Hoping to reverse a serious threat to the health of Northern Virginia streams, state officials have assembled a hefty toolkit aimed at helping… Read Story
Will Baker, who’s led the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for the last 40 years, announced last week that he plans to step down at the end of 2021 a… Read Story
Democrats and Republicans may not agree on much these days, but in the Maryland General Assembly lawmakers of both parties have come together … Read Story
Fighting climate change, planting more trees and funding environmental progress in tight times will be among the challenges confronting state … Read Story
Several Virginia conservation organizations have joined a lawsuit seeking to overturn an 11th-hour Trump administration rule change that eases… Read Story
After having made progress on a number of fronts during a Trump administration that was generally hostile to environmental spending and regula… Read Story
A Maryland advisory group has called for extending restrictions on the use of manure to fertilize farm fields, even though some warn the anti-… Read Story
Dozens of power plants, factories and other facilities across the Chesapeake Bay watershed were given latitude to skip pollution-monitoring de… Read Story
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality plans to fill a new environmental justice director position by early 2021 — despite budget shor… Read Story
Federal attorneys are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit from environmentalists and several Chesapeake Bay watershed states that aims to force the U… Read Story
The Hogan administration is moving to block Maryland oyster farmers from leasing spots in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries where there’s… Read Story
In a case that aimed to test the enforceability of Maryland’s forest conservation law, a state court judge has thrown out a lawsuit challengin… Read Story
Despite Maryland’s ambitious commitment to renewable energy, solar power continues to generate friction across the state. Large utility-scale … Read Story
The Trump administration’s latest move to ease regulatory requirements on the nation’s coal-burning power plants is expected to have limited i… Read Story
One of the most crucial fish in the Chesapeake Bay’s aquatic food web is getting more protection from potential overfishing, but not as much a… Read Story
Baltimore has become the latest Maryland locality to strengthen protections for its forestland. You heard that right: The city, where some den… Read Story
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a sweeping conservation measure that provides continued support for several key Chesapeake Bay … Read Story
Making good on threats issued months ago, three Chesapeake Bay watershed states, the District of Columbia and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to… Read Story
In a blistering report on Pennsylvania’s 12-year experience with hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a special statewide grand jury said pub… Read Story
It’s been 10 years since the Chesapeake Bay watershed was put on a “pollution diet.” And while there’s been some belt tightening since then, t… Read Story
Maryland poultry and livestock operations will soon begin paying a fee for water-pollution permits after a nearly year-long battle between its… Read Story
In Virginia, the future of natural gas depends on a highly volatile present. Read Story
In 1619, a privateer ship sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, carrying a transatlantic shipment of human cargo from Africa. At Point Comfort in so… Read Story
A bid by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration to spare poultry farmers from higher stormwater permit fees has hit a snag: the law. Read Story
Facing a tight deadline and a global pandemic, state biologists swooped in to preserve Virginia’s largest colony of nesting seabirds. Read Story
East Coast fishery managers have agreed to tie future menhaden population levels to the number needed to support a robust striped bass populat… Read Story
President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Aug. 4, signed into law the Great American Outdoors Act. Read Story
One of Maryland’s fastest growing counties has moved to halt the loss of its woodlands to development, adopting what environmentalists are hai… Read Story
The U.S. House on Wednesday followed the Senate’s lead and overwhelmingly passed historic public lands legislation to guarantee federal funds … Read Story
It was a good idea at the time. In the mid-1800s, Pennsylvania’s cities and towns wanted to end the stench and slippery surfaces caused by ope… Read Story
The Assateague Island National Seashore along the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia and Maryland and the Appalachian Trail farther inland. Read Story
A major roadblock to the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been cleared by the U.S. Supreme Court, but other hurdles and legal c… Read Story
Restaurants, grocery stores and other food vendors in Maryland are getting three more months to comply with a statewide ban on foam containers. Read Story
Environmentalists are slamming a West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection proposal to loosen water-quality safeguards on more than… Read Story
Virginia’s menhaden fishery is no longer under threat of a federal moratorium. Read Story
The federal government is steering $6 million in grants to help states curb agricultural runoff in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The lion’s sh… Read Story
The 37-year-old Chesapeake Bay restoration effort descended into finger pointing and threats of lawsuits on Monday, as the region struggles wi… Read Story
A widely used pesticide found to pose health risks for children and wildlife is due to be phased out in Maryland next year, but the state’s la… Read Story
The purse net fishing season for Atlantic menhaden kicked off May 4 in Virginia, but with a much-reduced limit on how many of the commercially… Read Story
Several Chesapeake Bay states and watershed environmental groups have gone to court challenging the Trump administration’s weakening of federa… Read Story
Fresh off successful efforts to bolster Chesapeake Bay-related funding for this year, advocates are hoping to secure even greater federal supp… Read Story
The coronavirus pandemic that’s keeping many people inside across the Chesapeake Bay watershed is also limiting some outdoor recreational oppo… Read Story
As the new coronavirus spreads across the country, environmental regulatory enforcement is contracting. Read Story
Responding to employers’ calls, including those of crab meat processing companies in Virginia and Maryland, the federal government announced M… Read Story
In a legislative session cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, Maryland lawmakers approved a ban on an agricultural pesticide and passed a ha… Read Story
The Chesapeake Bay and other environmental issues had more floor time — and legislative changes — than they have in years during Virginia’s 60… Read Story
When black skimmers, royal terns and other migrating seabirds return to South Island this spring, they will be greeted by a fresh layer of pavement. Read Story
Maryland and Virginia seafood industry leaders say they won’t have enough workers to process crabs this season unless the federal government o… Read Story
The Trump administration’s plans to remove federal oversight from some streams and wetlands will leave those waterways without protection in s… Read Story
Will a historic footpath running through Appalachia be the final barrier to an $8 billion pipeline project? The decision is now in the hands o… Read Story