The Bay In The News

Read the past week’s news stories about the Chesapeake Bay from newspapers and journals in the Bay region and beyond. To keep up-to-date on Chesapeake Bay news, subscribe to Bay News.

• Oysters make partial comeback in Tangier Sound - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/15/2009
• Opinion: 'Bonus density' loophole threatens our way of life - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/15/2009
• Clean-water grant made to county farm - The Worcester County (Md.) Times - 1/15/2009
• Opinion: Bay cleanup effort must tackle harmful chemicals - The Baltimore Sun - 1/15/2009
• Opinion: Non-native oysters may endanger human health - The Baltimore Sun - 1/15/2009
• A radical makeover in Reston - The Washington Post - 1/15/2009
• Letter to the editor: Virginia has tools to make Bay cleaner - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 1/15/2009
• Valley lawmakers see good and not so good in Kaine’s speech - The Harrisonburg (Va.) Daily News-Record - 1/15/2009
• Property owners say pumping stations cause Bay pollution - The Baltimore Examiner - 1/15/2009
• Nominee signals big changes for EPA - The Washington Post - 1/15/2009
• Blog: Pushing for a greener jobs plan - The Baltimore Sun - 1/14/2009
• DEP, gas drillers seek ways to dispose of wastewater - The Scranton (Pa.) Times-Tribune - 1/14/2009
• Obama EPA will investigate coal ash sites - The Associated Press - 1/14/2009
• Md. delegation asks for delay in LNG vote - The Associated Press - 1/14/2009
• Text of Gov. Kaine's State of the Commonwealth speech - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 1/14/2009
• Fewer oysters dying from parasitic diseases - The Associated Press - 1/14/2009
• Diseases killing fewer oysters in Chesapeake Bay, survey shows - The Baltimore Sun - 1/14/2009
• Virginia Zoo to dedicate wetlands project Jan. 22 - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 1/14/2009
• Helping even with a thin wallet - The Washington Times - 1/14/2009
• No drilling off Va.'s coast, says Democratic candidate - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 1/14/2009
• Critics cite offshore drilling damage - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 1/14/2009
• Blog: Legislative outlook: Aquaculture, growth, climate and budget cuts? - The Baltimore Sun - 1/13/2009
• Stream restoration plans adjusted - The Reston (Va.) Connection - 1/13/2009
• O'Malley unveils Smart Growth proposals - The Associated Press - 1/13/2009
• O'Malley pushes new sustainability initiatives to control development - The Washington Business Journal - 1/13/2009
• Federal vote expected on natural gas pipeline - The Associated Press - 1/13/2009
• Despite request for delay, gas pipeline vote to forge ahead - The Baltimore Sun - 1/13/2009
• O'Malley announces smart growth plan - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/13/2009
• Opinion: 'Smarter Growth' already state policy - The Baltimore Sun - 1/13/2009
• Kaine seeks to put state at head of 'green' class - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 1/13/2009
• Brunswick proposes plans to go green - The Frederick (Md.) News-Post - 1/13/2009
• Expanding facilities get relief from EPA - The Washington Post - 1/13/2009
• Roadless area rule may be reborn - The Roanoke (Va.) Times - 1/13/2009
• Farmers honored for conservation efforts - The Baltimore Sun - 1/12/2009
• O'Malley announces Smart Growth plans - The Baltimore Sun - 1/12/2009
• Riverkeepers challenge stormwater-discharge rules - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 1/12/2009
• Blog: Terrapin Run redux - The Baltimore Sun - 1/12/2009
• Authors preserve Nanticoke in new book - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/12/2009
• Environmentalists fret over governor's Smart Growth plans - The Baltimore Sun - 1/12/2009
• Editorial: Time to act is now for the Chesapeake - The Reading (Pa.) Eagle - 1/12/2009
• Budget problems to consume Md. legislative session - The Associated Press - 1/11/2009
• Council rejects bill to reduce septic nitrogen - The Baltimore Sun - 1/11/2009
• Annapolis leaders call on county to follow lead in saving bay - The Baltimore Examiner - 1/11/2009
• Budget cuts are focus for Md., Va. - The Washington Post - 1/11/2009
• Groups will hold watershed forum - The Centre Daily Times (Pa.) - 1/11/2009
• Group works toward keeping water clean - The Martinsburg (W.Va.) Journal - 1/10/2009
• Economy cuts both ways for farmers - The Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News - 1/10/2009
• Renewing green development - The Washington Post - 1/9/2009
• State water board asks Merck to rethink discharge plan - The Harrisonburg (Va.) Daily News-Record - 1/9/2009
