Recent Stories
Browse our articles and in-depth feature stories to learn about the latest Bay news.
New mobile app helps users find, visit hundreds of Bay attractions
October 26, 2012Chesapeake Explorer is a free digital guide to parks, trails, museums and historic sites across the watershed.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Lackawanna River Corridor Association (Lackawanna County, Pa.)
October 24, 2012This watershed group is cleaning up the mess that coal mining has left behind.
Read storyEPA launches mobile website to help users determine health of local waterways
October 23, 2012The smart phone-friendly site reveals where pollution has been reported.
Read storyTen ways you can Act! for Clean Water
October 18, 2012Celebrate four decades of the Clean Water Act with this list of ten things you can do to keep our water clean.
Read storyStriped bass reproduction down in Chesapeake Bay
October 17, 2012Biologists attribute the decline in juvenile rockfish to unfavorable weather conditions.
Read storyTributary Tuesday: Mallows Bay (Charles County, Md.)
October 16, 2012This Halloween, thrill-seeking river rats might want to visit this ghost fleet of steamship vessels on the Potomac River.
Read storyMaryland homeowners plant big trees for big Chesapeake Bay benefits
October 15, 2012Baltimore County has sold more than 750 oaks, maples and other native trees to augment Maryland's forests.
Read storyBuilding rain gardens with youth in Howard County, Maryland
October 11, 2012Thirty young people spent the summer building rain gardens. This is their story.
Read storyReport recommends use of multiple models to simulate conditions in Bay’s shallow waters
October 11, 2012Improving simulations could improve our understanding of shallow-waters.
Read storyMaryland partners plant more than 600 million oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
October 10, 2012This marks the largest restoration effort the watershed has ever seen.
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