Politics

This Week in the Watershed: 7 Tips for a Bay-Friendly Thanksgiving

November 16, 2018

It's hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is just around the corner. As you prepare for the annual feast with family and friends, there are things you can do to help save the Bay and its rivers and streams.
This Week in the Watershed: The Bay Ballot

November 2, 2018

Tuesday's elections may determine the success or failure of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup.
This Week in the Watershed: Your Air at Risk

October 26, 2018

Most living creatures, whether they walk, swim, or crawl, are harmed by poor air quality. And if the EPA rolls back two critical Clean Air Act initiatives, our climate, health, and water quality could suffer.
This Week in the Watershed: Resisting Rollbacks

October 5, 2018

It was less than a generation ago that America was confronted with the consequences of the degradation of the environment.
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.
This Week in the Watershed: A Bay Mutiny

July 20, 2018

In 1608, during the first exploration of the Chesapeake Bay by European settlers, it was Captain John Smith who led the way. Of the countless voyages throughout this national treasure since, it's a safe bet that most had a captain.
This Week in the Watershed: Best Bang for Our Buck

July 6, 2018

The least expensive ways to fight pollution also targets the largest source of pollution—agricultural runoff.
Democracy in Action

April 18, 2018

When the new federal funding bill was signed into law a couple weeks ago, it wasn't an accident that it fully supported EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program—a critical piece of Chesapeake restoration.
This Week in the Watershed: A Disappearing Act

April 13, 2018

After months of meetings, letters, phone calls, and emails, it looked like we were going to take a step, albeit it a small one, towards strengthening Maryland’s outdated Forest Conservation Act. Until the legislation disappeared.
This Week in the Watershed: Unfinished Business

April 6, 2018

It’s an exciting time on the Bay and its rivers and streams. Ospreys are back, flora is beginning to bloom, and the days are lengthening. And in Richmond and Annapolis, activity is beginning to wind down in the halls of its Capitols.
Taxpayers Fund What Nature Does for Free

March 15, 2018

Charles County taxpayers are spending millions to reduce a type of water pollution that forests filter for free.
Virginia Advocates Storm Capitol Hill

March 7, 2018

Last week, over 20 outstanding volunteers from across the Commonwealth of Virginia ditched their waders and headed to Washington, D.C. to meet with their representatives and discuss all the great projects the Chesapeake Bay Program supports in their districts.