Stories by Alicia Pimental
Alicia is the Chesapeake Bay Program's online communications manager. She manages the Bay Program's web content and social media channels. Alicia discovered her love for nature and the environment while growing up along Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts. When she's not at work, Alicia enjoys cooking, traveling, photography and playing with her chocolate lab, Tess.
2009 Bay Barometer: Bay Health Poor Overall Despite Upticks in Specific Indicators
April 7, 2010The Chesapeake Bay Program has released the 2009 Bay Barometer, which shows that the Bay continues to be degraded.
Read storyEPA proposes "next generation" stormwater runoff controls for Washington D.C.
April 7, 2010The EPA is requiring the Districtof Columbia to continue improving its Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System.
Read storyOyster Shell Recycling Alliance Will Collect Used Shells to Help Restore Chesapeake's Oyster Reefs
March 1, 2010The Oyster Recovery Partnership has launched Maryland's first Oyster Shell Recycling Alliance.
Read storySix ways African-American history helped shape the Chesapeake
February 19, 2010In the Chesapeake Bay region, the African-Americans who lived and worked here helped define our history.
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High School Students on the Upper Susquehanna Learn About Science and Environment
February 12, 2010A group of high school students in New York is getting real-life experience monitoring environmental conditions on the upper Susquehanna.
Read storyBay Program launches education website
January 28, 2010The Bay Program has launched BayBackpack.com, an online resource for teachers and environmental educators.
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Biofuels Could Create Jobs, Reduce Pollution in Chesapeake Bay Region, Report Finds
January 14, 2010Homegrown energy could reduce millions of pounds of nutrients from entering the Chesapeake Bays streams, creeks and rivers and create jobs.
Read storyVirginia Permanently Protects 424,000 Acres of Land in Four Years
January 14, 2010Virginia has permanently preserved more than 424,000 acres of land since 2006.
Read storyEPA Administrator Voted Chair of Chesapeake Executive Council
January 5, 2010The head of the U.S. EPA has been named chair of the Chesapeake Executive Council, assuming responsibility from outgoing Va. Gov. Tim Kaine.
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New EPA Regulations Will Help Reduce Pollution from Stormwater, Animal Operations to Chesapeake Bay
January 1, 2010The EPA is initiating new federal rulemaking to help control polluted runoff from cities, suburbs and farmland to the Chesapeake Bay.
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