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08 Feb 2019
This Week in the Watershed: Forest Fervor
We are losing our forests at an alarming rate throughout the watershed.
Topics: Advocacy, Conservation, Habitat Loss, Land Use, Politics, Runoff Pollution, Smart Growth, Sprawl, Trees, Water Quality
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01 Feb 2019
This Week in the Watershed: Salty Solutions
As another polar vortex pays an unwelcome visit to our region, the salt trucks are out in full force. And the thousands of tons of salt spread on our roads and sidewalks can have harmful effects on the health of our rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: Algal Blooms, Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Dead Zones
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30 Jan 2019
Runoff Fees Support Solutions to Local Pollution, Flooding
On behalf of the conservation community, I extend my sincerest apologies. Collectively we have failed you, the public, on communicating what science has shown us: that our stormwater infrastructure is failing and it's polluting the water we drink, fish and recreate in.
Topics: Community, Restoration, Trees, Water Quality
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25 Jan 2019
This Week in the Watershed: Charting Our Course
Our members are the lifeblood of everything we do. And now we want to hear from you.
Topics: Dead Zones, State of the Bay, Volunteers
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24 Jan 2019
Top Five Things You Always Wondered About Winter on the Chesapeake
It's the heart of winter—an unusual time on the Chesapeake of darker, shorter days, low tides, and blistery cold weather. But just how exactly do things change on the Bay during the winter season, and more importantly, why? Here are answers to some of those burning questions you've always had but never asked about wintertime on the Chesapeake.
Topics: Fun
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23 Jan 2019
What Does the Government Shutdown Mean for the Bay?
5 Things You Should Know.
Topics: Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Politics, Runoff Pollution, Water Quality
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15 Jan 2019
2018 State of the Bay: A Stiff Reality Check
A cynic might be tempted to say that our optimism for the Bay a year ago was false, but a clear-eyed optimist will instead look closely at the important scientific signals and watch carefully as 2019 progresses.
Topics: Bay Grasses, Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Climate Change, Conservation, Eastern Oysters, Fisheries, Land Use, Runoff Pollution, State of the Bay, Striped Bass (Rockfish), The Susquehanna River, Water Quality
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11 Jan 2019
This Week in the Watershed: The Wavy Line of Progress
The work to save the Bay and its rivers and streams is not without challenges. And in 2018, one of the greatest challenges came from above–rain, and lots of it.
Topics: Climate Change, Conservation, State of the Bay, Water Quality
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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
