Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center in Maine say they've created a satellite map to show the Chesapeake Bay area's urban development. The researchers say the manner in which buildings ...

A draft map shows 14 potential alignments for a new Chesapeake Bay crossing. The Maryland Transportation Authority, which is studying possible locations for another bridge, has called the map ...

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 ...

When members of the Chesapeake Conservancy visited California’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area three years ago, the conservation group developed a grand vision for the Chesapeake Bay: the ...

Some 400 years ago, English explorer Captain John Smith traveled around the Chesapeake Bay in the eastern United States, the country's largest estuary. Smith mapped about 4,800 kilometers of the ...

Maryland congressional leaders announced a working group that will consider establishing a National Recreation Area for the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The recreation area would be managed by the ...

“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.

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 — 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 ...