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Chesapeake Bay Program welcomes feedback on Conowingo Watershed Implementation Plan

October 15, 2020Across Our Desk

Draft outlines strategy to reduce additional pollutants flowing into Bay Annapolis, MD – The Chesapeake Bay Program is soliciting public input on the draft Conowingo Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The Conowingo WIP was developed collaboratively by a steering committee consisting of representatives from the Chesapeake Bay Commission and each Chesapeake Bay watershed jurisdiction—Delaware, the District […]

Delmarva Scenes’ Photo of the Week – October Sailing on the Chesapeake

October 11, 2020October 11, 2020Across Our Desk

It’s near the middle of October. The days are getting noticeably shorter. The mornings are cool. The leaves on the trees are beginning to change color and fall to the ground. There are those who are trying to hold on to the final glimpses of Summer by sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. ______ Delmarva Scenes […]

Chesapeake Executive Council Adopts DEIJ Statement; Bay leaders address COVID-19 Challenges

August 18, 2020Across Our Desk

Annapolis, MD—Representatives from the six Chesapeake Bay watershed states, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) met today for the annual meeting of the Chesapeake Executive Council. Established 37 years ago, the Chesapeake Executive Council, is responsible for guiding the policy agenda and setting conservation and restoration goals […]

Chesapeake Bay Program reports overall decline in nitrogen, sediment pollution reaching the Bay

August 10, 2020Across Our Desk

Wastewater treatment plant upgrades, agriculture improvements help decrease pollution Annapolis, MD – Today, the Chesapeake Bay Program announced that the amount of nitrogen and sediment pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay continued to decrease, while phosphorus pollution slightly increased from the previous assessment period. Each year, the seven watershed jurisdictions–Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West […]

Delmarva Scenes’ Photo of the Week – A Sunset Disappointment

July 26, 2020July 25, 2020Across Our Desk

Sunsets looking across the Chesapeake Bay are glorious. But not always. Sometimes I will plan to make a trip to shoot one, but most of the times I’m already at location. This was the case earlier in the Week. I was in Rock Hall for another reason and decided to stay a little longer to […]

Chesapeake Bay Program reports decline in underwater grass abundance

July 12, 2020Across Our Desk

Higher-than-average river flow one factor in 38% decrease Annapolis, MD – In 2019, an estimated 66,387 acres of underwater grasses were mapped in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, achieving 36% of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s ultimate restoration goal of 185,000 acres. Although the 66,387 acres mapped in 2019 are a 70% increase from […]

Department of Natural Resources Urges Congress to Address Rules Hindering Market for Invasive Blue Catfish

February 26, 2020February 25, 2020Across Our Desk

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is supporting a joint resolution proposed by the Maryland General Assembly that will move the state closer to controlling the invasive blue catfish population by commercial harvest. A native of the Mississippi River basin, blue catfish were introduced to the mid-Atlantic in the 1970s. Since then it has exploded […]

Delmarva Scenes’ Photo of the Week – Ice on the Bay

February 16, 2020February 15, 2020Across Our Desk

So far the winter of 2020 has been a fairly warm one. It really only has gotten cold this weekend and looking ahead it appears the warmer days are coming back. This was not the case five years ago. The winter of 2015 was a cold one. Many days the temperature didn’t rise above single […]

Delmarva Scenes’ Photo of the Week – Bay Sunset

December 8, 2019December 6, 2019Steve Atkinson

On Tuesday evening I attended a Networking Fundraising event at Hemmyway’s Restaurant in Stevensville for Haven Ministries. The even didn’t begin until 5pm around 15 minutes before Sunset. I made sure I got there early to catch this Sunset on the Chesapeake Bay. ——- Delmarva Scenes is a photo project of SG Atkinson, Publisher and […]

Bay Bridge Two-Way Operation to be Suspended Beginning September 24, 2019

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019Across Our Desk

Motorists should prepare for experiencing major delays on the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge (US 50/301) beginning Tuesday, September 24, 2019 when two-way operations on the westbound span cease in preparation for the Maryland Transportation Authority’s (MDTA) $27 million deck rehabilitation project. MDTA had initially announced the two-year Bay Bridge project would begin […]

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