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The Chesapeake Bay has received a C-minus on the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's (UMCES) 2010 Bay Health Report.

One day after a rain storm a few weeks ago, we decided to go around the neighborhood to see what trash we could find on the street.

Waterman hauled up more than 10,000 derelict "ghost pots," lost fishing nets and other assorted metal from the Chesapeake Bay.

Underwater bay grasses covered 79,675 acres of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal rivers in 2010, according to scientific data.

It takes a lot of work to protect the critical land that borders the Chesapeake Bay and its streams, rivers and wetlands.

The Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population is at its second-highest level since 1997.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has signed an executive order to study septic system use in the state.

New tests by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) show lower levels of contaminants in the Chesapeake Bay's striped bass.

21 Earth Day Events around the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

West Virginia will invest $6 million annually for 30 years toward wastewater treatment plant upgrades that will reduce nutrient pollution.