Public access to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed could improve by more than 20 percent by 2025 if a new plan is implemented. The Chesapeake Watershed Public Access Plan includes an overview of public access to significant streams, rivers, and bays … Continued
The loss of sensitive species in streams begins to occur at the initial stages of urban development, according to a new study by the USGS. The study found that streams are more sensitive to development than previously understood. Contaminants, habitat … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that the 2012 striped bass juvenile index, a measure of striped bass spawning success in Chesapeake Bay, is below the long-term average this year. This year’s striped bass juvenile index came in … Continued
According to a new USGS report, the Susquehanna River delivered more phosphorus and sediment to the Bay during 2011 than from than any other year since monitoring began in 1978. Flooding from Tropical Storm Lee made up a large fraction … Continued
A new Maryland state record blue catfish has been tagged and returned to the Potomac River as part of part of a cooperative study by Maryland and Virginia fisheries biologists. The record setting catfish was caught on August 13 in … Continued