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Freshwater bivalves flexing their muscles as water filterers
Oysters are in many ways the restoration darlings of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort. Touted for multiple benefits — as edible, water-filtering moneymakers — oysters attract both enthusiasm and funding to promote their recovery.
But the popularity of oysters often overshadows the water-cleansing role of other filter feeders such as mussels. A growing group of mussel advocates think it’s high time that the bivalves share the spotlight as clean-water workhorses that can carry the message farther upstream.
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Whitney Pipkin
‘In another decade or two, we’ll see a different Chesapeake’ - Karl Blankenship | 10/18/18
Success of Chesapeake’s restoration tied to PA, which lags far behind - Karl Blankenship | 10/17/18
New nutrient reduction goals reflect updated science, data, computer modeling - Karl Blankenship | 10/16/18
Chesapeake cleanup may lose race to 2025 goal, but presses on - Karl Blankenship | 10/15/18
PA coalition spells out key conservation issues before election - Donna Morelli | 10/11/18
VA poultry groundwater fight escalates as crackdown looms - Jeremy Cox | 10/10/18
Growing tension marks simultaneous uptick of clam dredging, Bay grasses - Whitney Pipkin | 10/09/18
Fones Cliffs property under contract for conservation - Whitney Pipkin | 10/05/18
- Lancaster County, PA, releases preview of plan to reduce water pollution
No location in the Chesapeake Bay watershed produces more animal manure than Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, but farmers may need to... - Donna Morelli | 10/16/18
- Virginia attorney general sues over environmental violations at Fones Cliffs
The Virginia attorney general is suing Virginia True Corp. over environmental damages at Fones Cliffs, the office announced late... - Whitney Pipkin | 10/11/18
- Marsh-dependent black rail nominated for federal listing as a threatened species
The diminutive Eastern black rail, an elusive marsh-dwelling bird that has nearly disappeared from the fringes of the Chesapeake Bay in... - Karl Blankenship | 10/10/18
- Drinking Water Report: 188 Bay state communities have nitrate levels that could increase cancer risk
An environmental group is warning that more than 1,000 communities nationwide, including many in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, have... - Timothy B. Wheeler | 10/03/18
Joyful flight of the tree swallow is poetry in motion
Brilliant flashes of steel blue and white swirled and danced, careened and darted, twisted and dipped in a masterful display of aerial skills. The binoculars hung unused around my neck — these dazzling acrobats were...Michael Burke | On the Wing 10/19/18
- Odd-standing in their crowd - Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 10/18/18
- Bald Cypress - Kathleen Gaskell | Bay Buddies 09/21/18
- Sharp as a needle? This bald cypress quiz is for you - Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 09/14/18
- Remnants of bald cypress swamps grace Chesapeake watershed - Kathy Reshetiloff | Bay Naturalist 09/13/18
- Birders tickled pink when roseate spoonbill showed up in Chesapeake watershed - Michael Burke | On the Wing 09/07/18
- Spying a flying squirrel can brighten one’s spirits on the darkest night - Kathy Reshetiloff | Bay Naturalist 08/22/18
- Hear, here! Brown thrasher’s songs alert you to its presence - Michael Burke | On the Wing 07/27/18
- You dolphinitely need to take this quiz! - Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 07/20/18
- Dolphins! - Kathleen Gaskell | Bay Buddies 07/13/18
Time to put the pedal to the metal: Create bicycle-friendly cities
My hope for America’s future? With any luck it’ll be a yawn. Such a future begins with cities. About four in five of us already live in urban areas. Since the 1950s, U.S. cities with populations of more than a...Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 10/12/18
- RiverSmart: BayScapes, rain garden performance tied to maintenance - Laura Todd | Message from the Alliance 10/04/18
- Local Government Advisory Committee is here to help — just tell us what you need - Bruce R. Williams | Forum 09/28/18
- We can’t improve the Bay’s water quality without addressing manure - Lynton S. Land | Forum 09/25/18
- Flood of 10 million trees could help offset impact of future PA deluges - Harry Campbell | Forum 09/18/18
- Whether they’re coming or going, all Chesapeake islands have a tale to tell - Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 09/11/18
- Turkey Hill Dairy leads way on Lancaster County, PA, farms - Jenna Mitchell | Message from the Alliance 09/05/18
- Local government input matters in developing cleanup plans - Bruce R. Williams | Forum 08/16/18
- Alliance to honor environmental leaders at annual Taste gala - Kate Fritz | Message from the Alliance 08/09/18
- States must focus on how much is left to do, not how much has been done - Alison Prost | Forum 07/26/18
Devil’s Marbleyard tempts hikers with rocky challenge
After a mile of increasingly pitched hiking through a dense forest, a strange scene unfolded. Quartzite boulders, ranging in size from La-Z-Boy recliners to school buses, reared up, blazing away in the sun. The absence of...Jeremy Cox | Bay Journeys Article 10/05/18
- C&D museum sure to float the boat of any canal lover - Wendy Mitman Clarke | Bay Journeys Article 09/20/18
- Pleasant Grove Park a connection to nature, the past - Leslie Middleton | Bay Journeys Article 08/31/18
- Onancock paddle weaves nature, history with every stroke - Jeremy Cox | Bay Journeys Article 08/23/18
- Thomas Point a beacon for mariners, historians alike - Kimbra Cutlip | Bay Journeys Article 07/12/18
- Montpelier’s ‘Landmark Forest’ rooted in history - Leslie Middleton | Bay Journeys Article 06/15/18
- London Town and Gardens rising from its roots - T.F. Sayles | Bay Journeys Article 06/05/18
- Wade into fun and get your feet wet at RiverPalooza - Whitney Pipkin | Bay Journeys Article 05/17/18
- Gorge-ous! Goshen Pass offers scenery, solitude - Leslie Middleton | Bay Journeys Article 05/04/18
- ‘Forgotten’ Nassawango returns to its natural state - Rona Kobell | Bay Journeys Article 04/20/18
