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.
Water quality report shows majority of Va.'s streams unhealthy
March 27, 2012Virginia added approximately 840 miles of streams and 2 square miles of estuaries to its list of impaired waters in 2012.
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Osprey cams offer online glimpse of Chesapeake wildlife
March 21, 2012Can’t make it to the Bay’s shores? Enjoy a glimpse of this remarkable raptor through two online osprey cams.
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EPA to provide $4 million to local governments for green infrastructure
March 13, 2012The U.S. EPA will provide $4 million in grants to local governments to reduce pollution to local waterways.
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Scientists to develop management plan for invasive catfish
March 2, 2012Blue and flathead catfish are two invasive species that threaten the Chesapeake Bay's rivers.
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Maryland’s wintering waterfowl population down slightly in 2012
February 28, 2012Scientists counted fewer ducks, geese and swans wintering along Md.’s Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic shorelines in 2012.
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Md. farmers plant record acreage of pollution-reducing cover crops
February 22, 2012Farmers planted nearly 430,000 acres of cover crops in fall 2011, the largest planting in Md. history.
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States, D.C. generally on track to meet Chesapeake Bay cleanup goals
February 17, 2012EPA says jurisdictions are on the right track to meet pollution reduction goals for the Bay and its rivers by 2025.
Read storyOyster survival rate in Maryland highest in 25 years
February 13, 2012More of the Chesapeake Bay’s baby oysters appear to be surviving threats from pollution and disease.
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$400,000 available to cities and towns through Green Streets grants
February 8, 2012Green Streets grants will help towns accelerate greening efforts to improve livability and local waterway protection.
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Md. Gov. O’Malley proposes more than $52 million for Bay restoration
February 3, 2012The funding would supports projects that reduce polluted runoff and other types of nonpoint source pollution.
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