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Save the Bay News: Blue Crabs, Baltimore Oysters, and the Impact of Federal Cuts
May 30, 2025
This month's newsletter features a range of stories from a crashing blue crab population to the return of oyster restoration following the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.
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Why Is the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Population Crashing?
May 28, 2025
Blue crab numbers have reached the second-lowest level in 35 years. Here’s what we know, and what we don’t.
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Two Childhoods, One Bay
May 23, 2025
From flaming rivers to cleaner air, explore how 55 years of environmental action—and inaction—shape the world our children inherit.
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There’s No Place Like Home … for Environmental Learning
May 21, 2025
Pennsylvania teachers are getting students outside and learning about their local environment thanks to a NOAA grant. But Trump’s proposed budget cuts threaten to take this critical program away.
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Baltimore Harbor Oyster Sanctuary Now Accepting New Tenants
May 16, 2025
Throughout the decade, students from the Baltimore Lab School have grown approximately 70,295 oysters in the Baltimore Harbor. That number includes over 11,500 oysters the kids planted one day in May.
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The Trees That Never Were
May 13, 2025
Deanne Boyer's plan to plant trees and expand a streamside buffer on her farm would have had multiple benefits. But the federal government stepped in and then stepped out.
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Dangers of a Drought
May 5, 2025
Like many others in Maryland, we've been enjoying what feels like clear blue skies and lush green trees each day this spring. In these pleasant conditions, it can be easy to overlook the fact that the majority of Maryland is actually in an extreme drought—nearly all of the state has been at least abnormally dry since fall of 2024
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Upcoming Menhaden Management Meeting
May 1, 2025
A special Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) workgroup has completed a special report on the connection between osprey nest failures and falling menhaden harvests. What action will the Commission decide to take at its upcoming meeting?
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Save the Bay Blog May 2025
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- Save the Bay News: Blue Crabs, Baltimore Oysters, and the Impact of Federal Cuts
- Why Is the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Population Crashing?
- Two Childhoods, One Bay
- There’s No Place Like Home … for Environmental Learning
- Baltimore Harbor Oyster Sanctuary Now Accepting New Tenants
- The Trees That Never Were
- Dangers of a Drought
- Upcoming Menhaden Management Meeting
- Menhaden Study Delay Leaves Important Questions Unanswered
- Harnessing the "Little Bivalve" to Produce Big Results for the Bay
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