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High School Students on the Upper Susquehanna Learn About Science and Environment
February 12, 2010A group of high school students in New York is getting real-life experience monitoring environmental conditions on the upper Susquehanna.
Read storyQuestion of the Week: Are there any real-time monitoring stations on the Bay?
February 12, 2010Maryland and Virginia have real-time, near-time and fixed monitoring stations throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Read storyVideo: Virginia Elementary School Goes Green
February 2, 2010Manassas Park Elementary School in Northern Virginia has installed a rainwater collection system
Read storyBay Program launches education website
January 28, 2010The Bay Program has launched BayBackpack.com, an online resource for teachers and environmental educators.
Read storyBiofuels Could Create Jobs, Reduce Pollution in Chesapeake Bay Region, Report Finds
January 14, 2010Homegrown energy could reduce millions of pounds of nutrients from entering the Chesapeake Bays streams, creeks and rivers and create jobs.
Read storyVirginia Permanently Protects 424,000 Acres of Land in Four Years
January 14, 2010Virginia has permanently preserved more than 424,000 acres of land since 2006.
Read storyEPA Administrator Voted Chair of Chesapeake Executive Council
January 5, 2010The head of the U.S. EPA has been named chair of the Chesapeake Executive Council, assuming responsibility from outgoing Va. Gov. Tim Kaine.
Read storyNew EPA Regulations Will Help Reduce Pollution from Stormwater, Animal Operations to Chesapeake Bay
January 1, 2010The EPA is initiating new federal rulemaking to help control polluted runoff from cities, suburbs and farmland to the Chesapeake Bay.
Read storyChesapeake Bay Program Assists in Development of China's First Watershed Program
December 16, 2009The Chesapeake Bay Program had great success in Beijing from March 28 to April 5, 2009.
Read storyWhat Would Google Do? China, Google, and the Chesapeake Bay Program
December 15, 2009China is a country of mixed messages.
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