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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The ninth annual Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week will take place from June 1-9. According to the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay…

ANNAPOLIS — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its partners recently celebrated progress toward restoring oyster reef habitats in 10…

The DEP needs more boots on the ground to engage in inspection activity and more compliance personnel to enforce environmental laws and regulation, this lawmaker believes.

Maryland's summer favorite, Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, are in so-so circumstances that might be improved by a bit more environmental stewardship.

Virginia is among the top five states with the most documented champion trees, the largest of their species.

Virginia did not reach its 2023 pollution reduction targets for nitrogen and phosphorus, according to modeling tools from the Chesapeake Bay Program, but the commonwealth is on track for reducing sediment in the bay. 

Students get chance to show their conservation knowledge.

Virginia and the other states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are cutting pollutants flowing into the Bay but are still well short of targets for nitrogen and phosphorus.

BELLEFONTE — The Board of Commissioners proclaimed April 28 to May 4, 2024 as “Conservation District Week” in Centre County to celebrate the hard work

HAMPTON — Another attempt to impose tighter regulations on the menhaden fishery in Virginia was defeated Tuesday and interested parties again called for the…