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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Chesapeake Bay Program released its most comprehensive dataset to date on June 26, 2025, updating its High-Resolution Land Use/Land Cover Data and Change Data and ...
Drivers heading over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge for their Fourth of July celebration should be aware of a major traffic ...
WASHINGTON — In a 5-0 vote Saturday, Arlington County’s Board accepted updates to its Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area map. Additional environmentally sensitive lands near streams, wetlands ...
The Chesapeake Bay area is under siege from a myriad of threats that are becoming more urgent with climate change, and its future economic and ecological vitality may depend in part on the ability ...
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed the Chesapeake Bay National Recreation Area Act.
For a half-century, advocates for the Chesapeake Bay suggested including it in the National Park Service's ambit. Now, there's draft legislation in Congress.
WASHINGTON – The Chesapeake Bay area is one step closer to becoming part of the national parks system. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday passed the Chesapeake Bay National ...
“The flooding hazards maps of the Chesapeake Bay area need to be updated with the measurements of land elevation changes and updated projections of sea level rise,” Shirzaei said.
Thousands of mating ospreys are headed back to the Chesapeake Bay. BGE has a program that protects returning osprey and prevents service disruptions.
A new story map chronicles 65 historically Black beaches and other places of Black historical significance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed ...
The Chesapeake Bay has a smaller than average dead zone this year, shortened by cool temperatures and strong winds.
Further, up-to-date knowledge of where the ground in the Chesapeake Bay area is sinking and by how much is not included in the official planning maps that authorities use to assess the local ...