Recent Stories
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Working Hard in the Far Reaches of the Watershed
September 3, 2009Sidney Center is nestled amongst the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in Delaware County, Ny.
Read storyEelgrass Continues to Rebound in Lower Chesapeake Bay
August 26, 2009Mid-season monitoring of underwater bay grasses in Virginia's portion of the Chesapeake Bay is showing beds of eelgrass.
Read storyVirginia Receives $80.2 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Plants
August 19, 2009Virginia received $80.2 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to upgrade and improve wastewater treatment facilities.
Read storyChesapeake Bay Executive Order Website Features News, Information on Development of New Strategy to
August 11, 2009The Bay Program has launched a website for the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order on Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration.
Read storyPesticide Runoff Can Pose Risk to Humans, Wildlife in Chesapeake Bay Region
August 4, 2009Pesticides used by farmers, residents and business owners pose a significant risk to Chesapeake Bay wildlife and human health.
Read storyLooking for fish habitat on the Magothy with a 4-year-old
July 16, 2009The fish & DO story was different at the three other Magothy sites I sample, and the news was not good.
Read storyBattle for the Bird River
July 13, 2009Recently, I joined forces with Maryland Department of Natural Resources biologists to seek and destroy water chestnut in the Bird River.
Read storyWashington, D.C., bans use of coal-tar pavement products containing toxic PAHs
July 1, 2009Washington, D.C., has banned the use and sale of coal-tar pavement products to curb the flow of a toxic chemical contaminant.
Read storyInto the Wild
June 29, 2009At Kent Narrows, the place their mother laid their eggs, we released our brood back into the wild.
Read storyCleaning Up the Magothy, One Stream at a Time
June 24, 2009I just recently joined the Chesapeake Bay Program Office as its deputy director after more 20 years of working for the EPA.
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