More than 9.2 million acres of land across the Chesapeake Bay watershed are now permanently protected from development, ...

CHESAPEAKE BAY– The Chesapeake Bay Program is seeking public input on the draft revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, which updates plans for reaching water quality and ecosystem goals. The ...

A workboat floating on the Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Jane Hawkey/Integration and Application Network, UMCES) When they last signed a Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement in 2014, officials from seven ...

Rainy and cool Saturday with showers most of the day. Teenage boy injured in overnight Maryland shooting An overnight shooting left a teenage boy injured in Maryland, police said.The teen was shot at ...

The Chesapeake Bay Program has announced they’re on track to exceed their goal of fully restoring the oyster habitats to 10 tributaries across Maryland and Virginia before the end of the year.

As the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement’s deadline approaches, oyster restoration in the region has met its checkpoint. In the agreement, signed more than a decade ago, 10 specific tributaries were ...

Christian Olaniran is a digital producer for CBS Baltimore, where he writes stories on diverse topics including politics, arts and culture. With a passion for storytelling and content creation, he ...

Progress in teaching environmental education in Maryland has rebounded after a slight decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Chesapeake Bay Program. The program's Environmental ...

Maryland lawmakers are waiting warily for an Environmental Protection Agency budget that they fear could cut staff so deeply that the Chesapeake Bay restoration program could not adequately proceed.

In early 2025 the Indigenous Conservation Council (ICC), made up of representatives from all federally recognized tribes in ...

When they last signed a Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement in 2014, officials from seven jurisdictions set ambitious targets and a hard deadline of 2025. They didn’t quite make it. So as they drafted ...