Summary
The 200-mile-long Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary -- a body of water where fresh water rivers and ocean water meet -- in the United States. Estuaries are very fertile ecosystems that provide homes for countless species of plants and animals, but they can also be some of the most fragile environments as evidenced by the Chesapeake Bay's history. Environmental concerns about the Chesapeake Bay's health heightened in the mid-20th century when people began to notice oyster populations were dying off and the water quality began to decline because of pollution. Watershed groups formed in the 1970s after Congressional action helped to alleviate the problems, but maintaining and improving the Bay's overall h...
The 200-mile-long Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary -- a body of water where fresh water rivers and ocean water meet -- in the United States. Estuaries are very fertile ecosystems that provide homes for countless species of plants and animals, but they can also be some of the most fragile environments as evidenced by the Chesapeake Bay's history. Environmental concerns about the Chesapeake Bay's health heightened in the mid-20th century when people began to notice oyster populations were dying off and the water quality began to decline because of pollution. Watershed groups formed in the 1970s after Congressional action helped to alleviate the problems, but maintaining and improving the Bay's overall health is still a struggle for environmentalists today. The Chesapeake Bay watershed includes parts of six states (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia) and all of the District of Columbia. This vast watershed means agencies and environmental groups in several states must collaborate on Bay issues.
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Community Notes
The Maryland Woodland Stewards program (formerly the Coverts Program) is accepting applications. Owners and managers of small (1- to 10-acre) and large forest properties are welcome, as are environmentally concerned citizens. The outreach program of the...Tags: Personal Income, Fort Meade, People, Radio Industry, Consumers
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Anne Arundel Datebook
Today Concert The Annapolis Maritime Museum will hold its Summertime Maritime Concert Series at 7 p.m. on the museum campus, 400 Second St., and at noon at City Dock. The Eastport Oyster Boys will perform July 23 and Scurvy Crew will perform July 24....Tags: Music Industry, People, Clubs and Associations, Michael Collins, Hank Williams
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Shipping line to extend port pact
Sun reporterTaiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp. will sign today an agreement to continue service to Baltimore for 10 years as it eyes an increase in traffic between the East Coast and Asia. The new longer-term contract keeps Evergreen's guarantee to move at least...Tags: Marketing, Shipping Service, Glen Burnie, Martin O'Malley
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Scientists face bay invaders
Sun reporterScientists at a new research center in Maryland will test strategies to kill invasive species and prevent them from hurting the Chesapeake Bay, according to an announcement scheduled for today. More than 150 exotic species are now thriving in the bay,...Tags: Lower House, Water, Parliament, Transportation, Edgewater
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Shoreline savings
If the downturn in Maryland's real estate industry weren't bad enough, it has also had the effect of greatly diminishing the state's much-needed land conservation efforts. Program Open Space, which underwrites much of the state and local land purchases,...Tags: Housing Industry, Land Resources, Local Authority, Conservation, Natural Resources
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This week's travel deals
The Washington PostThe week's best travel bargains around the globe: Adventure Life is offering discounts of $750 per person on a Galapagos Islands cruise. The deal applies to the Aug. 6 departure of the Monserrat I. Price now starts at $1,995 per person double for a...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, People, Air Transportation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Venice
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Plastic bag ban could clean harbor
The bill before the Baltimore City Council that would ban plastic bags at grocery stores and retail chains is an opportunity to remove one of the worst pollution offenders from the streams and storm drains that go directly to the harbor and the Chesapeake...Tags: Environmental Cleanup
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Proposal would toughen critical area law in county
Sun ReporterAnne Arundel County could soon have some of the stiffest penalties in Maryland for violations of critical area laws. A proposed ordinance could force homeowners and contractors caught building without a permit in the critical area - land within 1,000...Tags: Lawyers, Prisons, Laws, John R Leopold, Court Administration
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Days of crabs on the city's waterfront
Sun reporterThe death earlier this month of Karen Naomi Connolly-Lawless brought Connolly's Seafood House, her family's old Pratt Street waterfront restaurant, back into the news. And then a few days later, Jim Genthner, a longtime Northwood resident and connoisseur...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Phillips Seafood, Metal and Mineral, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Dundalk
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Growth stresses Harford stream
Sun reporterDeer Creek will be increasingly stressed by population growth in the next two decades, much of it caused by expansion at Aberdeen Proving Ground because of BRAC, according to a new regional study. The communities that rely on Deer Creek should develop...Tags: Defense, Rivers, Water Restrictions, Bodies of Water, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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