Recent Stories
Browse our articles and in-depth feature stories to learn about the latest Bay news.
Chesapeake Bay featured in National Park Service teaching tool
March 8, 2011The National Park Service has developed a teaching tool about Chesapeake Bay history, geology, ecology and restoration.
Read storyPhoto tour: A taste of spring? (Kent Island and Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center)
March 3, 2011Don't shoot the messenger if I'm wrong, but I think spring is just around the corner.
Read storyJeff Corbin appointed EPA senior adviser on Chesapeake Bay
March 2, 2011EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has appointed Jeff Corbin as her senior adviser on Chesapeake Bay restoration.
Read storyVirginia to ban lawn fertilizer containing phosphorus
February 25, 2011Virginia is poised to pass a law banning the sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus, a major pollutant in the Chesapeake Bay.
Read storyA Chesapeake birder's Great Backyard Bird Count
February 24, 2011The Bay Program's resident birder Peter Tango is back with his experience counting birds.
Read storySeven beautiful winter photographs of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
February 22, 2011Until warmer weather arrives, why not enjoy the beauty of winter before it's gone for another nine months?
Read storyMagothy River health continues to be poor, according to latest report card
February 17, 2011The Magothy River in Anne Arundel County, Md., received a D-minus on its latest health report card.
Read storyPondering birds and birding (part two)
February 17, 2011Birder Peter Tango helps us get into the bird-counting spirit in part II of his series.
Read storyNatural Resources Conservation Service partners with Bay Bank to fund habitat protection projects
February 15, 2011A new partnership provides financial assistance for conservation practices that improve habitat conditions for critical species.
Read storyPondering birds and birding (part one)
February 10, 2011Birder Peter Tango helps us get into the bird-counting spirit with his two-part series on birding in the Bay region.
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