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Bush proposes cutting $23 million in Bay funding
- Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts would be dealt a blow under President Bush’s proposal to slash $23 million from the fiscal 2009 funding, advocates said.
Maryland’s Bay beaches still violating bacteria standards, report finds
- Maryland’s shorelines are getting cleaner, but some of the Chesapeake Bay beaches still exceed national bacteria limits at high rates.
- Maryland’s shorelines are getting cleaner, but some of the Chesapeake Bay beaches still exceed national bacteria limits at high rates.
Environmental programs get $2.1 million infusion
- Baltimore County’s program encouraging homeowners to plant trees got a $50,000 boost through the small watershed grant program from the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Researchers tackling invasive species in ship ballast water
- Destructive invasive species hitch a ride into the Chesapeake Bay in the ballast water of large cargo ships, prompting scientists to seek ways to treat the water before it’s released from the ship.
- Destructive invasive species hitch a ride into the Chesapeake Bay in the ballast water of large cargo ships, prompting scientists to seek ways to treat the water before it’s released from the ship.
Study: Warming could sink Bay beaches
- More than half of the Chesapeake Bay’s beaches and the state’s treasured Smith and Tangier islands could be submerged within the next hundred years if sea levels rise about 2 feet, a new study shows.
Local groups receive grants to transform Bay shoreline
- Four homeowners associations and community groups will work to transform thousands of feet of Chesapeake Bay shoreline from bulkheads to natural habitats for aquatic life.
Report shows drop in pollutants in Chesapeake, coastal waters
- The amount of contaminants and metals found in the mid-Atlantic’s oyster population are decreasing, reflecting a nationwide trend in coastal waters, according to a report released Monday.
Public opinion poll shows disconnect between storm drains, Bay
- A mass of Styrofoam cups, plastic bottles and leaves churned slowly in the water in Canton, caught on its way from Baltimore-area storm drains to the Chesapeake Bay.
Bay grass growth promising, but misses goal, survey says
- Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay increased 10 percent last year but fell far short from the target, an annual aerial survey released Monday found.
Waterman group mustering support for potential suit
- A group representing Virginia’s seafood harvesters is looking to recruit a dozen similar organizations to potentially sue Virginia or the federal government for failing to halt the Chesapeake Bay’s environmental degradation, the group’s president said Thursday.
Bay tributary report cards poor
- From the mouth of the Patuxent River to the upper shore, the scores for the health of the Chesapeake Bay range from an improved B to a dismal D-minus.
Bay development regulations in Senate’s hands
- A plan to expand zoning regulations near sensitive Maryland shoreline is now in the hands of the state Senate after members of the House of Delegates adopted new development setbacks this weekend.
Builders: Bay legislation may hurt development
- Gov. Martin O’Malley’s legislation to strengthen limits on development along the Chesapeake Bay could unfairly threaten projects already under way, homebuilders said.
- Gov. Martin O’Malley’s legislation to strengthen limits on development along the Chesapeake Bay could unfairly threaten projects already under way, homebuilders said.
