Oyster Restoration: A Growing Cause
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.
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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.
It's coming and Maryland better get ready. That's the thrust of a scientific report on sea level rise commissioned by Governor Martin O'Malley.
Dead zones in the bay don't usually bring good news. But they do when they're smaller than normal.
Researchers say low oxygen levels should affect smaller-than-average areas of the Chesapeake Bay this year.
Daring rescue. Firefighters were lowered down to a platform below the Bay Bridge to save an injured worker. Now we're hearing the emergency communications from the rescue effort.
Underwater dirt. That's basically what the millions of tons of sediment backed up behind Conowingo Dam is.
A sudden plunge in the blue crab population in the bay means belt-tightening for watermen.
Runaway slaves, captured women and children, British officers bestowing suspicious gifts and turncoat plantation owners trading with the enemy under a white flag -- it all happened in Maryland on the Chesapeake during the War of 1812, according to a new exhibit at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group says one of two nuclear reactors at the Calvert Cliffs power plant shut down automatically after a malfunction.
Since construction ended on the Conowingo Dam in 1928, it has been the best management practice to prevent sediment flow into the Chesapeake Bay from the Susquehanna River, said Bob Judge, spokesman for Exelon.
The Anne Arundel County Council has voted to override the county executive's veto of a stormwater remediation fee and will now consider emergency legislation to modify the fee.
Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman has vetoed a stormwater remediation fee, asking the county council to consider phasing-in fees for some property owners.
State officials say they are seeking proposals for Maryland's Stream Restoration Challenge.
The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay has dropped steeply, according to an annual survey just released. The winter dredge survey is an indication of the supply we expect this summer.
The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay has dropped steeply, according to an annual survey released Friday, and Maryland officials said they will work with the crabbing industry to reduce bushel limits by about 10 percent for female crabs this year.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says it is looking for communities interested in helping raise baby oysters.
Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay continued to decline last year, and Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee the year before are to blame, researchers said Thursday as they released results of an aerial survey of the ecologically important aquatic plants.
Rain on the roof. That's often a comforting sound. But soon it's going to mean money out of your pocket.
An accident temporarily closed the eastbound span of the Bay Bridge Saturday afternoon.
Pulling good news out of a troubled Chesapeake Bay doesn't happen every day. But it's turning up, at least for now, on the half shell.
Environmentalists got some of what they wanted from Maryland lawmakers during the legislative session that headed toward adjournment Monday, including an offshore wind bill and a divisive measure designed to help farmers comply with Chesapeake Bay restoration regulations.
Gwen Globus hurried from a large, black container to a nearby bucket of water, carefully placing live oysters from the container into the bucket.
