Lower Potomac News Today

After more than a century of test-firing weapons into the lower Potomac River, the Navy this week agreed to seek a “permit for discharges of pollutants” from the state of Maryland for the Navy’s largest test-firing ground, 50 miles south of D.C.

High winds, high surf, storm surge, and heavy rain expected from North Carolina to the mid-Atlantic.

In a plan for species recovery, scientists are giving electronic tags to rare endangered fish called Chesapeake logperch in several state waterways. Read more here.

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University are working with local wildlife agencies to boost Chesapeake logperch populations to prevent the fish from becoming federally endangered.

Two environmental groups are suing the Navy and alleging it failed to abide by the Clean Water Act, which requires anyone discharging pollutants into a river to get a permit, and to regularly test the water to ensure it is safe for humans and wildlife.

With threats to the Clean Water Act looming, the Potomac’s riverkeepers are at risk of losing a key tool for protecting DC’s watershed

The remnants of Ian, now a post-tropical cyclone, arrived in the D.C. area bringing with it rain, wind and a potential for flooding. Here’s what you need to know.