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  • Oyster Cities and Floating Farms

    December 10, 2024

    CBF’s Maryland Coastal Resource Scientist Julie Luecke imagines how oyster restoration, aquaculture, and coastal resilience efforts could forge a new symbiosis in the Chesapeake of the 21st century.

  • Fierce Farmers on Film

    December 6, 2024

    The recent Firmly Planted film screening event honored Black women who are growing food and communities while inspiring others to preserve their heritage.

  • 'Get Real' When Considering a Christmas Tree

    December 2, 2024

    When considering a Christmas tree this holiday season, “getting real” helps the environment and local economy at the same time.

  • Turning the Tide on the Chesapeake Bay: Giving Thanks for Pennsylvania’s Progress and a New Opportunity for Leadership

    November 27, 2024

    An unprecedented period of cooperation between two gubernatorial administrations, legislative leaders, farmers, local governments and countless volunteers is leading to cleaner water in Pennsylvania’s rivers and streams as well as the Chesapeake Bay.

  • Bay Connection Helps Small Delaware Town Afford Big Redevelopment Plans

    November 20, 2024

    A plan that started as a way to introduce green infrastructure to reduce polluted runoff into local waterways has attracted residents, visitors, and local businesses.

  • Megalodon Teeth and the Ancient Chesapeake Bay: An Interview with Dr. Stephen Godfrey

    November 15, 2024

    The Curator of Paleontology at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Maryland talks with us about the marvelous stories fossils tell, what the Chesapeake region’s ancient past can teach us about its future, and the secrets yet to be discovered at Calvert Cliffs.

  • A Surprising Spot to Learn at Sea

    November 8, 2024

    High school students who had been sailing off the Atlantic coast for weeks with the Sea Education Association made an unexpected but inspiring stop in Baltimore Harbor to learn with CBF.

  • What Comes Next for Striped Bass?

    November 5, 2024

    As migrating striped bass prepare for their annual journey south from New England to their overwintering waters off the Mid-Atlantic, fishery managers are also considering big moves. In October, two major barometers of the population’s health were released. Neither painted a rosy picture.

  • Save the Bay News: A Blue Crab Mystery, Striped Bass in Trouble, and Our Amazing Volunteers

    October 24, 2024

    This month, we’ve compiled highlights from our fall Save the Bay magazine, including stories on blue crabs, volunteers, and the future of the Bay partnership.

  • The Watershed’s Grand Experiment

    October 21, 2024

    After 40 years at the cutting edge of environmental restoration, can the Chesapeake Bay Partnership again reinvent itself in time to save the Bay in the 21st Century?

  • Choose to Make a Difference

    October 18, 2024

    CBF Maryland Oyster Restoration Coordinator Kellie Fiala shares her experience pursuing a career in the environment. Find out more about environmentally focused education.

  • A Blue Crab Mystery

    October 17, 2024

    The population isn’t crashing, but it isn’t exactly thriving either. What’s going on?

  • All for Clean Water

    October 15, 2024

    Our volunteers are the backbone of everything we do. From growing oysters to planting trees to speaking with legislators, CBF volunteers are committed to saving the Bay in any way they can. Take a look at these six individuals who tirelessly work to do their part for clean water. We're grateful for all they do.

  • Save the Bay News: Voting for the Bay

    September 27, 2024

    Stories, resources, and other things you need to know to vote for the Bay

  • The Bay Watershed's 11 Most Unexpected Places to Vote

    September 24, 2024

    What's it like to cast your vote at a whiskey distillery, nature center, or Pennsylvania Dutch Smorgasbord?

  • All for an Oyster

    September 18, 2024

    This past year, CBF and our partners added millions of baby oysters into Chesapeake Bay waters. Take a look into their journey. You may be surprised the lengths we’ll go to, all for an oyster.

  • This Is the Moment—To Think Big for the Chesapeake Bay

    September 12, 2024

    CBF President and CEO Hilary Harp Falk addresses why it's important the members of the Chesapeake Executive Council meet in December and recommit to a clean Bay.

  • Counteract Screen Time with Outdoor Learning

    September 9, 2024

    Time and again, research shows that spending time outside boosts material learned, improves attention and focus, and strengthens social skills.

  • Restoring a Spring on Family Land

    September 6, 2024

    Motivated by memories of the past and the desire to leave a legacy for the future, a West Virginia landowner's decision to restore a spring that starts on his family's farm has revived the brook trout population and made the water there and downstream cleaner in the present.

  • Maryland Has a Clear Path for Cleaner Waterways

    September 5, 2024

    Progress and potential. That is how the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) described current Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts in its latest two-year milestone report. But with Maryland reporting 83 percent to 100 percent achievement toward its goals for nutrient and sediment pollution reduction, some might wonder—why aren’t we seeing more improvement in Bay water quality?

  • Bringing Back Brook Trout

    August 29, 2024

    How restoring West Virginia's native brook trout also restores water quality, and the critical partnerships making this important work happen.

  • Save the Bay News: Restoration at a Crossroads, a West Virginia Success Story, and What Happens to Fish in a Dead Zone

    August 23, 2024

    This month we look at the importance of recommitting to the Bay’s restoration and the consequences for current and future efforts.

  • Between a Dead Zone and a Hot Place

    August 20, 2024

    Rising water temperatures and low-oxygen areas are yet another stressor for striped bass—especially young striped bass—in the Chesapeake Bay during summer. While management actions are the most immediate way to help striped bass, addressing chronic problems like the dead zone remains critical to the species’ long-term prospects.

  • Keeping West Virginia's Water Wild, Woolly, and Wonderful

    August 15, 2024

    A West Virginia couple's dedication to protecting the headwaters of the Lost River and reforesting part of their farm are helping downstream brook trout and improving water quality from the headwaters of the Potomac River to the Chesapeake Bay.

  • Youngkin Can Help Sustain the James River

    August 2, 2024

    This year, Gov. Glenn Youngkin must commit to continue working with other states in the region to ensure future generations can enjoy clean waterways.

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