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"Missed again?” That was the discouraging headline on the front page of the September Bay Journal. Karl Blankenship’s article explains that th… Read Story

Environmental injustice comes in many forms. Throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, there are stories of sewage backing up from city pipes i… Read Story

The coronavirus pandemic has focused our attention on the link between cleanliness and the avoidance of disease. People are sanitizing their h… Read Story

Last year at this time, our priorities for local governments were completely different from what they are now. 2020 has been a whirlwind of li… Read Story

“It’s no coincidence that ‘aspiration’ means both hope and the act of breathing. When we speak, we use the breath in our lungs to give our tho… Read Story

After several years of lobbying on the part of the Sierra Club/Maryland Chapter as well as countless other environmental and civic groups, the… Read Story

Our access to the outdoors has a new meaning these days. With the spread of the novel coronavirus and the stay-at-home orders that followed, o… Read Story

In a show of solidarity unprecedented in the history of the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort, citizen groups, a county and four Bay jurisdict… Read Story

As part of the team that works with the fully electric “E-ferry” Ellen in Denmark, it was exciting for me to get requests from the Chesapeake … Read Story

The coronavirus pandemic has affected nearly every facet of life in the United States, including the workings of Congress. While legislators h… Read Story

Meat processing plants have been in the news recently because of the spread of the coronavirus among laborers, who frequently must work in clo… Read Story

Gerald Winegrad’s Bay Journal Forum piece, 36 years after first Bay Agreement, its restoration is still a pipe dream, (January-February 2020) … Read Story

You may not realize it, but the water we drink, shower and bathe with, as well as recreate in, was once stormwater. Read Story

Editor's note: On March 24, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy advised all hikers to postpone their hikes on the Appalachian Trail to avoid pot… Read Story

Most of us are deeply concerned by the recent news of dramatic changes involving the Amazon rainforest, Greenland ice sheets, loss of bird spe… Read Story

There’s no question Atlantic striped bass are in trouble. Stock assessments show the fish, known locally as rockfish, are being overfished, an… Read Story

Ever since the federal license allowing it to operate the Conowingo Dam expired in 2014, Exelon Corp. has fought updated permit requirements t… Read Story

December 9 marked the 36th anniversary of the signing of the first Bay Agreement at George Mason University in Virginia. Read Story

If you have ever been out on the Chesapeake Bay and seen a familiar flash of orange beneath the water, you might have thought your eyes were p… Read Story

A healthy Chesapeake Bay means a healthy economy, and a full recovery cannot be accomplished without a strong, bipartisan federal commitment. … Read Story

On Oct. 29, Exelon Generation and Gov. Larry Hogan announced a historic agreement that will deliver $200 million in benefits to the state of M… Read Story

The Conowingo hydropower dam, the largest on the Susquehanna River, is poised to secure a federal license to operate for another 50 years. Read Story

There’s so much in Maryland that’s worth standing up for. Our “America in Miniature” is home to a rich diversity of natural features and wildlife. Read Story

Pennsylvania’s final watershed implementation plan to clean up the state’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and meet its commitments un… Read Story

Once a year, members of the Chesapeake Executive Council gather together to discuss the successes and challenges of restoring the Chesapeake B… Read Story

I first saw Fones Cliffs in spring 1997. I was in the company of the renowned author and naturalist John Page Williams, and I was there to hel… Read Story

I spent my childhood in and around the Bay wading in our creek to catch soft crabs, trying to dip net yellow perch on their spring run, catchi… Read Story

It is a critical time for the Chesapeake Bay. Read Story

Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young recently introduced the Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights, a positive and unifying vision of what chil… Read Story

The long, hot, lazy days of summer are here, and being on or near the water is the perfect way to spend them. Whether you feel like taking a d… Read Story

I was lucky enough to grow up in the 1980s catching frogs, hooking sunfish, and exploring the mossy banks of Walden Pond, which Henry Thoreau … Read Story

Tim Wheeler’s CREP program interruptions hinder streamside tree planting efforts (April 2019) raises points not frequently recognized. Whereas… Read Story

For nearly 50 years, the Clean Water Act’s definition of which water bodies across the country are protected from pollution enabled states and… Read Story

In the most recent Bay Barometer report released by the Chesapeake Bay Program, one metric tracking progress toward a healthy Bay stands out: … Read Story

Pick up any article about the health of the Chesapeake these days and you are sure to see the term “resilient.” It’s become the trendy way of … Read Story

In August 2018, the Maryland Environmental Health Network and its membership of impacted residents in the community, health advocates and envi… Read Story

This year’s Maryland General Assembly session marks a critical juncture for Chesapeake Bay oysters. Policies under debate in the halls of the … Read Story

Trees are, indeed, quite remarkable. They are integral to air and water quality as well as a source of water, mitigation for stormwater and co… Read Story

Have you ever tried to assign a value to the trees in your community? You may know that trees save energy, promote health and increase propert… Read Story

You get to a certain point in your life and you know that your days are numbered. You have a lot of years to look back and reflect on the part… Read Story

Some might not think of it this way, but farmland is critical infrastructure akin to roads and bridges. Read Story

Forty years ago this fall, a group of school teachers arrived at the remote fishing village of Tylerton, MD, on Smith Island with their sleepi… Read Story

Eighteen million people call the Bay watershed home. That means we have 18 million reasons to protect this landscape and, incidentally, we wil… Read Story

The Bay Journal's four-part series, The Bay’s Pollution Diet: Is it Working?, highlighted many aspects of the state of the Chesapeake Bay rest… Read Story

Recent extreme weather — Hurricanes Harvey and Florence — caused widespread toxic contamination of floodwaters after low-lying chemical plants… Read Story

What prevents you from doing more to protect the water resources in your community? Is it simply a matter of insufficient funds? Do you have s… Read Story

Despite decades of concern, beginning seriously with the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1977, water quality improvement in the Chesapeake B… Read Story

Veteran newspaper photographer John Pavoncello has been eye-to-eye with all kinds of human drama. Read Story

So, how are we doing at cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay? Read Story

This is a critical time for Bay restoration. At the halfway point between 2010 and 2025 the question is: Are we on track? Read Story