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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...
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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Maryland hopes to buy back crab licenses
Baltimore Sun reporterCrabbers, name your price. In an unprecedented move to protect Chesapeake Bay crabs, the state is offering to buy back more than half of the commercial crabbing licenses held by Marylanders. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday...Tags: Auction Service, Upper Marlboro, Aquaculture, E-Commerce Industry, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Bag this bad habit
I need some help to break the disposable bag habit. I know those ubiquitous plastic grocery bags are a major source of litter on land and sea and that such debris can poison fish and choke wildlife. I've cringed at bags stuck in trees along the...Tags: Environmental Cleanup
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Community events
Weekend highlights About Boating Safely course. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Saturday, Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station No. 3, 2676 Hayes Road, Gloucester. Effective July 1, new state law requires that personal watercraft operators who are ages 14-20...Tags: White Marsh, Medical Services, Cinderella, American Legion, Sausages
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State seeks to buy back commercial crab licenses
Baltimore Sun reporterState officials offered today to buy back more than half of all the commercial crab licenses held by Marylanders in a bid to protect the Chesapeake Bay's iconic crustacean as it recovers from a near-disastrous decline. The Department of Natural Resources...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Senate hearing focuses on diseases, invasive species threatening native wildlife
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — From a mysterious fungus attacking bats in the Northeast to the emergence of Burmese pythons in Florida, native wildlife is facing new threats throughout the country. Protecting wildlife from new diseases and invasive species is a...Tags: Upper House, Invasive Species, Parliament, Nature
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Threat to Florida from invasive species takes center stage at congressional hearing
Miami HeraldFrom Chinese mitten crabs in Chesapeake Bay to the Coqui tree frog in Hawaii, exotic creatures have overrun America from sea to shining sea. But no state faces a bigger, scarier threat than Florida -- a point made abundantly clear during a Senate hearing...Tags: United States, Laws, Gardens and Parks, Pets and Pet Supplies, Melbourne
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Va proposes tougher stormwater runoff regulations
Virginia is proposing new, stricter rules governing stormwater runoff, which occurs when fertilizer, oil, animal waste and other contaminants flow into public waterways. Runoff from development sites, including lots and construction zones, is the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Two added to board of Game Commission
OF THE MORNING CALL-- Members of the public got their first look at the new makeup of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's board of commissioners on Wednesday during the opening day of the two-day quarterly meeting at the agency's headquarters. The PGC welcomed into its...Tags: Government, Natural Resources, United States, Natural Science, Biology
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Python attack prompts Florida senator's push to restrict invasive species
Associated Press-- When a pet python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a toddler in her central Florida bedroom, the tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a nonnative species threatening people and the environment. "It's just a matter of...Tags: Invasive Species, Mussels, Animals, Bill Nelson, Nature
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From pythons to fungus to zebra mussels, invasive species threaten people, native wildlife
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the state for more than a decade:...Tags: United States, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pets and Pet Supplies, Invasive Species, Mussels
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7 steps to heal Maryland GOP
Maryland Republicans are at a crossroads. They face a Democratic governor and legislature and a lopsided electoral map. Friction between libertarians and social conservatives continues to cause intraparty strife.
The good news: Maryland Republicans...Tags: Government, State Budgets, National Government, Environmental Politics, Democratic Party
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Bay pollution called human peril
Baltimore Sun reporterThe same pollution afflicting the Chesapeake Bay's fish and shellfish poses human health risks to people in the region, from bacteria and harmful algae in the water to contaminants in fish and drinking water, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation says. In a...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Seafoods, Water Pollution, Foods and Beverages, Health and Safety at School
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