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Four local projects are among the nine statewide awarded a total of $19 million in Virginia DEQ grants as part of the Pay-For-Outcomes Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction grant program.
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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes announced the unanimous Senate passage of the Chesapeake National Recreation Act.
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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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The Virginia DEQ is launching a one-year pilot program to try to reduce nonpoint source pollution impacting the Chesapeake Bay.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Some eagle-eyed wildlife biologists have made a surprising discovery at Poplar Island.
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The Chesapeake Bay Program announced last week that progress has been made in reducing pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay.
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