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Chesapeake Bay blue crabs hit population low

Chesapeake Bay blue crabs hit population low

Jeremy Cox

Chesapeake Bay blue crabs hit population low
Delaware county backpedals wetland protections as development pressure mounts

Delaware county backpedals wetland protections as development pressure mounts

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Updated May 17, 2022
  • 0

Under pressure from homebuilders, officials in Delaware’s fastest-growing county have approved new regulations for construction near wetlands … Read Story

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How a Werowocomoco internship helped connect a Native youth with his heritage

How a Werowocomoco internship helped connect a Native youth with his heritage

  • Jeremy Cox
  • May 11, 2022
  • 0

Growing up near the shipyards that snake along Norfolk’s waterfront, Kalen Anderson pictured himself working there some day as a welder. He pu… Read Story

USDA announces 25% boost in Chesapeake spending

USDA announces 25% boost in Chesapeake spending

  • Karl Blankenship
  • May 9, 2022
  • 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it would spend an additional $22.5 million this year to help farmers install conserva… Read Story

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What feeds the fish in the Chesapeake Bay?

What feeds the fish in the Chesapeake Bay?

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • May 9, 2022
  • 1

Aquatic forage species — the small fish, worms and other out-of-sight species that feed all the others — are the lifeblood of the Chesapeake B… Read Story

Nearly $48 million announced to help restore Chesapeake Bay

Nearly $48 million announced to help restore Chesapeake Bay

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • May 4, 2022
  • 0

Nearly $48 million is on the way to help protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay by underwriting a variety of projects across the estuary's 64,… Read Story

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EPA ramps up clean water inspections in Pennsylvania

EPA ramps up clean water inspections in Pennsylvania

  • Karl Blankenship
  • May 3, 2022
  • 0

Pennsylvania’s failure to live up to its Chesapeake Bay cleanup obligations means farmers, wastewater plant operators and industries are more … Read Story

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Sheep and solar panels: Using solar sites for pastureland

Sheep and solar panels: Using solar sites for pastureland

  • Ad Crable
  • May 3, 2022
  • 0

A solar power boom generated by new renewable energy mandates is unfurling in the Chesapeake Bay region. Virginia, for example, was ninth in t… Read Story

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Landowners seek clarity over Virginia’s living shorelines law

Landowners seek clarity over Virginia’s living shorelines law

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • May 2, 2022
  • 0

Some property owners along Virginia’s tidal waterways are concerned that a recent change in state law has muddied the waters for managing thei… Read Story

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Volunteers needed in Pennsylvania to help maintain trails strained by record use

Volunteers needed in Pennsylvania to help maintain trails strained by record use

  • Ad Crable
  • Apr 28, 2022
  • 1

With seven volunteers gathered around him in Pennsylvania’s Michaux State Forest, Tom Moutsos apologized in advance for ruining the group’s fu… Read Story

Virginia debates impacts of solar panels on stormwater runoff

Virginia debates impacts of solar panels on stormwater runoff

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Apr 26, 2022
  • 0

The new director of Virginia’s top environmental agency seemed to be stating the obvious when he said at a conference in late March that “wate… Read Story

Pennsylvania to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Pennsylvania to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

  • Ad Crable
  • Apr 22, 2022
  • 0

After more than 2 years in legal and legislative battles, Pennsylvania is poised to become the twelfth state to join the carbon-cutting effort… Read Story

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Bivalve bounty: Maryland oyster harvest hits 35-year high

Bivalve bounty: Maryland oyster harvest hits 35-year high

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Apr 22, 2022
  • 0

Maryland waterman enjoyed the best wild oyster season last fall and winter that they’ve had in 35 years, according to preliminary state data, … Read Story

Feds greenlight Maryland’s choice for route of third Bay Bridge

Feds greenlight Maryland’s choice for route of third Bay Bridge

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 21, 2022
  • 0

The Federal Highway Administration has given preliminary approval to Maryland’s plans build to a new Chesapeake Bay bridge near the existing t… Read Story

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‘Forever chemicals’ linger in West Virginia streams, blood samples

‘Forever chemicals’ linger in West Virginia streams, blood samples

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Apr 20, 2022
  • 0

It’s been nearly six years since city officials in Martinsburg, WV, learned that one of the wells supplying drinking water to their community … Read Story

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EPA says Pennsylvania’s plan to clean up the Chesapeake still comes up short

EPA says Pennsylvania’s plan to clean up the Chesapeake still comes up short

  • Karl Blankenship
  • Apr 19, 2022
  • 0

Pennsylvania’s latest Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan still falls short of its assigned goals, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen… Read Story

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Scientists flood woodland to research ‘ghost forests’

Scientists flood woodland to research ‘ghost forests’