• Chesapeake funds aid NEPA farms - The Scranton (Pa.) Times-Tribune - 1/9/2009
• Opinion: Poultry is doing its part for bay - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/9/2009
• Opinion: Swans' winter message - The Baltimore Sun - 1/9/2009
• Garden club donates tool to museum - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 1/9/2009
• Grant aids river programs - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 1/9/2009
• Letter to the editor: The declining Chesapeake Bay - The Washington Post - 1/9/2009
• Ways to cut polluting Madison rivers eyed - The Madison County (Va.) Eagle - 1/8/2009
• New Year's dip raises money for Chesapeake Bay Foundation - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 1/8/2009
• New hazard of gas drilling: flow-back water - The Narrowsburg (N.Y.) River Reporter - 1/8/2009
• Chesapeake Check-Up (listen online) - WAMU (D.C.) Radio - 1/8/2009
• $14.4M sale preserves Worcester land - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/8/2009
• Opinion: Bay bailout - The Frederick (Md.) News-Post - 1/8/2009
• New day for the bay? - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 1/8/2009
• State purchase of $14.4M forest questioned - The Baltimore Examiner - 1/8/2009
• Public Works approves $14.4 million land deal - The Associated Press - 1/8/2009
• State OKs 4,800-acre purchase to preserve Shore land - The Baltimore Sun - 1/8/2009
• DEP takes samples at Marcellus Shale drilling blast site - The Scranton (Pa.) Times-Tribune - 1/8/2009
• Plant's $10.3M budget raises concerns - The Binghamton (N.Y.) Press & Sun-Bulletin - 1/7/2009
• Blog: Baltimore city's green plan goes online - The Baltimore Sun - 1/7/2009
• Lothian couple investigated for tree clearing - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 1/7/2009
• Bay advocates sue EPA over pollution promise - Southern Maryland Online - 1/7/2009
• EPA, Perdue team up to clean water - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/7/2009
• Poultry waste rules to take effect (scroll down) - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/7/2009
• Opinion: Lawsuit targets bay restoration - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/7/2009
• Opinion: Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Top 10 suggestions to clean up the bay - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/7/2009
• Letter to the editor: Lawsuit wrong way to clean up the bay - The Baltimore Sun - 1/7/2009
• EPA, Perdue sign water protection initiative - The Associated Press - 1/7/2009
• New rules to be enforced on poultry farms' manure - The Washington Post - 1/7/2009
• Invest gas-lease money in green projects - The Centre Daily Times (Pa.) - 1/6/2009
• Md., 10 others seek common fuel standard - The Baltimore Sun - 1/6/2009
• Mussels pose threat to river - The Northeastern Pennsylvania Times Leader - 1/6/2009
• New poultry waste regulations starting January 12 - WMDT (Md.) Television - 1/6/2009
• Hope for bay, but still reason for skepticism - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 1/6/2009
• Opinion: Localities can help the bay - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 1/6/2009
• Blog: Bay lawsuit - more political than legal ploy? - The Baltimore Sun - 1/6/2009
• Poultry waste regulations to take effect Jan. 12 - The Associated Press - 1/6/2009
• What will it take to save the Chesapeake Bay - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 1/6/2009
• Bay advocates sue EPA - The Washington Post - 1/6/2009
• Coalition sues over bay cleanup - The Richmond Times-Dispatch - 1/6/2009
• Suit seeks to force EPA to clean up Chesapeake - The Associated Press - 1/6/2009
• Drillers want 4 million gallons - The Centre Daily Times (Pa.) - 1/6/2009
• Pa. gas drillers need millions of gallons of water - The Associated Press - 1/6/2009
• Spotsy Middle is Virginia Naturally - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 1/6/2009
• Foundation sues to force EPA to clean up Bay - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 1/5/2009
• Check fine print on your fertilizer - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 1/5/2009
• Army Corps to start cleanup of a former bomb-testing site - The Associated Press - 1/5/2009
• Groups to sue U.S. over bay - The Baltimore Sun - 1/5/2009
• Kratovil pledges fight for bay health, middle class - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/5/2009
• Are you doing enough for the Chesapeake? - The Delaware News Journal - 1/5/2009
• Chesapeake Bay steward has passion for conservation - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 1/5/2009
• Chesapeake Bay advocates suing EPA - The Baltimore Examiner - 1/5/2009