The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) 2012 State of the Bay Report shows the health of the Bay improved one point over the last report in 2010, and is up four points since 2008, a 10 percent improvement in less than … Continued
Alison Prost, Maryland Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), recently issued this statement following the announcement of new funding to CBF for environmental initiatives through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund: “The grants to CBF will benefit farmers who … Continued
Fifteen of the 37 creeks, rivers and sections of the Chesapeake Bay recently added to Maryland’s dirty water list are polluted because of runoff from urban and suburban areas, according to a review of the report by the Chesapeake Bay … Continued
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), the Virginia State Waterman’s Association (VSWA), Merck & Company, and the Commonwealth of Virginia have agreed to settle a CBF/VSWA lawsuit challenging pollution limits granted to Merck by the State Water Control Board in 2009. … Continued
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and its partners are calling on the federal government to conduct a comprehensive scientific analysis of the cumulative impacts of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation in the six Bay states, New York, … Continued