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
In December 2024, U.S. Department of the Interior announced the establishment of Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge as the 573rd and newest unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System. A newly acquired 31-acre parcel is the first of several … Continued
At total of $2,798,281.01 in federal funding was recently awarded through the Chesapeake Watershed Investments in Landscape Defense (Chesapeake WILD) Program for eight habitat and wetland restoration projects throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Maryland. Administered by the National Fish … Continued
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Prince George’s County Department of the Environment has announced over $1.3 million in funding for 33 projects across Maryland, Pennsylvania, … Continued