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Apr 18, 2022
  • 0

In low-lying spots bordering the Chesapeake Bay, it’s easy to spot the dead trees, leafless and shorn of limbs. These “ghost forests,” their g… Read Story

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Maryland lawmakers pass sweeping climate legislation, wave of environmental bills

Maryland lawmakers pass sweeping climate legislation, wave of environmental bills

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Apr 15, 2022
  • 0

After two years of frustration, Maryland environmental advocates have much to celebrate after the conclusion earlier this week of what one cal… Read Story

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Bay states say funds are on the way for Conowingo cleanup plan

Bay states say funds are on the way for Conowingo cleanup plan

  • Karl Blankenship
  • Apr 12, 2022
  • 0

States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stick with the cooperative strategy they’ve crea… Read Story

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‘Defensores’ broadens Bay watershed work – in Spanish

‘Defensores’ broadens Bay watershed work – in Spanish

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 11, 2022
  • 0

“Bienvenidos al Rio Anacostia!” Read Story

Feds release more work visas to help beleaguered crab-picking houses

Feds release more work visas to help beleaguered crab-picking houses

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 7, 2022
  • 0

The Biden administration announced that it is expanding the number of visas available this spring and summer to temporary foreign workers, han… Read Story

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Yellow perch run spawns hope in Magothy River

Yellow perch run spawns hope in Magothy River

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Apr 7, 2022
  • 0

If hope springs eternal, spring brings eternal hope to Paul Spadaro. Read Story

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Region’s EPA leader seeks ‘transformational’ changes to reduce ag runoff

Region’s EPA leader seeks ‘transformational’ changes to reduce ag runoff

  • Karl Blankenship
  • Apr 6, 2022
  • 0

Starting a three-day swing through farm country in Lancaster County, PA, Adam Ortiz spent a bone-chilling spring morning at a small dairy, lea… Read Story

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For a cleaner Chesapeake Bay, start with the maintenance crew

For a cleaner Chesapeake Bay, start with the maintenance crew

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 6, 2022
  • 0

It all begins with a single, innocuous raindrop. Read Story

Pennsylvania, Delaware move to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Pennsylvania, Delaware move to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Apr 5, 2022
  • 1

Pennsylvania and Delaware have joined a growing list of states moving to set enforceable limits in drinking water for two “forever chemicals,”… Read Story

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More than 800 solar projects in Bay states stuck waiting for review

More than 800 solar projects in Bay states stuck waiting for review

  • By Ad Crable & Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Apr 4, 2022
  • 2

The rollout of solar and other renewable energy projects that Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia are counting on to end fossil-fuel reliance … Read Story

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Property at Fones Cliffs, the ‘Yosemite of the Chesapeake,’ returned to Rappahannock Tribe

Property at Fones Cliffs, the ‘Yosemite of the Chesapeake,’ returned to Rappahannock Tribe

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 1, 2022
  • 0

Nearly 400 years after it was wrested away, a large portion of one of the most spectacular landmarks in Virginia’s Tidewater region is back in… Read Story

Maryland Democrats pass climate bill, setting up likely veto fight

Maryland Democrats pass climate bill, setting up likely veto fight

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 1, 2022
  • 0

The Maryland Senate on a March 31 party-line vote passed sweeping climate legislation, setting up a political showdown with Gov. Larry Hogan, … Read Story

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Historically Black beach to be saved as Annapolis parkland

Historically Black beach to be saved as Annapolis parkland

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 1, 2022
  • 0

Time was running out to save the last vestige of a rollicking African American getaway on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Read Story

Chesapeake restoration work gets a boost from federal funding

Chesapeake restoration work gets a boost from federal funding

  • Karl Blankenship
  • Mar 31, 2022
  • 0

The Chesapeake Bay restoration effort is slated to get increased federal funding this year, though less than advocates had been hoping for jus… Read Story

Pennsylvania updates environmental justice policy

Pennsylvania updates environmental justice policy

  • Ad Crable
  • Mar 30, 2022
  • 0

Pennsylvania is updating its 21-year-old environmental justice policy to include communities located near natural gas drilling and those dispr… Read Story

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Virginia General Assembly delivers mixed results for the environment

Virginia General Assembly delivers mixed results for the environment

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Mar 29, 2022
  • 0

For environmental advocates, the just-concluded Virginia legislative session had its victories, highlighted by repelling a former Trump offici… Read Story

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Another Virginia county considers going big on data centers

Another Virginia county considers going big on data centers

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Mar 29, 2022
  • 0

A handful of proposed projects are turning Prince William County, VA, into the next frontier for debates over appropriate data center developm… Read Story

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Maryland moves to take over troubled Baltimore sewage treatment plant

Maryland moves to take over troubled Baltimore sewage treatment plant

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Mar 27, 2022
  • 0

In a dramatic enforcement action, Maryland regulators moved Sunday to take over Baltimore’s troubled Back River sewage treatment plant after a… Read Story

