Residents May Soon Pay Fee To Improve Drainage Systems
To save the bay, pay a fee. Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that lets local governments collect a fee to improve drainage systems.
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To save the bay, pay a fee. Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that lets local governments collect a fee to improve drainage systems.
Maryland environmental officials are warning the public to avoid waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the Patapsco River near the site of a sewage main break.
Chesapeake Bay scientists say underwater grasses declined more than 20 percent last year, a blow to many fish and other species that need the grass to live or breed.
Maryland Senators have approved a bill to regulate where new residential septic systems can be installed.
Maryland watermen are scouring the Chesapeake Bay in search of ghost pots.
A new report says industrial facilities dumped 1.4 million pounds of toxic chemicals into Maryland waterways in 2010, mostly in the Baltimore area.
Finding money to clean the bay continues to be an uphill struggle.
Maryland's bay restoration strategy is underfunded and may not get the job done as promised, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation said Tuesday.
A seal that normally makes its home in the waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans made its way to the Baltimore area this week.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says proposed budget cuts in Annapolis are threatening bay restoration efforts.
When it comes to oysters, Severn Inn customers want them local, and they want them salty.
President Barack Obama's chief environmental adviser will be in Maryland to discuss efforts to promote healthy oceans and coasts.
The daikon radish, a staple at sushi bars worldwide, is helping Maryland farmers fight Chesapeake Bay pollution.
Maryland farmers are offering homeowners tips on bay-friendly backyard gardening practices.
An Environmental Protection Agency official says West Virginia has made the most improvement on its Chesapeake Bay restoration plans, and Pennsylvania has the most work to do.
Gov. Martin O'Malley says increasing fees on water use and limiting where developers can put new septic systems are essential to preserving the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says President Barack Obama's election-year budget has more money for the Environmental Protection Agency's main program to restore the Chesapeake Bay, but other bay-related programs will see cuts.
It's a numbers game that effects livelihoods to dinner tables in Maryland. And right now the count is on.
Six of Maryland's 23 counties received the top rating from an environmental coalition for their Chesapeake Bay restoration plans.
People who violate land use rules can now be hit with criminal penalties under Anne Arundel County's aggressive new environmental enforcement policy.
Six cages full of baby oysters tethered to a dock at Janes Island State Park were pulled to the surface and then inspected by a group of fifth-graders who have been tending to them for the past two months.
An environmental group is urging caution in developing a nutrient trading program to cut Chesapeake Bay pollution.
Maryland's plan for restoring the Chesapeake Bay is now available for public comment.
St. Michaels-based Environmental Concern is celebrating 40 years of working to restore wetlands.
Environmental groups say an aging, coal-fired power plant in Washington County that is being closed by FirstEnergy along with five others did not comply with Maryland's 2006 Healthy Air Act.
