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Maryland Farmers Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

2020-12-10

Enrollment period January 11-February 5, 2021 The Maryland Department of Agriculture has announced a new Conservation Buffer Initiative for farmers interested in planting streamside buffers on their farms to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The new pilot program aims to increase the amount of forest and grass buffers planted next […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Chesapeake Bay, cleanup, farmers, Joe Bartenfelder, Sec of Agriculture

The ACE Act Was Signed Into Law by Both Chambers

2020-11-02

The America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act was signed into law. Passing both chambers of Congress unanimously, this broad conservation bill contains programs that will significantly help protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams: Reauthorization of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program: The EPA Chesapeake Bay Program was first created […]

Filed Under: First Responder Tagged With: ACE ACT, Chesapeake Bay, EPA, watershed

Commercial Blue Crab Catch Limits Extended Thru November 7

2020-10-31

Department Extends October Regulations The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is extending the October bushel limits on Chesapeake Bay mature female hard crabs that can be harvested by commercial watermen by one week, through November 7. These bushel limits were originally issued by public notice effective July 1, 2020. Bushel limits vary by license type […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Blue Crabs, Chesapeake Bay, limits

BPW Approves Funding for Clean Water & the Bay

2020-10-15

Grants and loans will reduce pollution, improve drinking water system The Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) approved more than $5.6 million in grants and loans today to reduce water pollution and improve a drinking water system. The board is composed of Governor Larry Hogan, Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot. “These are […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: BPW, Chesapeake Bay, clean water, grants

Maryland Fishing Report – October 7

2020-10-12

There is a lot of exciting news this week for put-and-take trout anglers as the fall trout stocking program has begun. In the Chesapeake Bay, striped bass along with many other species of fish are providing wonderful fishing opportunities — don’t miss it. Please join us for a Maryland Fishing Roundtable webinar Oct. 15 at […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Chesapeake Bay, fishing, trout stocking

Attorney Generals File Suit Against EPA on Chesapeake Bay

2020-09-13

Agency Failed to Hold Pennsylvania and New York Accountable for Chesapeake Bay Pollution Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh, joined by the Attorneys General of Delaware, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, today filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its failure to require Pennsylvania and New York to develop and implement […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Attorney Generals, Chesapeake Bay, EPA, lawsuit

Gov Hogan on Maryland’s Legal Action Against the EPA

2020-09-11

Governor Larry Hogan issued the following statement after a number of states—including Maryland—announced legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to hold certain states accountable for polluting the Chesapeake Bay: “Earlier this year, I directed the Attorney General to take this legal action in keeping with our generational responsibility and shared […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Chesapeake Bay, EPA, Pennsylvania, pollution, WIP

Small Mouth Bass Making a Comeback in Bay

2020-09-02

After years of struggling with pollution and disease, some populations of smallmouth bass are making a slow recovery. Much like how the fish strike spinnerbaits high in the water, recovery for portions of smallmouth bass populations is on the rise in Chesapeake Bay tributaries. But human and environmental factors have contributed to disease and deaths […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Chesapeake Bay, Potomac, Rivers, small mouth bass

Dissolved Oxygen in Bay Average for June 2020

2020-07-30

Maryland Department of Natural Resources monitoring data show that dissolved oxygen conditions in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay mainstem were average in early July 2020. The hypoxic water volume — waters with less than 2 mg/l oxygen — was 1.35 cubic miles compared to a historical early July average (1985-2019) of 1.38 cubic […]

Filed Under: First Responder Tagged With: Chesapeake Bay, dissolved oxygen, DNR

Call Chesapeake Bay Hotline to Report Suspicious Activities

2020-07-20

Chesapeake Bay Hotline – “It’s the 911 of the Chesapeake Bay” As always, call the Chesapeake Bay Hotline at 1-877-224-7229 to report any of the following: – Boating accident or reckless activity – Fish kill or algal bloom – Floating debris that poses a hazard to navigation – Illegal fishing activity – Public sewer leak […]

Filed Under: First Responder Tagged With: Chesapeake Bay, hot line

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