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25 Oct 2017
A Clean Chesapeake Bay Requires a Strong EPA
In September of 1983, the results of a seven-year EPA study of the Chesapeake Bay landed on our respective desks — one of us was the new administrator of EPA, recently appointed by President Ronald Reagan, and the other was the new president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
Topics: Air Pollution, Algal Blooms, Bay Grasses, Blue Crabs, Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Climate Change, Conservation, Dead Zones, Eastern Oysters, Fisheries, Habitat Loss, Sea-Level Rise, Water Quality
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20 Oct 2017
This Week in the Watershed: The Bay's Bread and Butter
There are only a few days left to help the most important fish in the sea.
Topics: Advocacy, Conservation, Fisheries, Fishing
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17 Oct 2017
Summer Learning Experience for Student Leaders Was a Time for Looking Forward
Emma Stone, a Pennsylvania high school student, shares a journal of her experiences this summer on CBF's "50 Forward" program—a six-day summer course with that celebrated CBF's first half-century of commitment to saving the Bay and local rivers and streams, and inspired the next generation to continue those efforts.
Topics: Education, Fun, Student Leadership
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13 Oct 2017
This Week in the Watershed: Toxic Clouds
At first glance, emissions from a coal-fired power plant in Kentucky, Indiana, or Tennessee would seem completely unrelated to the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: Advocacy, Air Pollution, Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Conservation
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29 Sep 2017
This Week in the Watershed: If You Build It They Will Come
It goes without saying, but the Bay looked awfully different when Captain John Smith first navigated its waters in 1608. The journals of Smith reveal a Bay bursting with life.
Topics: Advocacy, Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Community, Conservation, Eastern Oysters, Fisheries, Fishing, Food and Drink, Fun, Habitat Loss, Water Quality
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22 Sep 2017
This Week in the Watershed: From Trash Pits to Oyster Reefs
Archaeologists can learn a lot about a civilization by looking in one place–the trash pit.
Topics: Advocacy, Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Community, Conservation, Eastern Oysters, Fishing, Food and Drink, Fun, Habitat Loss, Water Quality
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15 Sep 2017
This Week in the Watershed: Menhaden’s Moment
As we've written before, menhaden might not be a common feature on dinner plates, but there's a reason they’re often called "the most important fish in the sea."
Topics: Advocacy, Algal Blooms, Atlantic Menhaden, Fishing
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08 Sep 2017
This Week in the Watershed: A Clean Water Consensus
It’s no secret we’re living in an era of division. On what feels like every issue, consensus is avoided like the plague. But despite this current political climate, we can all agree that clean water crosses party lines.
Topics: Advocacy, Community, Politics, Water Quality