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2018 Future Harvest CASA Conference: Helping the Next One in Line
April 25, 2018
Vincent Matanoski is a beginning farmer. He’s looking to learn.
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Announcing the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership
April 24, 2018
This morning, a coalition of national, state, and local partners announced one of Pennsylvania's most ambitious, collaborative, and challenging efforts to restore and protect its rivers and streams—the planting of 10 million trees by the end of 2025.
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Statewide Partnership Launches Major Effort to Plant 10 Million Trees, Clean up Pennsylvania Waters
April 24, 2018
(HARRISBURG, PA)—National, state, and local partners gathered on a Lancaster County farm Tuesday for the announcement of one of Pennsylvania’s most ambitious, collaborative, and challenging efforts to restore and protect its rivers and streams – the planting of 10 million trees by the end of 2025.
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CBF Issues Statement On New Record Bay Grass Acreage
April 24, 2018
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)--The Chesapeake Bay Program announced today that in 2017 Bay grasses covered almost 105,000 acres, a new record.
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This Week in the Watershed: The Biggest Ever
April 20, 2018
A recently released study found that not only are Bay grasses flourishing, but the comeback of grasses is one of the few places on Earth where ecological improvements are a direct result of human efforts to reduce pollution.
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A Common Thread: Prof. Ken Halanych and His Chesapeake Inspiration
April 19, 2018
A self-proclaimed “Baltimorean,” Prof. Ken Halanych grew up on and around the Chesapeake Bay.
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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.
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Centre County High School Students to Learn About Water Quality in Their Own Backyards and the Bay
April 18, 2018
(HARRISBURG, PA)–Fox Gap Rod & Gun Club will become an outdoor classroom where 90 seventh-graders from Penns Valley High School will learn about water quality in their own Centre County backyards at Elk Creek Field Day on April 30.
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CBF Seeking Oyster Gardeners in Virginia
April 18, 2018
(VIRGINIA BEACH, VA)—The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is holding oyster gardening workshops this June on the Eastern Shore and in Hampton Roads, the Northern Neck, and Middle Peninsula that allow volunteers to support efforts by the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance to add 10 billion new oysters to the Bay by 2025.
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Former Riverkeeper Tom Leigh to Help Eastern Shore Localities Reduce Pollution
April 18, 2018
(EASTON, MD)—Tom Leigh, a former local Riverkeeper and Chesapeake Bay Trust program director, has been hired as a clean water expert to counsel multiple Eastern Shore localities.
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Photo of the Week: The Hopeful and the Doomed
April 16, 2018
I wander the Chesapeake Bay beaches more than any other destination lately.
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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.
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This Month on the Bay: Springtime Silver in the Rivers in April
April 12, 2018
In the spring, our Chesapeake swells with silver: shad and river herring.
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CBF Statement on Precedent-Setting Virginia Poultry Permits
April 12, 2018
(RICHMOND, VA)—Virginia's State Water Control Board today in a 5-0 vote approved permits for three Virginia poultry operations.
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We're Half Way There: Cros-B-Crest Farm
April 11, 2018
(Staunton, VA)—Jimmy Crosby doesn't take a lot of ”bull” when it comes to his soil health.
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9 Reasons Spring Is Amazing
April 10, 2018
Planting trees, sailing boats, picking strawberries, celebrating Earth Day, there are so many reasons spring may be the very best season on the Chesapeake Bay!
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CBF Statement on Fones Cliffs Developer Violations
April 9, 2018
(RICHMOND, VA)—Last week, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued a second notice of violation to Virginia True Corporation, the Fones Cliffs developer.
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Photo of the Week: Sailor's Hat
April 9, 2018
One lifetime is not enough to explore the Bay and its tributaries.
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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.
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We're Half Way There: Windy Hill Farm
April 5, 2018
(Swoope, VA)—"It's February and I've still got grass!" Scott Miller exclaimed.
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CBF Statement on Governor Northam Order to Strengthen Natural Resources Agencies
April 4, 2018
(LEXINGTON, VA)—Today Virginia Governor Ralph Northam committed to supporting an increase that would triple Virginia’s natural resources funding.
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Chesapeake Farm Heroes: Mt. Nebo Farms, Accomack Co., VA
April 4, 2018
Lynn Gayle and his son, Sands, farm a wide range of fields in Accomack County, Virginia, from their home base near Onancock.
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A First of Its Kind Project
April 2, 2018
Exciting news! Last week, in a first of its kind project in Maryland, the City of Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay Foundation announced a new strategy for improving neighborhoods while reducing water pollution at the same time.
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CBF Issues Statement Following EPA Vehicle Emissions Roll-back Announcement
April 2, 2018
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Today EPA announced efforts to roll back greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards for automobiles. After the announcement, Alison Prost, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Interim Vice President for Environmental Protection and Restoration, issued the following statement.
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This Week in the Watershed: Embracing Innovation
March 30, 2018
Every day we all witness a growing threat to the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams.
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