The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) was recently awarded an American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) Award of Excellence for Environmental Mitigation for a demonstration project that removes excess nutrient pollution and increases oxygen content in … Continued
The Anne Arundel County Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration (BWPR), a division of the Department of Public Works; the City of Annapolis; and the Chesapeake Bay Trust (funded in part by the Maryland Chesapeake Bay license plate program) recently … Continued
Updated research from the Chesapeake Bay Program reveals a 38% decline in underwater grasses from the previous year, when the Bay may have supported up to 108,078 acres. Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is critical to the Chesapeake Bay, providing food … Continued
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its evaluations of plans by the six Chesapeake Bay watershed states (Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, and New York) and the District of Columbia to have all programs and practices in … Continued
The Manokin River has been approved as the 10th Chesapeake Bay tributary for large-scale oyster reef restoration, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement calls for the restoration of the native oyster population … Continued
The Bloede Dam Removal, one of the most important dam removal projects in the Mid-Atlantic is officially complete. In July 2019, project partners announced that the Bloede Dam removal and river restoration is finished. A significant portion of the Patapsco … Continued
The Chesapeake Bay score decreased in 2018, but maintained a C grade, according to the 2018 Chesapeake Bay Report Card issued by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). The decrease was due to extremely high precipitation last … Continued
The Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative (CMC) recently unveiled a new website (chesapeakemonitoringcoop.org). The online cooperative provides a platform to share CMC services and resources that have been developed over the past three years and are freely available. The CMC brings together … Continued
The Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River is at about 92 percent capacity for sediment storage according to new U.S. Geological Survey research. Since the dam’s construction in 1929, sediment and nutrients have been building up behind it, being … Continued