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ANNAPOLIS — Data collected by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Old Dominion University show that June 2023 dissolved oxygen conditions in the Chesapeake Bay mainstem of Maryland and

Pennsylvania farmers will receive a $14.3 million boost in grant to help implement conservation practices to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.

County Executive Pittman today announced eight projects implemented in Annapolis and other locations in Anne Arundel County will receive a total of $1.5 million in funding through the Watershed Restoration Grant Program to improve water quality in local shallow waterways, reduce stormwater and sediment runoff, and build resilient living shorelines.

More than 150,000 streams and rivers thread through the Chesapeake Bay’s 64,000-mile watershed., the largest estuary in the United States.

The Emerald Ash Borer is the most destructive invasive forest insect ever to have invaded North America, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Maryland plans to modify its Chesapeake Bay cleanup strategy in accordance with new research showing that the estuary has been slow to improve despite current pollution reduction efforts, state officials

The strategy shift reflects a growing public consensus that the bay remains significantly degraded despite 40 years of cleanup work.

A new report found some vital improvements in the Chesapeake Bay over the last few years. The Chesapeake Bay Program reported 76,000 acres of underwater grasses were mapped in the bay in 2022, representing a 12% increase over 2021, and 9% higher than the average since 1984. Seagrasses were observed to be in decline prior to Hurricane Agnes in 1972, which nearly wiped them out. ...

A new study sheds light on the urgent need for policies to reduce emissions from U.S. oil and gas production, showing the public health effects are costing billions of dollars. The research estimated in 2016, in the U.S. ...