In May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District released a Barren Island Construction Phase 2 Safety Announcement. The announcement urges mariners to use extreme caution when accessing the water immediately west of Barren Island and avoid the … Continued
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently released its 2024 Maryland Black Bass Annual Review. The review recaps DNR efforts related to black bass conservation, health, surveys, and other information. In 2024, DNR received close to $3,500 dollars in donations … Continued
Four times each year, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO) scientists scour data from Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) buoys, satellites, and other sources to draft a summary of conditions in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Findings from the Winter 2024–25 … Continued
Maryland Environmental Trust has approved 20 grants totaling $238,751 to be awarded for environmental education, community cleanup, tree planting, and beautification projects through the Keep Maryland Beautiful program. Presented annually since 1986, the grant program is managed by the Maryland … Continued
Located in the Chesapeake Bay, approximately 90 miles southeast of Washington, D.C., Tangier island is slipping away. Since 1850, two-thirds of Tangier Island has disappeared, and what remains may be uninhabitable within the next two decades. For generations, the watermen … Continued
Preliminary results of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ annual Fall Oyster Survey indicate that Chesapeake Bay oyster populations are healthy. After a remarkable year for oyster reproduction in 2023, the survey’s 2024 spatfall intensity index, a measure of reproductive … Continued
Maryland recently selected five watersheds in the state that will receive initial state grant funding as part of the Whole Watershed Act. These watershed-scale restoration efforts will contribute to both short-term and lasting economic benefits in the state of Maryland. … Continued
Baltimore Port Alliance members have joined a multi-organizational effort to support oyster restoration in Baltimore harbor and the Patapsco River. In October 2024, with support from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), members of Vane Brothers’ Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) … Continued
David Confair has been certified as a new Maryland state record holder for longnose gar in the Chesapeake division. Confair caught the 20.5-pound, 49.5-inch fish in February while fishing in Marshyhope Creek. He was fishing the bottom of the creek … Continued
2nd Annual Virginia Birding ClassicApril 15 – May 15, 2025Registration open February 12 – April 10, 2025 The 2nd Annual Virginia Birding Classic will be held April 15 – May 15, 2025. The Birding Classic is a statewide birding competition … Continued