CBF's Save the Bay Blog features a range of informative, engaging, and hopeful stories about CBF, our work, and conservation issues of the moment. Read on!
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Chris Ludford of Pleasure House Oysters Talks Clean Water
October 4, 2018
When it comes to clean water, watermen and oyster farmers are on the front line making positive impacts for the Bay and it's rivers and streams.
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Quality Water, Soil, and Sales on the Menu at Field Day on Misty Mountain Farm
October 3, 2018
At Pennsylvania's Misty Mountain Farm, riparian forest buffers, no-till, and cover crop farming techniques improve soil and water quality, leading to success for business and the Bay.
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Small Localities Unite to Tackle Large Stormwater Goals
October 2, 2018
‘Circuit rider’ connects communities across Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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Photo of the Week: The Bay's Nurseries
October 1, 2018
Heron taking flight from Taskinas Creek in York River State Park, Virginia.
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This Week in the Watershed: Living with a Smoker
September 28, 2018
Higher rates of asthma, increased chances of lung cancer, chronic bronchitis. These are just a few of the health impacts caused by the long-term breathing of fine particulate matter.
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Hampton Roads Rain Gardens Flourish
September 26, 2018
Over time, rain gardens fill out and flourish, creating a beautiful spot for the community that also helps the Bay.
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Photo of the Week: Osprey Couple at Sunset
September 24, 2018
Kent Island osprey couple enjoying the sunset on Price Creek in Maryland.
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This Week in the Watershed: Breathe Easy?
September 21, 2018
Most understand that how we treat the land has a direct correlation to the health of our waterways. But often overlooked is the major impact air pollution has on water quality.
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Flood of 10 Million Trees Could Help Offset Impact of Future PA Deluges
September 20, 2018
Veteran newspaper photographer John Pavoncello has been eye-to-eye with all kinds of human drama.
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Set Higher Water Standards to Keep Virginia's Waterways Clean
September 18, 2018
Across the country, harmful algal blooms are making headlines by poisoning waterways, killing fish, and threatening our health.
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Photo of the Week: Tidal Pool Secrets
September 17, 2018
Observing Hughlett Point Nature Preserve tidal pools in Northumberland County, Virginia.
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This Week in the Watershed: Rain Repercussions
September 14, 2018
All eyes are south of the Bay watershed this week, as Hurricane Florence barrels towards the Carolinas. The storm is predicted to cause billions of dollars in damage, with historic flooding and devastating storm surge forecast.
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Chesapeake Born
September 13, 2018
A lifelong Chesapeake waterman, father of nine, World War II vet, teacher, carpenter, farmer, and husband, Nat Jones life is nothing if not rich.
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Already Water-Logged, Chesapeake Braces for Florence and More Rain
September 12, 2018
As Hurricane Florence barrels toward landfall along the Carolina coast, local areas in the Chesapeake region are readying for strong winds and considerable flooding.
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A Call to Action for Hellbenders and Trees
September 11, 2018
There's no denying that I have a greater interest in the happenings in the Pennsylvania State House than my fellow 17 year-olds. But as a member of Pennsylvania's Student Leadership Council, I understand the value of clean water to the Commonwealth and recognize the influence the halls of government in Harrisburg have on our rivers and streams.
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Photo of the Week: Beautiful Kent Island Sunset
September 10, 2018
Sunset captured on an evening walk at Terrapin Beach Park, Maryland.
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This Week in the Watershed: Hellbent on Clean Water
September 7, 2018
The Keystone State is renowned for its abundance of beautiful rivers, streams, and creeks. But roughly 19,000 miles of Keystone State rivers and streams are polluted. And one of its native critters is suffering.
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Photo of the Week: Storm Approaching
September 4, 2018
Beautifully dramatic sky as a storm approaches Spaniards Point on the Chester River in Maryland.
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This Week in the Watershed: Another Chain of Events
August 31, 2018
As we wrote last year at this time, there is no shortage of opportunities to join us in the field, on the water, or in the classroom this fall.
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Now Is Not the Time to Limit Oyster Aquaculture
August 29, 2018
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation opposes the proposal being discussed by St. Mary's County commissioners to institute an 18-month moratorium preventing oyster aquaculture farmers from using docks in the county.
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Trump Plan Endangers Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs
August 28, 2018
It's difficult growing up a crab. Cold winters, predators, dead zones, vanishing habitat — these are just some of the threats a young crustacean faces. And now, a plan by the Trump administration to open the Atlantic seaboard to oil and gas exploration and drilling could upset the already precarious life cycle of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab.
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Photo of the Week: Greetings, Not Nitrogen from Dixie Virginia
August 27, 2018
Tree buffer planting along farms abutting watershed rivers help absorb nitrogen runoff.
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This Month on the Bay: Late Summer Glory in Tidal Fresh Marshes
August 24, 2018
Tidal Fresh sounds like an oxymoron. If a waterway is tidal, its bottom must be below sea level and open to the ocean, so it should be salty. Right? Nope.
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The Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint is Working
August 23, 2018
This is a critical time for bay restoration. At the halfway point between 2010 and 2025 the question is: Are we on track?
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CBF Brings Bedford Farmers to the Bay
August 22, 2018
Last July, 10 farmers from the base of Virginia's Blue Ridge mountains in Bedford County spent an eye-opening weekend on islands in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay during CBF's latest Farmers to the Bay excursion.
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