The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service will hold a public meeting Monday June 22, 2009, at the Northeast Community Center to discuss the possibility of establishing new aquaculture enterprise zones (AEZs), which are areas of the Chesapeake … Continued
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is hosting the 2009 James River Sojourn. The Alliance is a regional non-profit organization that builds and fosters partnerships to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers. The 2009 James River Sojourn … Continued
Maryland’s citizen oyster growing program has invited 12 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to coordinate oyster growing efforts in their local tributaries in 2009. Launched by Governor Martin O’Malley in September 2008, Marylanders Grow Oysters fosters stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay among … Continued
In response to recommendations of the majority of the members of Maryland’s Mute Swan Task Force, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will continue to reduce the Chesapeake Bay’s population of non-native mute swans. Because of the State’s successful … Continued
The State of Maryland will change the way it requires developers to prevent pollution at construction sites from running into local rivers and streams. The changes were call for by a coalition of environmental groups represented by the University of … Continued