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Browse our articles and in-depth feature stories to learn about the latest Bay news.
Eight books about the Chesapeake Bay
February 13, 2012Curl up with one of these eight great Bay-related reads
Read story$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.
Read storyTributary Tuesday: Sideling Hill Creek (Md. and Pa.)
February 6, 2012Sideling Hill Creek, a Potomac River tributary that runs through western Md., is one of the healthiest streams in the state.
Read storyMd. 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.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Conodoguinet Creek W.A. (Pa.)
February 1, 2012CCWA volunteers work with school groups, residents and local governments to remove trash and invasive plants.
Read storyAtlantic sturgeon in Chesapeake Bay officially declared endangered
January 31, 2012The federal government has officially declared the Chesapeake Bay’s Atlantic sturgeon an endangered species.
Read storyNine native Chesapeake Bay plants that look beautiful in winter
January 30, 2012Learn about native plants that can provide food and habitat for wildlife year round
Read storySaving the Eastern Shore’s marshes from destructive, invasive nutria
January 26, 2012A team of scientists and trappers is working to eradicate nutria from the Chesapeake Bay by 2015.
Read storyTributary Tuesday: Catoctin Creek (Frederick County, Md.)
January 24, 2012Named after the nearby Catoctin Mountains, Catoctin Creek flows south for 28 miles to the Potomac River.
Read storyChesapeake Bay Program launches new, improved website
January 23, 2012The Chesapeake Bay Program has launched a new, improved version of its website, www.chesapeakebay.net.
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