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Caroline Phillips
At the very time we need to do more, the latest actions by the Trump administration have created a crisis for the decades-long Bay restoration effort. We cannot and will not stop doing the work that matters.
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For the second year in a row, after pressure from Omega Protein lobbyists, Virginia refuses to fund a critical study about menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay. Why?
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Paul Treash
To protect communities and waterways from toxic polluted runoff in Baltimore County, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and several concerned residents filed a legal challenge against developers of the 53-acre Middle River Depot property.
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Valerie DiMarzio/CBF Staff
In the face of looming state budget cuts, Maryland advocates and oyster growers demonstrated the critical importance of restoration and natural resource funding by serving fresh, local oysters to legislators on Lawyer’s Mall in Annapolis on March 18.
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Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
House members and senators from the Chesapeake Bay region yesterday reintroduced bipartisan legislation to help accelerate farmers’ progress reducing agricultural runoff into the Bay and its rivers and streams.
Read MoreOngoing: Volunteers are invited to join us at Clagett Farm in Maryland. We have opportunities to help plant, weed, and harvest food for our CSA and the surrounding community. We also have opportunities to help care for trees in our tree nursery. See our calendar to register.
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