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.
New York State Landowner Develops Wetland to Protect Local Stream, Chesapeake Bay
December 10, 2009On the first Wednesday in December, landowner Ray Lewis proudly looked across a recently constructed wetlands on his upstate New York farm.
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EPA Releases Guidance to Help Federal Facilities Better Manage Stormwater Runoff
December 9, 2009The EPA has issued guidance to help federal agencies reduce polluted stormwater runoff from federal development projects to streams.
Read storyThe 12 Days of Helping the Bay
December 3, 2009On the first day of Christmas, I helped to save the Bay?
Read storyEPA Details Consequences to Hold States, D.C., Accountable to Reduce Pollution
December 1, 2009The EPA outlined a series of consequences it could impose on the six Chesapeake Bay states and the District of Columbia.
Read storyMercury in Shenandoah Valley Rivers from Contaminated Soil, Scientific Study Finds
December 1, 2009A U.S.G.S. report points to contaminated riverbank and floodplain soils as the main source of mercury found in fish.
Read storyAnnual Oyster Survey Shows Decreases in Mortality, Reproduction
December 1, 2009Oyster mortality fell for the fifth straight year in 2007, but oyster reproduction was poor throughout most of Marylands portion of the Bay
Read storyDraft Strategy Shows How Federal Agencies Will Restore, Protect Chesapeake Bay
November 30, 2009As part of a draft strategy to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers, federal agencies will accelerate Bay cleanup efforts.
Read storyChesapeake Stories: A look back with Arthur Tuers
November 17, 2009At 79 years old, Arthur Tuers has been fishing, crabbing and boating on the Chesapeake Bay for quite some time.
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EPA Sets Expectations for States, D.C., to Reduce Pollution to Chesapeake Bay and Rivers
November 1, 2009The EPA has provided its expectations for jurisdictions to reduce pollution to the Bay and its streams.
Read storyAfter search, status of elusive Maryland darter still unknown
October 29, 2009A crew of about a dozen biologists spent an October afternoon searching for the Maryland darter, a fish that was last seen in 1988 .
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