Ukraine war triggers push for more fracking in Pennsylvania

Ukraine war triggers push for more fracking in Pennsylvania

  • Ad Crable
  • Mar 27, 2022
  • 0

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted a Pennsylvania state representative to seek legislation to increase fracking for natural gas. Read Story

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MDE issues Baltimore ultimatum to fix troubled Baltimore sewage plant

MDE issues Baltimore ultimatum to fix troubled Baltimore sewage plant

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Mar 25, 2022
  • 0

Warning of worsening problems at Baltimore’s troubled Back River sewage treatment plant, Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles ordered c… Read Story

Maryland creek added to Superfund cleanup program, Delaware site proposed

Maryland creek added to Superfund cleanup program, Delaware site proposed

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Mar 23, 2022
  • 0

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to clean up a contaminated creek bottom near Baltimore while also proposing to act on pollu… Read Story

American Rescue Plan boosts environmental work in Chesapeake region

American Rescue Plan boosts environmental work in Chesapeake region

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Mar 18, 2022
  • 0

When Congress hit the start button one year ago on a massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid measure, it also sent a surge of spending toward envir… Read Story

Worker shortage threatens Maryland crab industry again, officials say

Worker shortage threatens Maryland crab industry again, officials say

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Mar 14, 2022
  • 1

Maryland’s crab industry is once again calling for help. Read Story

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Water pollution inspections, enforcement hit 20-year low in Maryland, report finds

Water pollution inspections, enforcement hit 20-year low in Maryland, report finds

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Mar 11, 2022
  • 0

Enforcement of water pollution laws in Maryland has trended downward over the last two decades but  has nosedived under the Hogan administrati… Read Story

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In danger of drowning, Norfolk faces criticism over flood-protection plan

In danger of drowning, Norfolk faces criticism over flood-protection plan

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Mar 7, 2022
  • 2

Facing a greater degree of sea level rise than almost any other part of the country, Norfolk is on the verge of launching a $1.6 billion count… Read Story

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NASA-owned forest in Maryland wins new reprieve

NASA-owned forest in Maryland wins new reprieve

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Mar 1, 2022
  • 0

The mostly forested NASA property in the headwaters of the Anacostia River that conservationists feared could be bulldozed has won yet another… Read Story

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Money grows on trees for owners who save small forests

Money grows on trees for owners who save small forests

  • Ad Crable
  • Mar 1, 2022
  • 0

In an effort to combat climate change, some owners of small forests in Chesapeake Bay drainage states are being paid to either delay harvestin… Read Story

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Trove of oyster shells discovered in Potomac River. Now what?

Trove of oyster shells discovered in Potomac River. Now what?

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Feb 28, 2022
  • 6

Hunting for sunken treasure evokes a sense of mystery. On a cold day in early February, there was plenty. Read Story

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Developers strike contamination from Virginia gold mines

Developers strike contamination from Virginia gold mines

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Feb 25, 2022
  • 0

A property in the northern corner of Orange County, VA, that borders the Rapidan River was once the center of a gold-mining boom in the state.… Read Story

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Scientists to study movement of plastic pollution in Choptank River

Scientists to study movement of plastic pollution in Choptank River

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Feb 24, 2022
  • 0

Plastics swirling around in ocean gyres have garnered plenty of recent media and research attention. But what happens to the pieces that flow … Read Story

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Nonprofit steps into gap for DC woodland stewardship

Nonprofit steps into gap for DC woodland stewardship

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Feb 24, 2022
  • 0

Taking a walk in the woods isn’t as simple as it should be for residents of Ward 8 in the District of Columbia. Read Story

Dominion plans coal ash landfill near Potomac River

Dominion plans coal ash landfill near Potomac River

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Feb 21, 2022
  • 0

Dominion Energy wants to create a permanent solution for a decades-long pileup of coal ash by building a new, lined landfill on its Possum Poi… Read Story

New data shows less progress toward Chesapeake cleanup goals

New data shows less progress toward Chesapeake cleanup goals

  • Karl Blankenship
  • Feb 20, 2022
  • 1

The Chesapeake region may be further away from meeting its 2025 Bay cleanup goals than previously estimated. Read Story

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Stalled Maryland oyster restoration project gets a break

Stalled Maryland oyster restoration project gets a break

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Feb 22, 2022
  • 0

The legal cloud over oyster restoration work on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore may be dissipating. The state’s second highest court has overru… Read Story

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Billions on the way to attack abandoned mine problems

Billions on the way to attack abandoned mine problems

  • Ad Crable
  • Feb 17, 2022
  • 0

The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act recently passed by Congress is sending an unprecedented $6.4 billion for abandoned mi… Read Story


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