Page 40 - Chesapeake Bay Program News Today

 E-Mail IMAGE: Researchers analyzed eight years of data from 108 sites in the Chesapeake Bay Programs nontidal monitoring network, looking at daily-scale records of flow and corresponding loads of nitrogen, phosphorus and... view more  Credit: Heather Preisendanz research group/Penn State The vast majority of nutrients and sediment washed into streams flowing into the Chesapeake Bay are picked up by deluges from severe storms that occur on relatively few days of the year. That is the ...

: : Chickens are big business in Virginia, with broilers representing a nearly $1 billion dollar commodity in the state. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News) On Wednesday, the Virginia Water Control Board decided to track how poultry waste is distributed, including as fertilizer, around the state. But Chesapeake Bay researchers say the new rules leave out important information on chemicals added to the litter. In 2019, only nine states produced more livestock chickens than Vir...

Military leadership in this country, andrea, has been calling me as a member of the armed services committee saying thank you you guys for what you have done. it is a challenging and dangerous world out there and we need certainty. we also need funding for opioids and we also need funding for the chesapeake bay program and for economic development and workforce training. thats whats in this bill. weve worked together to compromise. again, when the president tweeted it out this morning, hes got t...