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The grades are in. A report card on the health of the Chesapeake Bay goes beyond traditional indicators of nitrogen, phosphorus and water. It also reviews what’s going on with the people in the bay’s massive watershed.
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A new report card looks at environmental justice and socio-economic factors alongside pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers that feed it. Plus, how are the bay's crabs doing?
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Maryland is home to a rich array of turtle species, from lumbering snapping turtles to sea turtles in the Chesapeake Bay. But the terrapin state’s tortoises are under threat from habitat loss and rising sea levels.
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Baltimore County watermen are working to clear lost crab pots that harm the Chesapeake Bay’s ecology and the commercial crab fishery. It’s a local effort aimed at a Baywide problem.
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But Baltimore County leaders worry rising sea levels could put those wetlands at risk anyway.
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources workers are joined by Virginia’s state crew on boats searching the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for blue crabs for an annual survey.
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Grade is the same as the last report card in 2020 as Blue Crab population in Chesapeake Bay falls to lowest levels this century
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Betting big on offshore wind could reduce the cost of electricity in Maryland, environmentalists sayIf regulators in Maryland would approve hundreds more wind turbines off the coast, residents could see not just environmental benefits but potentially a smaller electric bill, a new report claims.
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The Hawkins Cove overhaul is just one out of 104 restoration projects across the Chesapeake Bay watershed supported by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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Pirates and dredgers battle for oysters in the Chesapeake Bay during the Oyster Wars of the late 19th century.