The Governor’s Cup Yacht Race, the Chesapeake Bay’s oldest premier overnight sailing event, is set for August 1-2, 2025, with a 68.6-nautical-mile main course from Annapolis to St. Mary’s College of ...

The York Watershed System, which spans the York River, Mobjack Bay and Piankatank River basins, remains largely natural, with ...

Her officers report that on Sunday the gunboats Freeborn and Island Belle cut out of Piankatank River, which enters Chesapeake five miles below the mouth of the Rappahannock, two large-sized rebel ...

These large soft-shell crabs called whales were caught on the Piankatank River this week by crabber Joey Williams of T.M. Williams & Son Seafood of Remlik. The crabs are bound for the New York City ...

This island in Virginia is a cute little getaway packed with fascinating history and outdoor adventures. It's also a great ...

The Piankatank River Golf Club Championship was held on Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23 at the Hartfield course. Winners were: Championship Flight: Brandon Carmean, (gross, 146) and Bob ...

Recycled shells with attached oyster larvae being added to a new reef in the Piankatank River Whether you’re eating oysters fried, roasted or on the half-shell, remember one thing: Don’t chuck that ...

The lower Piankatank River watershed touches Mathews and Middlesex Counties, with Gwynn’s Island and Milford Haven located in Mathews County.

The Piankatank project included planting 500 tons of stone in the river to establish an oyster reef, which is a type of clutch for oyster larvae to attach to and grow. Oyster populations are restored ...

Motoring out on the Piankatank River on an iconic Chesapeake Bay deadrise, Governor Northam and Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources Ann Jennings headed to a completed oyster sanctuary reef ...