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61. Save the Bay News: Herons, Oysters, and a New Kind of Classroom

(Web Page; Thu Aug 19 13:55:00 CDT 2021)

Summer is a time of discovery. Did you know Yellow-crowned Night-Herons, an endangered bird in Pennsylvania, are nesting in downtown Harrisburg near the Susquehanna River? Or that Baltimore recently completed a major water infrastructure...

Description: Our monthly roundup of engaging and educational content for you to enjoy at home. This month, we look at how cities can be home to wildlife and provide students with hands-on educational nature experiences.

62. Governor Northam Signs Clean Water Bills

(Web Page; Fri Jun 25 18:26:00 CDT 2021)

Today at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation that will benefit the environment and the Chesapeake Bay. The bills, passed earlier this year by the Virginia G...

Description: Today at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation that will benefit the environment and the Chesapeake Bay. The bills were passed earlier this year by the Virginia General Assembly.

63. Statement on Governor Signing Bill to Fix Alexandria's Combined Sewer System

(Web Page; Thu Jun 20 08:00:00 CDT 2019)

(RICHMOND, VA)—Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed legislation today that will require Alexandria to upgrade its outdated combined sewer system by 2025. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), Potomac Riverkeeper Network, and the...

Description: (RICHMOND, VA)—Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed legislation today that will require Alexandria to upgrade its outdated combined sewer system by 2025.

64. Five Times that Locals Spoke Up

(Web Page; Fri Oct 06 10:23:00 CDT 2023)

If you are one of the 1.3 million people served by the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, you are inextricably connected to residents of Dundalk and Essex by wastewater. While this blog is not meant to be a lambasting of Baltimore Ci...

Description: For most, the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant is a distant environmental problem, but for nearby residents, it’s a daily, dismal struggle. Read their stories going back 75 years.

65. Five Actions Your Local Elected Officials Should Take for Clean Water

(Web Page; Wed Nov 09 08:23:00 CST 2022)

Implement the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint.Provide leadership that drives community investment in finishing the job of restoring the Bay. Publicly report actions taken and insist on transparent and verifiable results. Tackle ...

66. CBF Statement on Clean Water Programs in Proposed Virginia Budgets

(Web Page; Mon Feb 17 08:24:00 CST 2020)

(RICHMOND, VA)—In separate proposed budgets released Sunday, the Virginia Senate Finance Committee and House Appropriations Committee released funding proposals for the Commonwealth’s clean water programs for the next two fis...

Description: In separate proposed budgets released Sunday, the Virginia Senate Finance Committee and House Appropriations Committee released funding proposals for the Commonwealth’s clean water programs for the next two fiscal years.

67. Virginia Completing Remarkable Legislative Session for Clean Water

(Web Page; Thu Mar 12 08:59:00 CDT 2020)

(RICHMOND, VA)—With the release of budget conference numbers today, Virginia's General Assembly is wrapping up a remarkable session for clean water. The Virginia Senate and House of Delegates are expected to vote Thursday on a budg...

Description: The Virginia Senate and House of Delegates are expected to vote Thursday on a budget for the next two years that includes investment in programs that benefit Virginia’s rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay.

68. Virginia Environmental Leader W. Tayloe Murphy Passes Away

(Web Page; Fri Sep 17 07:30:00 CDT 2021)

Longtime Virginia environmental leader and Chesapeake Bay advocate W. Tayloe Murphy passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 15. Murphy served as Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources from 2002 to 2006 and as a member of the Virginia House of D...

Description: Longtime Virginia environmental leader and Chesapeake Bay advocate W. Tayloe Murphy passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 15. Murphy served as Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources from 2002 to 2006 and as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the Northern Neck throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

69. Around the Bay in 60 Seconds - December 2021

(Web Page; Thu Dec 16 10:15:00 CST 2021)

Click the links below for the full story behind each highlight (note: some of these links will take you off the CBF website): In December: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better bill with $27 billion increas...

Description: In our 60-second monthly video wrap-up for December, we explore late-breaking news and story highlights from around the watershed.

70. CBF Issues Statement on Bay Program Pollution Reduction Estimates

(Web Page; Mon Sep 23 12:10:00 CDT 2019)

(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Beth McGee, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Director of Science and Agricultural Policy, issued this statement following the release of Chesapeake Bay Program data on modeled reductions in pollution. The Bay Program data ...

Description: (ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Beth McGee, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Director of Science and Agricultural Policy, issued this statement following the release of Chesapeake Bay Program data on modeled reductions in pollution.