The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Chesapeake Bay Trust, in partnership with Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources, recently announced $803,489 in grants to be awarded to 17 organizations through the “Green Streets, Green Towns, Green Jobs” Grant Initiative … Continued
Exelon Generation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently announced an agreement to restore Susquehanna River shad and river herring. Exelon will improve fish passage facilities at Conowingo Dam and transport up to 100,000 American shad and 100,000 … Continued
The Lower Susquehanna River Watershed Assessment Study, conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in coordination with the state of Maryland, confirms that the Conowingo Dam reservoir and two dam reservoirs further upstream have essentially reached their capacity and … Continued
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Office has awarded more than $2 million in environmental education grants to institutions in five states in the Chesapeake Bay region and in Washington, DC. The grants are offered through NOAA’s … Continued