Chesapeake Bay Program - A Watershed Partnership

Maryland Receives Federal Aid to Help Blue Crab Industry

The National Marine Fisheries Service has awarded Maryland $2.2 million in federal fishery disaster funding to assist the state’s watermen and help revitalize the Bay’s struggling blue crab industry. (Learn more)

Related links: About Blue Crabs | Blue Crab Harvest

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Report Shows Potential Damaging Effects of Sea Level Rise | 1/21/2009

A recently released report by the U.S. EPA shows that many areas around the Bay’s shoreline are already witnessing the effects of sea level rise.
Related links: Climate change | Erosion | Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise

Sign Up Now for Stream Cleaner Environmental Forum | 1/20/2009

Free online education program run by the Cacapon Institute teaches high school students to solve real-life Bay environmental problems.
Related links: Stewardship and Education | Help the Bay

$23 Million in Farm Bill Funding to Support Conservation | 1/15/2009

USDA releases $23 million for Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative, a program of the 2008 Farm Bill that provides assistance for agricultural conservation practices.
Related links: Agricultural conservation practices | Press Release

Oyster Survey Shows Decreases in Mortality, Reproduction | 1/14/2009

Oyster mortality fell for the fifth straight year in 2007, but oyster reproduction was poor throughout most of Maryland’s portion of the Bay.
Related links: Oysters | MSX and Dermo

Virginia Grants to Preserve Bay Watershed Farmland | 1/14/2009

Virginia has awarded a total of $500,000 to 11 localities in the Bay watershed portion of the state to preserve privately owned farmland.
Related links: Land preservation

Annapolis Bans Phosphorus in Lawn Fertilizer | 1/7/2009

To help reduce pollution flowing to the Chesapeake Bay, the city of Annapolis, Md., has banned the use and sale of residential lawn fertilizers containing phosphorus.
Related links: Phosphorus | Nutrients | How You Can Help