Atlantic sturgeon were fished almost to extinction: DNA reveals how Chesapeake Bay population changed over centuries
Sturgeons are one of the oldest groups of fishes. Sporting an armor of five rows of bony, modified scales called dermal ...
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Chesapeake Bay in the crosshairs as EPA strips federal water protections
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Thursday condemned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most recent sweeping ...
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Fighting Invasive Blue Catfish in the Chesapeake Bay
Blue cats inhabit every tributary to the Chesapeake Bay, and the local government is urging anglers to take as many as ...
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Chesapeake Bay oysters fare well in annual survey, continuing five-year trend
The 2024 fall survey was conducted from Oct. 8 to Nov. 25 throughout the oyster-growing waters of the Maryland portion of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, including the Potomac River.
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NTSB: MDTA failed to conduct assessment of Key Bridge that could have warned of vulnerability
At 4 p.m. Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board is providing an update to the investigation of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The Dali container ship struck the bridge in the ...
Clean water advocates hope to thaw federal funding freezes for the Chesapeake Bay
Projects designed to help restore the Chesapeake Bay watershed are being affected by the freeze of grants, and the Choose ...
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EPA Deregulation Plans Draw Ire of Chesapeake Bay Advocates
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to cut back on regulations under the Trump administration is drawing sharp criticism from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), a nonprofit focused ...
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Maryland budget deficit, Trump cuts imperil Chesapeake bay cleanup funds
“This is part of the Chesapeake economy,” said Arundel Rivers’ Johnston. “If we lose a quarter-billion dollars (through the proposed Bay trust fund cut), it would be years before we could ...