Perdue Farms Gifts $50K To Raise Oysters In Maryland
A program growing in popularity received a cash infusion to keep oysters growing.
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A program growing in popularity received a cash infusion to keep oysters growing.
Watermen file suit against the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, saying the new rules restricting menhaden catch threaten livelihoods.
Farm groups said Tuesday that they were appealing a judge's decision to uphold federal pollution limits that are designed to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, by more tightly regulating wastewater treatment, construction and agricultural runoff.
An artificial oyster reef made up of 300 concrete balls has been completed in the Choptank River.
"From the Bay for the Bay." It is a weeklong celebration of Maryland seafood benefiting the Oyster Recovery Partnership.
The Clean Chesapeake Coalition, which Carroll County joined last year, includes six other rural counties in Maryland, and attempts to change conventional wisdom on the Chesapeake Bay cleanup and restoration efforts.
A fire on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge creates a traffic nightmare for commuters.
A judge rejected a bid by farm industry and home builders' groups to block federal and state pollution limits designed to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay by more tightly regulating wastewater treatment, construction along waterways and agricultural runoff.
Maryland agriculture officials say new fertilizer regulations may be phased in over the next year, instead of being implemented all at once in the fall.
A Chesapeake checkup. Tuesday, a Senate field hearing heard what's working and what's not when it comes to cleaning the bay.
Hundreds of dead dolphins have washed ashore on the Chesapeake Bay and down the East Coast. Now scientists know what may be causing it: a dangerous virus that could spread even further.
Maryland's Agriculture Department on Monday withdrew a request to accelerate implementation of proposed regulations aimed at reducing pollution from fertilizer in the Chesapeake Bay after critics said the state was moving too fast.
A quarter billion dollars is serious money, and it's being spent on a serious problem. It's being poured into Baltimore's Back River Sewage Treatment Plant to slow the flow of nutrient pollution choking the bay.
A few months from now, waterfowl will migrate from the north to the Chesapeake to over-winter.
If you enjoy a good meal at a bargain price, you'll like what starts Friday in Baltimore. It's restaurant week!
There are some clouds in the area early Thursday, and the regional radar mosaic is also showing some rain in areas south and east of Baltimore.
As if the story of her car plummeting over the edge of the Bay Bridge wasn't dramatic enough, there's new video of a Calvert County woman emerging from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay--seconds after the crash.
The Board of Public Works has postponed a decision on whether to grant permits for a Kent Island housing development in an environmentally sensitive area near the Chesapeake Bay.
States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are working to have a new cleanup agreement ready by October.
A new state rule requires all Maryland high school graduates to be environmentally literate---but first, teachers have to get up to speed.
Washington, D.C., and states within the Chesapeake Bay watershed are making progress to reduce pollution flowing into the hobbled estuary but none is on track to meet cleanup commitments set this year, an analysis by environmental groups concludes.
When Scott Eglseder was growing up on Spencer's Creek near St. Michaels in the 1960s and 1970s, he said the sea grasses were thick and plentiful and that he remembers how sea life flourished.
The Clean Chesapeake Coalition hopes the Conowingo Dam's relicensing process will create an opportunity to address concerns about the dam's role in Chesapeake Bay pollution.
It is a summer tradition in these parts, especially around the Fourth of July. We're talking about eating crabs.
Carroll County will use county funding to contribute to a state-mandated stormwater remediation effort instead of implementing a fee for individual residents and businesses.
