Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR) 5 Year Plan

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Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR) recently completed a five-year management plan that sets goals to expand the boundaries of Maryland’s three reserves, develop an environmental education center, and increase environmental stewardship and sustainable living through scientific research, … Continued

Chesapeake Bay Grasses Have Increased by 10 Percent

Underwater bay grasses covered nearly 65,000 acres of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal rivers in 2007, about 35 percent of the 185,000-acre baywide restoration goal, according to data from scientists with the Chesapeake Bay Program. Though a 10 percent … Continued

Governor Martin O’Malley Signs Chesapeake Bay Environmental Health Bill

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On April 24, 2008, Governor Martin O’Malley joined Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., House Speaker Michael E. Busch, Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown, to sign legislation to protect Maryland’s environment and the health of the Chesapeake Bay, and … Continued

Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative “Dominion Reef at the Gooses”

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The Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative celebrates completion of “Dominion Reef at the Gooses,” an 80-acre reef made from concrete from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. A water cannon will be used to disperse more than 70 tons of oyster shell and … Continued