Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zone’ near long-term average: Analysis
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Chesapeake Bay Program partners said Wednesday that the Bay’s “dead zone” in 2024 was near the long-time average taken from 1985 to 2023.
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Virginia DEQ announces $20M program to reduce Chesapeake Bay pollution
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The Virginia DEQ is launching a one-year pilot program to try to reduce nonpoint source pollution impacting the Chesapeake Bay.
Virginia awarded $7.3M in federal grant funding for Chesapeake Bay watershed
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The NFWF, U.S. EPA and the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program announced more than $7.3 million in grant awards to Virginia.
Chesapeake Bay seeing return of underwater grasses after rapid decline from 2019
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Efforts to sustain underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay are seeing some success, but probably not enough to meet a key 2025 goal.
Report: Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zones’ expected to be above average this year
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The Chesapeake Bay’s so-called “dead zones” – low-oxygen areas that can suffocate underwater life and shrink available habitat – are expected to be above average this year.
Chesapeake Bay community receives $2.3M grant for mitigation projects
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has awarded a $2.3 million grant to Tangier Island to plan and implement mitigation projects.
Discovery: First baby eagles hatch on rebuilt, reborn Chesapeake Bay island
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Some eagle-eyed wildlife biologists have made a surprising discovery at Poplar Island.
Chesapeake Bay Program announces reduction of pollution from all seven jurisdictions
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The Chesapeake Bay Program announced last week that progress has been made in reducing pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay.
Virginia to receive more than $13M in conservation grants through Chesapeake Bay Program
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More than $13.4 million in grant awards to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Virginia was announced today.
Anglers, environmentalists push for moratorium on Chesapeake Bay menhaden catch
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Sportfishing groups and environmentalists are calling for a partial moratorium on Virginia’s menhaden reduction fishery, citing troubling declines of certain bird and fish species that feed on them.
