In this month’s newsletter, we discuss a recent report on the Bay’s health, how federal decisions are impacting clean water, and much more. The Wheelabrator trash incinerator (formerly known as BRESCO ...

Pressure is mounting while a major fisheries panel prepares to consider much-needed reductions to the Chesapeake Bay industrial menhaden harvest, as public comments released this week show the vast ...

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For more than 50 years, CBF's award-winning education programs have connected students, teachers, and school leaders to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Through hands-on field experiences, leadership ...

CBF's high charity ratings mean you can be confident that your donation is being used wisely and effectively to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s high charity ...

Blue crab numbers have reached the second-lowest level in 35 years. Here’s what we know, and what we don’t. The annual survey of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is in, and the results aren’t good.

The Trump Administration today issued an executive order on the Chesapeake Bay that repeals Executive Order 13508. This foundational 2009 order directed federal agencies to coordinate Chesapeake ...

With CBF’s help, Tangier Island—one of the nation’s communities most at risk from sea level rise and erosion—secures key grant for resiliency plan Tangier Island exists in constant conversation with ...

The new wetlands definition the Trump administration proposed today would further gut federal protections for wetlands and other waters essential for a healthy Chesapeake Bay. The Bay region’s roughly ...

Survey results show second lowest total crab abundance in recent history Blue crabs in Maryland and Virginia have dipped to the second lowest number in recent history, according to results issued ...

Blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay received both good news and bad news in the results released today from the annual blue crab winter dredge survey, conducted jointly by Virginia and Maryland. The ...