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Former Maryland State Senator Bernie Fowler remembers when he could wade up to his shoulders in his beloved Patuxent River.

Agricultural practices account for roughly one-quarter of the land use in the Bay watershed.

The Bay Program Toxics Subcommittee has updated its list of Toxics of Concern, ranking the toxic organic chemicals in the Chesapeake Bay.

Bay-wide acreage of underwater bay grasses (SAV) decreased by 25 percent in 2006, dropping to 59,090 acres from 78,263 acres in 2005.

Centuries of population growth and landscape changes have taken their toll on the Bay's water quality.

Non-tidal, or palustrine, wetlands are usually found near the Bay's streams and ponds.

Residents of Hampton Roads and the Greater Richmond area are learning how to "Save the Crabs, then Eat 'Em" this spring.

Once considered by the community to be "dead," Virginia's Elizabeth River is being revived through the efforts of one local non profit.

PAH concentrations shown to cause liver tumors in fish in some Bay tributaries

It is no secret that Chesapeake Bay oysters are in trouble. Years of over-harvesting, disease and poor water quality have decimated populati