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Public to Help Foster and Rescue ‘Butterflies for a Better Bay’

Chesapeake Bay Trust Funds awarded to CSM to Engage Public to Help Foster and Rescue ‘Butterflies for a Better Bay’ The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) was awarded a $4,998 Community Engagement Mini Grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust to engage Southern Maryland communities in reestablishing Chesapeake watershed meadows so monarch butterflies can thrive. The project, […]

Maryland Farmers Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

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 […]

The ACE Act Was Signed Into Law by Both Chambers

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 […]

Commercial Blue Crab Catch Limits Extended Thru November 7

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 […]

BPW Approves Funding for Clean Water & the Bay

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 […]

Maryland Fishing Report – October 7

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 […]

Attorney Generals File Suit Against EPA on Chesapeake Bay

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 […]

Gov Hogan on Maryland’s Legal Action Against the EPA

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 […]

Small Mouth Bass Making a Comeback in Bay

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 […]