Bay Journal
District unveils first steps to clean up Anacostia’s toxic sediment
The District of Columbia has released the first steps of a plan to clean up a legacy of toxic contaminants on the bottom of the Anacostia River.
The “early action” plan calls for capping, dredging and monitoring contaminated sediment at nearly a dozen “hot spots” along a highly urban and historically industrial nine-mile stretch of the river, which flows from suburban Maryland through the nation’s capital.
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Whitney Pipkin-
January 17, 2020 
Local Government , Pollution
Thirst for protecting water supplies drives WV partnership - Jeremy Cox | 01/16/20
Small PA communities say no to stormwater mandate - Ad Crable | 01/15/20
Can the EPA enforce the Chesapeake Bay’s ‘pollution diet’? - Karl Blankenship | 01/14/20
MD threatens to sue EPA, PA over lack of action as regional tensions rise - Karl Blankenship | 01/14/20
MD releases plan to fight saltwater amid rising seas - Jeremy Cox | 01/09/20
Hogan ready to sue Pennsylvania, EPA over lagging cleanup effort - Karl Blankenship | 01/09/20
Targeting male crabs for harvest may put a squeeze on reproduction - Timothy B. Wheeler | 01/08/20
Climate change in spotlight as MD, VA lawmakers convene - Tim Wheeler, Jeremy Cox & Whitney Pipkin | 01/06/20
- Learn how your state plans to meet Chesapeake Bay cleanup goals
Want to know how your state intends to help with the next — and ostensibly final — stage of the long-running Chesapeake Bay... - Timothy B. Wheeler | 05/02/19
- Bald eagles are nesting in Baltimore’s restored Masonville Cove
Who loves Baltimore these days? Bald eagles, that’s who. A white-headed adult pair has set up housekeeping at Masonville... - Timothy B. Wheeler | 03/27/19
- Find your climate-altered future on a new interactive map
Ever had trouble picturing how climate change could alter the quality of life in your community? Now there’s a map for that. Using a... - Timothy B. Wheeler | 02/12/19
- New Bay cleanup plans on schedule despite federal shutdown
Despite a 35-day government shutdown that sidelined federal agency involvement, Chesapeake Bay restoration leaders say they are committed... - Karl Blankenship | 02/07/19
Sea slugs
Good things come in small packages. This adage certainly applies to what may be one of the Chesapeake’s most overlooked marine creatures: sea slugs.Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 01/08/20
- Healthy streams: The best prescription for the ailing Chesapeake Bay - Kathy Reshetiloff | Bay Naturalist 01/07/20
- A bird of the Americas, kestrel needs global help to face climate change - Michael Burke | On the Wing 01/06/20
- Oysters! - Kathleen Gaskell | Bay Buddies 11/22/19
- This grilling oyster quiz is stuffed with bivalve brain teasers - Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 11/15/19
- Let’s talk turkey about Thanksgiving’s most famous icon - Kathy Reshetiloff | Bay Naturalist 11/14/19
- Rough-legged hawk’s rare visit to Gettysburg strikes a chord - Michael Burke | On the Wing 10/31/19
- Bats! - Kathleen Gaskell | Bay Buddies 10/25/19
- Bats, our best weapon against insect pests, need magic bullet to fight disease - Kathy Reshetiloff | Bay Naturalist 10/18/19
- Let’s go to bat for the Little Brown Bat! - Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 10/11/19
36 years after first Bay Agreement, its restoration is still a pipe dream
December 9 marked the 36th anniversary of the signing of the first Bay Agreement at George Mason University in Virginia. As a state senator serving on the Chesapeake Bay Commission, I joined 700 Bay enthusiasts as witnesses....Gerald W Winegrad | Forum 01/17/20
- Goldfish bowling over Chesapeake’s habitat, species - Dylan Reynolds | Forum 12/20/19
- Protect the Clean Water Act to ensure progress on Conowingo Dam - U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin | Forum 12/13/19
- Exelon dam agreement will give $200 million to MD, Bay cleanup efforts - Kathleen Barrón | Forum 12/13/19
- Conowingo deal barely addresses PA runoff, imperiling cleanup - Lisa Feldt | Forum 12/13/19
- 2019 Watershed Forum a platform for collaboration, diverse voices - Jenny McGarvey | Message from the Alliance 12/06/19
- Fox Island: Right where it should, and shouldn’t, have been - Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 12/04/19
- We must save wildlife if we are ever going to save ourselves - Kate Breimann | Forum 11/20/19
- Correctional collaborative trains new generation of riparian buffer experts - Ryan Davis | Message from the Alliance 11/08/19
- Rachel Carson no stranger to the Chesapeake, its creatures - Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 11/01/19
Birds and birders alike still flocking to Cox Creek
One of Maryland’s top birding sites is not as open to the public as it used to be — but no one told the birds. From their vantage point, the Cox Creek dredged material placement site just southeast of Baltimore...Whitney Pipkin | Bay Journeys Article 01/13/20
- South Mountain battlefield not just for Civil War buffs - Jeremy Cox | Bay Journeys Article 12/11/19
- Arlington Woods a living monument to forests of the past - Timothy B. Wheeler | Bay Journeys Article 11/06/19
- Turkey Hill Trail stuffed with views of Susquehanna, birds - Ad Crable | Bay Journeys Article 10/14/19
- Sinuous, woodsy Barren Creek is fit to be plied - Jeremy Cox | Bay Journeys Article 09/27/19
- Paddle through past landscapes along remote Cat Point Creek - Leslie Middleton | Bay Journeys Article 09/12/19
- Ponder history, explore trails at Maryland’s Fort Frederick - T.F. Sayles | Bay Journeys Article 08/30/19
- Eastern Shore skipjack dredges up maritime past - Jeremy Cox | Bay Journeys Article 08/06/19
- Snorkel, paddle or fish at RiverPalooza summer events - Whitney Pipkin | Bay Journeys Article 07/15/19
- Water Ways exhibit brings impact of local rivers to light - Ad Crable | Bay Journeys Article 06/12/19
