The Chesapeake Bay has shaped the Baltimore region’s culture and economy for generations. I, along with countless others, have enjoyed its beauty and bounty for my entire life. While the Bay … ...

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Chesapeake Bay fish fight Conservationists in Virginia worry that overfishing of menhaden is harming the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem. But state lawmakers have yet to approve funding to study the issue.

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. John Sarbanes (both D-Md) announced key principles guiding the creation of a Chesapeake National Recreation Area.

President Obama called the Chesapeake Bay a "national treasure." In a 2009 executive order, he helped launch a massive cleanup effort orchestrated by the Environmental Protection Agency. Now that ...

What kind of legacy do our children deserve? Rivers, streams and a Chesapeake Bay with “dead zones,” fish kills and beach closures? Or a restored bay with clean water, abundant fish and… ...

The Chesapeake Executive Council, which includes the governors of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, pledged to update the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement which was signed a decade ago.

A new report evaluating the possibility of a Chesapeake Bay passenger ferry in Anne Arundel County and other waterfront jurisdictions shows it could stimulate economic growth across the region ...

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act, a bill to give parts of the Chesapeake ...

Vital research into threats to the Chesapeake Bay from invasive blue catfish, PFAS contamination, climate change and land use ...

During the golden age of piracy from 1660 to 1730, English colonists and mariners throughout the lower Chesapeake Bay had good reason to fear for their property — as well as their lives. Cape… ...