This category has news about environmental issues that affect the Chesapeake Bay.
The Chesapeake Bay Program recently announced that Maryland achieved its 2013 pollution reduction milestones for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment. In 2008, the Chesapeake Executive Council adopted two-year milestones to focus Chesapeake Bay Watershed states on short-term achievable restoration goals. The … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is seeking proposals from local governments and non-governmental organizations that will help reduce stormwater runoff in areas heavily impacted by prior development. The State will award at least $10 million for urban restoration efforts … Continued
Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of Maryland recently announced an expansion of the Green Streets, Green Towns, Green Jobs Initiative (G3). The program will receive $3.4 million in funding from the State of Maryland, EPA, … Continued
Maryland’s Patapsco River will soon be healthier for fish and safer for local residents, thanks to a $3.57 million grant awarded by the NOAA Restoration Center to American Rivers. The grant supports the Patapsco River Restoration Project, ensuring the removal … Continued
According to a new inter-organization study, all the jurisdictions in the Chesapeake Bay region are making progress meeting pollution reduction goals, but no jurisdiction is on track to implement all the pollution reduction practices they committed to achieve by 2013. … Continued