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Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Underwater Grasses Expanded Nearly 13% in 2025
Gains add more than 4,600 acres of critical Chesapeake Bay habitat Maryland 2026 - Underwater grass abundance increased in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries last year. In Maryland’s portion of the Bay, underwater grass coverage expanded from 36,799 acres in 2024 to 41,419 acres in 2025, an increase of nearly 13% in a single year. Bay-wide, SAV acreage reached an estimated 89,385 acres – up 7% from 83,252 acres in 2024.
Weekend in Virginia Beach: Must Sees, Dos & Eats in 48 Hours
One of the things I love about Virginia is just how much variety this small state has. The vibes and experiences of Williamsburg are quite different than what you’ll find in Virginia Beach.
Author uses sights of Maryland, Chesapeake Bay in latest mystery book
Former Calvert County author Lynn Franklin recently self-published her newest book “The Poodle Who Sang Undercover.” Franklin and her husband lived in Sunderland for 20 years but moved to Annapolis just before COVID-19 hit. Nevertheless, her books are still set in Calvert County and around Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay and she says readers will recognize locations in North Beach and Chesapeake Beach, as well as throughout the state.
The Story Behind the July Caption Contest(!)
This month in Caption Contest(!) we shared a photo that was taken on the Chesapeake, near Annapolis, Maryland, in August 2018. You may recall having seen it before, as back then it was “doing the rounds” of news and social media sites. While the photo looks disastrous, the reports were that no one was hurt. Once that fact was established, the speculations on how the accident happened were rife.
July 19, 2023 - Latitude38
We don’t get to share good news about waterfront development in the Bay Area very often, but a new open space in southeast San Francisco is being called “one of the most significant park developments in [city] history.” Wedged into San Francisco’s postindustrial south shore, India Basin Waterfront Park, in the Bayview/Hunter’s Point neighborhoods, sits north of Candlestick Point and south of the rapidly developing Mission Bay neighborhood — home to Chase Center, the Golden State Warriors’ new...
KLWX Marine Warning #25
705 WHUS51 KLWX 142052 SMWLWX ANZ532-533-540-541-142145- /O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0025.220414T2052Z-220414T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 452 PM EDT Thu Apr 14 2022 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD... Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD...
National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary
Gale Warning URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1046 AM EDT Mon Mar 28 2022 ANZ530-531-535-538-539-282300- /O.CON.KLWX.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-220329T0400Z/ /O.CON.KLWX.GL.A.0011.220331T1600Z-220401T0700Z/ Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- Chester River to Queenstown MD- 1046 AM EDT Mon Mar 28...
VIDEO: Tropical Storm Isaias in Central Virginia
by: Amelia Heymann Posted: Aug 4, 2020 / 06:37 AM EDT / Updated: Aug 4, 2020 / 06:37 AM EDT RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Tropical Storm Isaias is hitting Central Virginia in full force this morning. Here’s what the 8News team is reporting out in the field: Richmond, Va. Rain is pouring down in Shockoe Bottom, causing water to pool in the roads. And just a few minutes later, the rain is pouring even harder.
How Chickens Became Like Apple and Android Phones
90% of chickens are one of two breeds, which contributes to environmental problems that are spreading worldwide Photo: branex/Getty Images In In February 1948, 40 farmers from around the U.S. put 720 chicken eggs on planes and trains and sent them to a small town near Washington, D.C., to be part of a contest. Once the eggs arrived in Easton, Maryland, workers unpacked them and labeled each tray by number to disguise the eggs’ breeder.
American Black Duck
Pen-raised American black ducks reside at the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., on July 1, 2013. Wildlife biologist Dr. Alicia Berlin uses the ducks in food trials, placing them in a controlled environment where they are allowed to forage for different foods they would find in natural settings to determine how much energy they would get from those food sources.
American Indians of Washington, D.C., and the Chesapeake
Doug Herman July 3, 2018 American Indians of Washington, D.C., and the Chesapeake2018-08-01T09:28:43-04:00 Annual Meeting, Focus on D.C. & the Mid Atlantic, Recent News When Captain John Smith sailed up the Potomac River in 1608, he found 13 American Indian villages along its banks. Spanish incursions beginning in 1521 brought diseases, land grabs, resource destruction, military assaults, and slave raids.
Bay-Cationing - Healthy Waters
My family has been vacationing on the southern eastern shore of Maryland at Janes Island State Park since 2013. The first year, we had an almost one-year old daughter and weren’t quite comfortable getting out on the waters of the Tangier Sound with a little one.
See the data, find a solution
Ever remember a time when you were in school thinking “why am I learning this?” I sure can. But I can also remember the first time everything just clicked and made complete sense.
The Northeast Regional Climate Hub Applauds its Champions of Change
The White House recently recognized 12 Champions of Change for their leadership in sustainable and climate-smart agriculture. This week we will meet them through their USDA Regional Climate Hub, today featuring the Northeast’s Anita Adalja, Herman “Trey” Hill and Jennifer “Jiff” Martin. USDA’s Northeast Regional Climate Hub works to bring land managers in the Northeast the science and other tools that can help them adapt to changing weather/climate conditions.
New Toolset Helps Identify Key Water Conservation Options
A free computer-based toolset developed by USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists was launched this month. The toolset can help conservation planners, landowners and researchers better manage watershed runoff, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, while also supporting agricultural production. Excess nutrients from watershed runoff—from sources that include farming—affect the ecological quality of aquatic environments.
USDA CREP Buffers Clean Water and Help Restore Chesapeake Bay
At the English farm in York County, Pennsylvania, you’ll find a comfortable streamside setting that includes a babbling brook, clear water, singing birds, and a thriving young stand of trees — all nestled in a productive cropland setting. However, this wasn’t always the case.
Using Gypsum to Help Reduce Phosphorus Runoff
This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. When it rains it pours. Whether we get a passing shower or a day-long downpour, the runoff ends up in rivers, streams and waterways. That runoff may include nutrients from fertilizers, and one of those nutrients is phosphorus.
Experience history and nature on rail-trails
My husband is a huge fan of biking on rail-trails created by the conversion of unused railroad rights-of-way. Within the past year alone, he has ridden on many trails in the Philadelphia suburbs, as well as throughout the Mid-Atlantic states. On a recent trip, we rode on two rail-trails in southcentral Pennsylvania.
Comparing the Baltic Sea and Chesapeake Bay Provides Lessons for More Cost-Effective Policies
Situated on two different continents and separated by thousands of miles, the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast of the United States and the Baltic Sea in northern Europe face remarkably similar problems. Both are relatively shallow basins of brackish water. Both marine areas suffer from eutrophication–pollution caused by introduction of chemical nutrients.
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