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On Friday, Maryland’s Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review delayed striped bass regulation changes that could better protect the struggling species.
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A large number of dead menhaden washed up along the Chesapeake Bay shore in Virginia Beach—once again highlighting the need for Virginia lawmakers to approve funding this month to better understand the menhaden population in the Chesapeake Bay.
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The recent major Potomac River spill brought national attention to the region's wastewater shortfalls, but many Maryland communities endure pollution threats daily.
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Amid challenging weather conditions and steep market competition, Governor Wes Moore and Maryland’s Congressional Delegation requested federal disaster relief funding for Maryland’s oyster fishery late last week.
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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is collaborating with Hampton University to pioneer one of the first college living shoreline courses in the country under a new grant announced this month.
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Virginia lawmakers on Sunday rolled out competing proposals for the Commonwealth’s two-year budget starting July 1 that shortchange key investments in wastewater facilities and programs aimed at cutting water pollution at a time when the region can least afford it.
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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Delegate Barry Knight.
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Crisis underscores funding need for aging wastewater systems across the region.
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Virginia farm and environmental leaders join forces for clean water budget.
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A spill at a Huntington Ingalls facility in Newport News sent an estimated 7,749 gallons of jet fuel into the James River on Feb. 13 during refueling for an aircraft carrier.
