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Bipartisanship Allows EPA and Interior Bay Restoration Work to Escape Budget Cuts in House and Senate Committee Bills
July 25, 2025
Rejecting the Trump administration’s deep budget cuts, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal year 2026 spending bill yesterday that would continue funding key Bay restoration work at EPA and Interior Department at current levels.
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Chesapeake Bay Partnership Set to Meet Oyster Restoration Goals in Maryland and Virginia
July 24, 2025
The Chesapeake Bay Program today announced the expected completion of one of the Bay’s most successful recovery efforts to date: fully restoring oyster habitat in 10 tributaries in Maryland and Virginia by 2025.
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Bay Restoration Is Bright Spot Among Harsh Budget Cuts in House Committee Bill
July 22, 2025
The House Appropriations Committee would continue funding key Bay restoration programs at EPA and the Department of the Interior at current levels in the fiscal year 2026 spending plan it approved today, 33-28.
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Senate Committee Shields NOAA Bay Restoration Work From White House Budget Cuts
July 21, 2025
The Senate Appropriations Committee defended essential Chesapeake Bay restoration and education programs from the Trump administration’s budget ax in the fiscal year 2026 spending plan for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) approved last week.
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CBF Applauds Governor Moore’s Environmental Justice Executive Order
July 21, 2025
Maryland Governor Wes Moore took an important stance for environmental justice last week by signing an executive order focused on securing and leveraging state data to support environmental justice.
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Veterans Give Back Through Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration
July 18, 2025
In a triumph for outdoor stewardship and clean water, roughly a dozen U.S. veterans and servicemembers joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) this week to restore oyster habitat in Maryland and Virginia.
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Maryland Maintains Oyster Harvest Regulations for Upcoming Season
July 1, 2025
After Maryland’s oyster population nearly tripled over the past 20 years, Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced it will maintain its current regulations for the 2025 to 2026 oyster harvest season.
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Hampton River Restoration Project Achieves Major Milestone with Deployment of Innovative Natrx Basalt Oyster Shell Bags
June 26, 2025
The "Roots to Reef" initiative spearheaded by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) in the Hampton River reached a critical new milestone this week in its mission to bolster the city's climate resilience.
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Osprey Population on Virginia’s Eastern Shore Collapses Amid Menhaden Concerns, New Research Suggests
June 25, 2025
New research indicates a collapse of the osprey population along the seaside of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a frequent area for industrial menhaden fishing by Omega Protein.
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Blue Crab Decline Calls for Science-Backed Decisions
June 24, 2025
VMRC maintains current blue crab regulations. A comprehensive study is expected next year.
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Solar Regulations Go Into Effect in Virginia
June 20, 2025
Years in the making, regulations governing large-scale solar projects in Virginia have been finalized and went into effect Wednesday, June 18. These regulations establish standards for mitigation when a solar project causes significant impacts to farms and trees.
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A Model of Sustainability and Community Collaboration
June 11, 2025
How Maryland’s Hedgeapple Farm fosters a deep connection to our lands and waters while building a thriving community.
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Repeal of Power Plant Pollution Limits Poses a Threat to the Bay
June 11, 2025
The Trump administration today proposed to “repeal all greenhouse gas (GHG) standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants” by abandoning its statutory obligation to protect public health and welfare and departing from long-settled scientific consensus that power plant emissions contribute to dangerous air pollution.
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Virginia Celebrates Major Milestone: Completion of 2025 Oyster Restoration Goals in Six Tributaries
June 10, 2025
Virginia's leading environmental and governmental partners celebrated the successful completion of commitments to restore oyster reef habitat in six Virginia Chesapeake Bay tributaries on June 2 at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) Brock Environmental Center.
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Chesapeake Bay Health Dips in New Report Card, but Long-Term Trend Remains Positive
June 10, 2025
While Chesapeake Bay health declined in 2024 compared to the previous year, the Bay’s health remains on a long-term upward trend, according to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)’s 2025 Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card released today.
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48,000 Pounds of Litter Removed Across Virginia on Clean the Bay Day
June 7, 2025
More than 48,000 pounds of litter will stay out of Virginia’s waterways thanks to over 2,600 volunteers who joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) annual Clean the Bay Day, Virginia’s largest and longest-running litter and shoreline cleanup.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Statement on Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant Overflow
June 3, 2025
Last week, roughly 21 million gallons of partially treated sewage overflowed from the Patapsco River Wastewater Treatment Plant after heavy rainfall.
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Chesapeake Bay Restoration Progress Underscores Need for Investment and Commitment
June 3, 2025
The EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program announced that states are continuing to make progress in reducing pollution to the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams, according to the latest estimates from computer modeling tools.
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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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Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Population Drops to Distressing Low
May 22, 2025
Blue crabs in Maryland and Virginia have dipped to the second lowest number in recent history, according to results from the annual blue crab winter dredge survey conducted jointly by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
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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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With Passing of Rep. Gerry Connolly, Chesapeake Bay Loses Fierce Champion
May 21, 2025
Nine-term Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) died today, passing away “peacefully at his home this morning, surrounded by family,” according to a statement his family posted on Connolly’s website.
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Maryland Reports Oyster Population Has Tripled Since 2005
May 20, 2025
Maryland’s oyster population has grown significantly in the last 20 years, according to the latest benchmark stock assessment issued this week by Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
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