Tagged Stories: "nutrients"

Legislation prohibiting the sale, use and distribution of lawn fertilizer containing phosphorus will go into effect in 2013.

More than 1,700 Md. farmers will plant 550,000 acres of winter grains this fall through the state's Cover Crop Program.

We sent our staff a survey asking them about the types of positive activities they do for the Bay when they're not at work.

Maryland has passed a law that will reduce pollution from lawn fertilizer applied to homes, golf courses and businesses.

Nutrient pollution in the majority of the Chesapeake Bay region's freshwater streams and rivers has decreased over the last 25 years.

What do farms, manure, and a developing technology for creating fertilizer have to do with the Chesapeake Bay?

The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has released a pilot study on the Chesapeake Bay Program.

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

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

A new report by Environment Maryland details the harmful effects of lawn fertilizer on the Chesapeake Bay.