CHESAPEAKE BAY - The Chesapeake Bay is world-renowned for its blue crabs, rockfish, osprey, and menhaden. But a certain marine mammal, less associated with the Bay but a frequent visitor, has captured ...

During our long careers, we were fortunate to conduct science and provide advice to address the primary culprit degrading the Chesapeake Bay, excessive inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus from human ...

Gov. Wes Moore announced Tuesday that the 11-year-old agreement to restore the Chesapeake Bay will now be extended to 2040 — 15 years after the initial 2025 deadline. The deal, intended to improve ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (ACCESS Newswire) — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources released its 2025 Chesapeake Bay Young-of-Year Striped Bass Survey Results, and for the third year in a row, the news ...

As the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement’s deadline approaches, oyster restoration in the region has met its checkpoint. In the agreement, signed more than a decade ago, 10 specific tributaries were ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced a closure of the Chesapeake Bay striped bass recreational fishery from July 16 to July 31, 2025, prohibiting anglers ...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have announced grant awards exceeding $44 million to support water quality improvement, habitat restoration and ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — In 2024, the amount of underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay dropped slightly, down 1% from the previous year, despite growth in most parts of the Bay. Scientists mapped 82,778 ...

Efforts to revitalize the Chesapeake Bay have lasted 40 years and that work continues today. Through the lens of three watermen and one waterwoman, "Saving Chesapeake Bay" examines the 40 years of ...

Efforts to clean up Chesapeake Bay, the largest U.S. estuary, date to the 1980s, but pollution reduction targets did not become mandatory until 2010, with not all states in its watershed signing on to ...