The Chesapeake Bay Foundation filed a petition Monday in Circuit Court for Cecil County challenging a permit for a proposed salmon farm.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation called the order a step back in time when creosote, a substance used to preserve telephone poles, created pollution in the southern branch of the Elizabeth River that ...

Rob Wittman calls it a threat to the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed. As Chesapeake Bay mends from pollution, new order could rip open decades-old wound “Well, I talked just yesterday with the ...

Greenish-yellow slicks observed on the Chesapeake Bay and local rivers in April are pollen, not pollution. While harmless to the waterways, the pollen can trigger allergies, which are worsening ...

The Trump administration's plans to propose budget cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) could jeopardize efforts to restore the health of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay ...

Chesapeake Bay is on track for a smaller than usual dead zone this summer because a smaller flow of water into it is bringing ...

For the fifth year in a row, the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is doing well after decades of combating drought, disease, loss of habitat and overharvesting. The Maryland Department of ...

Their starving chicks should ring alarm bells to all those who love wildlife in the Chesapeake Bay region. Menhaden are a small fish that plays a big role in the bay’s food chain. Virginia’s ...

The new testing, the result of a partnership between the county and the U.S. Geological Survey, showed pollution levels were ...

said on Friday that the true culprit in the bay's pollution is decades of inadequate waste and sewage management. Citing findings from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) newly ...