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Last "smart buoy" to be deployed off Virginia Beach
August 10, 2011NOAA will launch its last Chesapeake Bay "smart buoy" next week off First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach.
Read storyMore work needed to rebuild blue crab population, according to NOAA
August 9, 2011A new scientific assessment of the Bay blue crab population shows that more work needs to be done to rebuild the stock.
Read storyPhoto Tour: Cunningham Falls
August 4, 2011Bay Program staff Matt and Caitlin escape to Maryland's Cunningham Falls to photograph a waterfall that eventually flows to the Bay.
Read storyVa. accepting applications for Bay education and restoration grants
August 2, 2011Virginia is accepting applications for nearly $308,000 in grant funding for Bay-related education and restoration activities.
Read storyNOAA launches new website for interpretive buoy information
August 1, 2011NOAA has launched a new website (buoybay.noaa.gov) for its Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS).
Read storyTeaching kids about pollution through the ReSET program
July 21, 2011ReSET's goal is to introduce children in the classroom to science, engineering and technology as being enjoyable and exciting.
Read storyInvasive snakehead fish found in Maryland, Delaware rivers
July 19, 2011The northern snakehead - an invasive fish native to Asia - has been discovered for the first time in several Maryland and Delaware rivers.
Read storyVirginia to develop web-based map to help landowners control phragmites
July 18, 2011Biologists with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) are mapping phragmites along the York River .
Read story20+ Chesapeake Bay-related Twitter accounts you should follow
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