Watershed: Halfway There
The history of efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams are riddled with grand promises, high expectations, and missed deadlines. But the story changed when the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint was introduced in 2010.
Topics: Bay Grasses, Blue Crabs, Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Dead Zones, Eastern Oysters, Restoration, Water Quality
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18 May 2018
This Week in the Watershed: A Little Spark
When Robert Dean was planning the first Clean the Bay Day 29 years ago, his greatest worry was getting enough volunteers to leave the comfort of their homes on a Saturday morning to get dirty and tired picking up trash. But he underestimated the love Virginians have for their waterways.
Topics: Atlantic Coast Natural Gas Pipeline, Community, Conservation, Runoff Pollution, Restoration, Water Quality, What We Have to Lose
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16 May 2018
Pennsylvania's Ambitious Antidote for Polluted Streams: 10 Million Trees
Larry Herr's contribution is modest: 50 to 75 new young trees, a biological buffer for Silver Creek, which babbles through 76 rolling acres of his farm in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
Topics: Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Keystone Ten Million Trees Partnership, Trees
What's Up in Pennsylvania
State and federal conservation programs provide critical funding and support to farmers who want to incorporate best management practices such as contour stripcropping (shown here), which keep valuable nutrients on farms and out of local streams and the Bay.
Tim McCabe/NRCS
