In the late 1970s, the treetops of the James River looked like a ghost town. Despite plenty of suitable habitat where bald eagles could have b… Read Story
He was known by a number in life. In death, he became a statistic. Read Story
On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, an evergreen forest that’s never ventured so far north is slowly gaining a toehold in fields where until recently… Read Story
Ruffed grouse, a strikingly beautiful bird that symbolizes wildness, is in trouble across its native range, including states in the Chesapeake… 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
A novel plan to refurbish an old waterfront park near Baltimore with sand and silt dredged from the harbor has received its first major infusi… Read Story
It’s hard to imagine a world without birds chirping outside in the morning or during a stroll in the woods. But a new study has found that bir… Read Story
A team of researchers studying dolphins in the Potomac River got unexpected fruit from their labors last month when they witnessed a dolphin b… Read Story
Frosted elfin butterflies aren’t much to look at. Their 1-inch wingspan and brownish-gray wings give them the appearance more of a moth than a… Read Story
The “green” plan for the new shopping center carved from a historic farm in Lancaster County, PA, looked impressive on paper and in the newspa… Read Story
Portions of the Chesapeake Bay’s underwater grass meadows appear to be headed for steep declines this year, a delayed response to the torrenti… Read Story
The Trump administration announced sweeping regulatory rollbacks Monday to the Endangered Species Act, drawing outcry from environmental group… Read Story
A federal court has overturned a permit needed for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to continue its path across West Virginia and Virginia, where s… Read Story
The roadsides, rest stops, interchanges, traffic islands and even urban intersections across Pennsylvania may soon look a little more unkempt … Read Story
On a cold morning last February, Bob Schutsky looked out the dining room window of his home along the Susquehanna River in southern Lancaster … Read Story
Federal and Maryland authorities are seeking the public’s help to track down whoever poisoned at least nine bald eagles in two locations on th… Read Story
The imperiled eastern hellbender, a creature most people consider ugly and few Pennsylvanians have ever seen, became the state’s official amph… Read Story
Who loves Baltimore these days? Bald eagles, that’s who. A white-headed adult pair has set up housekeeping at Masonville Cove, a restored wetl… Read Story
Ospreys are a familiar sight on the edges of the Chesapeake Bay and in the tidal reaches of its tributaries, as abundant as sailboats on a sun… Read Story
The Virginia Environmental Endowment is handing out the first round of grant funds in a multiyear program to benefit the James River — and “pr… Read Story
The Trump administration has once again called for deep cuts in federal funding for the Chesapeake Bay cleanup, despite failing twice before t… Read Story
It’s been a tough season for waterfowl hunters around the Chesapeake Bay, and it’s going to get even tougher next season. Read Story
A string of recent court decisions has left the future uncertain for a sprawling natural gas pipeline project cutting its way across some Ches… Read Story
The Chesapeake Bay region has received $13.1 million in grants for environmental projects from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Na… Read Story
Maryland’s pioneering law to restrict the sale and use of insecticides implicated in honeybee die-offs had a bumpy debut this year. Spot check… Read Story
The spotted lanternfly, an exotic insect that feeds like a vampire on the sap of fruit orchards and hardwood trees, has been detected for the … Read Story
This article is Part 4 of our special report, The Bay's Pollution Diet: Is it Working? See also: Part 1, Chesapeake cleanup may lose race to … Read Story
The diminutive Eastern black rail, an elusive marsh-dwelling bird that has nearly disappeared from the fringes of the Chesapeake Bay in recent… Read Story
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hiring a new manager at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, sparing a natural area popular with hunte… Read Story
When Larry Bannerman was a kid, he and his friends used to go crabbing in a cove off Bear Creek, a tidal tributary of the Patapsco River that … Read Story
A national wildlife refuge that attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year to the Chesapeake Bay may be forced to close to the public soon. Read Story
It’s a little past dawn on a foggy spring morning, but already the field on Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore is wide awake. From the cover of ta… Read Story
Buoyed by a resurgence in aquatic grasses and water-quality upticks in several rivers, the Chesapeake Bay remained moderately healthy in 2017,… Read Story
Some Bay Journal readers have wondered what became of Harriet, an osprey nesting in Masonville Cove in Baltimore that last summer was fitted w… Read Story
This spring, when pods of dolphins crossed the threshold into Chesapeake Bay waters, the scientists were ready for them. Read Story
As construction begins on Dominion Energy’s transmission line across the James River near Virginia’s Historic Jamestowne, almost $15.6 million… Read Story
One of the federal permits required to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline through three states and a portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed wa… Read Story
April showers bring May flowers — and mosquitoes. This spring, a team of researchers with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental … Read Story
When Marcellus Shale drilling came to Pennsylvania state forests, it brought a few hitchhikers along — invasive plants. They got a free ride i… Read Story
One thing that has often proved true for the Chesapeake Bay is that, as often than not, good news is the prelude to bad news. Read Story
The Chesapeake’s underwater grasses — critical havens for everything from blue crabs to waterfowl — surged to a new record high last year, sur… Read Story
Nutrient reductions over the last 30 years are the primary factor behind the resurgence of underwater grasses in the Chesapeake — something th… Read Story
As the days get longer, spring approaches. Before winter ends, though, it’s worth taking note of some infrequently seen avian visitors to Mary… Read Story
If you think you’ve been seeing more ducks, geese and swans around the Chesapeake Bay this winter than usual, you’re onto something. Read Story
The fields and forests of Gifford Pinchot State Park in southcentral Pennsylvania are still in winter dormancy, but not for long. You will act… Read Story
The little Cow Knob salamander, with its wide eyes and gentle grin, stared down a giant energy company and forced it to detour its proposed na… Read Story
They are asleep for the winter in ugly little egg cases that look like splotches of dried mud plastered on all manner of smooth outdoor surfac… Read Story
It was quite a surprise: Two reports on Chesapeake Bay dissolved oxygen levels in 2017 came to starkly different conclusions. The Maryland Dep… Read Story
Tucked away on the outskirts of sleepy Waynesboro, VA, there’s a bustling trauma center for sick and injured wildlife. Think “M*A*S*H” with fe… Read Story
The wintry weather outside may be frightful, but the latest Bay Barometer is pointing in a generally positive direction. Read Story