Researchers seek endangered sturgeon on Maryland's Marshyhope Creek.
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A small livestock farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore relies on pasture-grazing to improve the soil, raise healthy animals and reduce runoff.
Scientists look in on the checkered sculpin, which continues to thrive in the 'last cold places' of the Chesapeake Bay's headwater streams.
A look at Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River in operation on Sept. 18, 2018, after several weeks of heavy rain.
A team works to remove a huge mat of invasive water chestnuts from a Virginia lake, warning of the plants spread.
The July 14, 2022, christening of the tunnel boring machine that will create a tunnel under Alexandria, VA, to collect sewage-tainted stormwater and divert it to a treatment plant.
How the watery world of the Chesapeake Bay region once functioned and how natural elements, like beavers and trees, could help clean the water again.
An African American community on Maryland's Eastern Shore celebrates its unique history and works to preserve its values and traditions. By Tom Horton, Dave Harp and Sandy Cannon-Brown. (Note: Addition to the credits under Archival Photos - Donna L. Cole and Getty Images)
Black farmers like Thelonius Cook of Virginia are embracing sustainable farming practices found in their African cultural heritage.
A photo collection from the serpentine barrens just north of Baltimore in the Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area by Bay Journal photographer Dave Harp.
A photo collection from Bay Journal photographer Dave Harp.
Researchers work hope to inject some science into what heretofore has been an art: determining how far apart crab pots should be placed from one another.
Ray Ellis makes a living hauling chicken poop. That's good for the Chesapeake Bay, because animal manure is a major source of water pollution. Here's a look at the process, with thoughts from Ellis about the ongoing challenge of managing manure.
A look at one family's multi-generational efforts to protect a Chesapeake Bay stream and The Nature Conservancy's work to assure that it continues to flourish.
Roundabout Meadows is a farm operated by the Piedmont Environmental Council in Northern Virginia, which preserved the land and opened a community farm where volunteers help grow crops. The property also includes trails and wetlands that are open to the public.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is closing its beloved education center on Fox Island, as rising water has eroded the land and threatened the center itself.
