CHESAPEAKE BAY– The Chesapeake Bay Program is seeking public input on the draft revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, which updates plans for reaching water quality and ecosystem goals. The ...

River sunset on during a fishing trip in the Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Caroline Donovan/Integration and Application Network,UMCES) The reviews are in, and they’re not good: Commenters had stern words ...

More than 9.2 million acres of land across the Chesapeake Bay watershed are now permanently protected from development, ...

A workboat floating on the Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Jane Hawkey/Integration and Application Network, UMCES) When they last signed a Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement in 2014, officials from seven ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — A key Senate committee has rejected proposed White House budget cuts that would have significantly reduced funding for NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay restoration programs, according to ...

Ravens new head coach Jesse Minter, owner and GM release statements on hire The Ravens announced the hiring of Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter as their franchise's fourth head coach on ...

The Chesapeake Bay Program has announced they’re on track to exceed their goal of fully restoring the oyster habitats to 10 tributaries across Maryland and Virginia before the end of the year.

As the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement’s deadline approaches, oyster restoration in the region has met its checkpoint. In the agreement, signed more than a decade ago, 10 specific tributaries were ...

In early 2025 the Indigenous Conservation Council (ICC), made up of representatives from all federally recognized tribes in Virginia, submitted a resolution formally proposing that it should have a ...

Less nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution is entering the Chesapeake Bay, according to a watershed model by the Chesapeake Bay Program. The seven jurisdictions, including Virginia, that make up ...

The Trump administration has moved to slash funding for agencies that assist with bay clean-up, including the EPA, the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — ...