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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), with headquarters in Annapolis, Md., is the only independent 501(c)(3) organization dedicated solely to restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers. The organization's mission is to restore and sustain the Bay's ecosystem by substantially improving the water quality and productivity of the watershed and to maintain a high quality of life for the people of the Chesapeake Bay region. To achieve its mission, CBF seeks to reduce pollution, restore habitat and replenish fish stocks, and educate and engage constituents to take action for the Bay through blogs and other activism. CBF measures the health of the Bay in its annual State of...
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), with headquarters in Annapolis, Md., is the only independent 501(c)(3) organization dedicated solely to restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers. The organization's mission is to restore and sustain the Bay's ecosystem by substantially improving the water quality and productivity of the watershed and to maintain a high quality of life for the people of the Chesapeake Bay region. To achieve its mission, CBF seeks to reduce pollution, restore habitat and replenish fish stocks, and educate and engage constituents to take action for the Bay through blogs and other activism. CBF measures the health of the Bay in its annual State of the Bay Report. Fewer than one-third of the bay's water quality goals have been met, according to the 2006 report card from the federal- and state-funded bay program. More than half of the bay's tributaries carry warnings against eating fish because of chemical pollution. Over the course 2006, the critical habitat of underwater grasses declined to its lowest acreage since 1989.
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Sparrows Point cleanup to go on, despite bankruptcy
The bankruptcy filing by the owner of Sparrows Point casts yet another cloud over the future of steel-making there, but spokespeople for RG Steel and the Maryland Department of the Environment both say it should have no effect on the cleanup of...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Annapolis, Bankruptcy, Financially Distressed Companies, Dundalk
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EPA gives Maryland thumbs-up on Bay plan
Federal regulators have given a thumbs-up to Maryland's plan for helping restore the ailing Chesapeake Bay, but say state officials still need to follow through with measures to reduce polluted urban and suburban runoff. Shawn M. Garvin, mid-Atlantic...Tags: Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Summer: when kids learn to love the bay
Summer is nearly here, and during those hot-weather months, kids across the Mid-Atlantic will explore their local rivers or the Chesapeake Bay for the first time. They'll find lush riparian zones, herons stalking shallow-water prey, crayfish hiding in...
Tags: Gaming, Canoeing and Kayaking
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Recreation & Outdoors calendar
Careful Catch TuesdayMay 8, 7:30 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Foundation senior naturalist and outdoors writer John Page Williams will be guest speaker at a Northwest Chapter of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association meeting. He'll discuss the Careful...Tags: Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Baltimore County, Fishing, Catonsville, Patapsco
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New farm rules curb manure, sludge use to help Bay
New farm regulations being aired this week by Maryland officials would ease first-ever limits on how, when and where the state's farmers can spread animal manure and sewage sludge on their fields. The "nutrient management" rules, which were posted online...
Tags: Local Government, Chemicals, Harford County, Environmental Politics, Agriculture
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Proposal would require best septic technology
The O'Malley administration is proposing a regulation that in most of the state would require builders of new homes using septic systems to install more costly models that reduce water pollution. The Maryland Department of the Environment acknowledges...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Environmental Pollution, Frederick County (Maryland), Litigation and Regulation
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'Mahogany tide' of algae turning harbor murky
Record-high water temperatures and a March sewage leak are contributing to a large algae bloom in the Baltimore harbor, bringing what is known as a "mahogany tide" of reddish-brown algae to the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.
The bloom is somewhat...Tags: Cherry Hill, Conservation, Natural Resource Industry, Water Pollution, National Aquarium Baltimore
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation to appeal Sparrows Point ruling
Environmental groups are appealing a federal judge's ruling that the owners of the Sparrows Point steel mill need only do a limited search for offshore pollution from the plant. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and its legal partners, including the...Tags: Annapolis, Justice System, Judges, Patapsco, Inner Harbor
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Study: Pollution trading could trim bay cleanup costs
Steep projected costs for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay could be trimmed by billions of dollars, a new study suggests, by allowing polluters to buy "credits" for less-expensive reductions made by others.
The study, presented Thursday to the Chesapeake...Tags: Water Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Water, Population and Census, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Bay pollution trading stirs mixed feelings
Could pollution "trading" really shave billions of dollars from the costs of restoring the Chesapeake Bay? Or would the long-running cleanup effort suffer at the hands of those looking to make a buck on it? A study presented Thursday to the Chesapeake...
Tags: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr., Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Calvert County, Environmental Politics
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Crab population has rebounded, state says
Rebounding from near-collapse four years ago, the Chesapeake Bay's blue crabs are more plentiful than they've been in nearly two decades, with a record crop of young, Maryland officials announced Thursday.
The annual winter survey of Maryland and...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Seafood, Water, Tropical Storm Lee (2011)
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Environmental groups seek Bay lawsuit dismissal
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and other environmental groups have urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the federal government's plan for reducing pollution fouling the estuary. The lawsuit filed in 2011 by the American Farm...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Trials, Justice System
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