Our Stories

Our Save the Bay Blog features a range of informative, engaging, and hopeful stories about CBF, our work and people, and conservation issues of the moment. Read on!

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  • Stormwater

    Recently President Trump took aim at the Chesapeake Bay. Perhaps just as concerning, he urged states to backtrack on one of Maryland’s fastest growing challenges: flooding and pollution from stormwater.

    Allison Colden, Ph.D.
  • Water Quality

    The Chesapeake Bay scored a “C+” in the latest report card released by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences. It’s the best grade in 40 years, but there’s more to the story.

    Codi Yeager
  • Stormwater

    Pennsylvania has long rallied communities to protect our rivers and streams, which is why the President’s recent executive order aimed at reversing clean water protections is so hard to understand.

    Harry Campbell
  • For decades, the Wheelabrator incinerator has severely threatened the health and wellbeing of nearby communities and poisoned South Baltimore’s air and water.

    Valerie DiMarzio
  • Recent decisions in the nation’s capital will have lasting impacts on restoration work across the watershed. Find out the latest news and how you can help.

    Annabelle Harvey
  • Deale Library’s ‘Save the Bay’ story time launched a unique partnership with CBF’s new Truman Oyster Center that will propel local oyster restoration in Maryland.

    Valerie DiMarzio
  • This month we bring you a special menhaden edition to our Save the Bay newsletter. We explore why this tiny fish is so critical to…

  • Menhaden

    Some of the Chesapeake Bay’s best fishermen—osprey—are sending a loud warning: There aren’t enough fish in the Bay. It’s time to act.

    Will Poston
  • Learn Outside

    When teacher Karen Earp first joined one of CBF’s professional learning courses on Smith Island, she had recently learned she was pregnant. Nearly 30 years later, she and her daughter—now a teacher herself—returned together.

    Kathlean Davis

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