Trash is everywhere throughout our watersheds—floating in ditches and streams, littering roadways, dirtying parks, and fluttering through farm fields. In April, ShoreRivers and volunteers will host community trash cleanups to help rid our towns, streets, and parks of litter before it reaches our waterways. These events are part of the annual Project Clean Stream, a […]
Continue ReadingA cool spring followed by summer storms help keep the 2020 dead zone small Annapolis, MD – Experts from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources report that the 2020 dead zone is the second smallest observed in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay since monitoring began in 1985. In their 2020 Chesapeake Bay Dead […]
Continue ReadingDraft 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 […]
Continue ReadingIt’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 […]
Continue ReadingAnnapolis, 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 […]
Continue ReadingWastewater 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 […]
Continue ReadingSunsets 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 […]
Continue ReadingHigher-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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingSo 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 […]
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