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On the surface, things may look calm here. However, this watershed, which touches six states and spans over 64,000 square miles, is sick.

On the surface, things may look calm here. However, this watershed, which touches six states and spans over 64,000 square miles, is sick.

On the surface, things may look calm here. However, this watershed, which touches six states and spans over 64,000 square miles, is sick.

The Chesapeake Bay dead zone is shrinking, but there is still a ways to go to getting rid of it completely.

RICHMOND —Investments in agricultural best management practices have positive returns for the economy, according to a report released by the Chesapeake Bay…

A new report concluded that every dollar spent on agricultural best practices to reduce Chesapeake Bay pollution leads to a return of $1.75.

Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania are not on track to meet their goals to restore the Chesapeake Bay by 2025, according to a new report.

RICHMOND — A new report shows states are not on track to meet the 2025 deadline for reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, prompting officials to reevaluate…

Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, the states with the largest runoff into the Chesapeake Bay, are not on track to meet their goals to restore the nation’s largest estuary by 2025.

The assessment comes just days before a meeting in Washington of the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council, a high-powered consortium.