Maryland is targeting five ailing watersheds for restoration — but the state’s budget crisis has put funding for the effort in doubt.

Nearly $6 million has been awarded to keep the Chesapeake Bay Watershed clean from its tributaries in Lancaster County. State Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El announced the state and federal investment ...

Projects designed to help restore the Chesapeake Bay watershed are being affected by the freeze of grants, and the Choose ...

Celebrate all things oysters during Chesapeake Oyster Week, taking place from March 21-31, 2025. Learn more about the popular ...

The Chesapeake watershed supports the health of more than 50 national parks, and we can't afford to reverse important gains to water quality and habitat restoration Since 1983, the Chesapeake Bay ...

State leaders are reviewing five watersheds because of poor conditions. The Department of Natural Resources selected two on ...

Legislation introduced by Virginia and Maryland lawmakers aims to direct federal resources toward over 80,000 farms in the ...

David Newburn, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland, will give the talk ...

As Gov.-Elect Matt Meyer prepares to take office, now is an excellent time to take stock of an important environmental issue, not just for Delaware, but the for the entire Mid-Atlantic region ...

The watersheds — four connected with the Chesapeake Bay and one that’s part of an Atlantic coastal bay — are the first chosen under the state’s Whole Watershed Act passed in 2024.

As a part of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, Maryland is committed to restoring oyster populations in a handful of tributaries in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay by 2025 ...