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07/18/11 Low salinity may be allowing species to escape from Potomac A mature, egg-bearing northern snakehead has been discovered by scientists in a river just south of Annapolis, raising the possibility that low salinity in the Chesapeake Bay this year may have allowed the invasive fish to escape from the Potomac River.
07/18/11 Rising heat, humidity all week Temperatures in the mid-90s on Monday drove Marilyn Ramirez to the beach at Rocky Point Park, where her children splashed in the Chesapeake Bay. But they probably won't be back at week's end.
07/17/11 York, PA - Clouds as black as road tar soaked up the sky. Lighting streaked in the distance. And I was standing in chest-high water in the Chesapeake Bay, trying to help free our boat.
07/17/11 GAINESVILLE, Fla. A manatee spotted last week in Calvert County is the same one that first made waves 17 years ago when he appeared in Chesapeake Bay just before the onset of winter and later had to be rescued.
07/16/11 Those heading across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge last weekend may have noticed a diminished amount of traffic in comparison to the previous weekend's July 4th holiday madness, but Ocean Downs still offered its usual array of early closers and overnight races.
07/16/11 Delegate Michael McDermott is seen at Stephen Decatur Middle School in Berlin during a public hearing on proposed increases to Chesapeake Bay Bridge tolls.
07/15/11 A $19.5 million project is under way to preserve the westbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge by cleaning and painting steel girder spans. Work involves complete removal of the existing paint and repainting girders on the western shore portion of the westbound bridge, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.
07/15/11 Wandering manatee first spotted here in 1994 Chessie, the wandering Florida manatee that has visited the Chesapeake Bay at least twice over the past 17 years, is back. The well-traveled mammal has not been seen since 2001, and his resurfacing is making waves among marine scientists and bay folk alike.
07/14/11 Many trucking companies on the Eastern Shore of Maryland are hoping the state will put the brakes on the proposed toll hikes on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
07/13/11 The Bay: Cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is a subject that should interest most everyone in the mid-Atlantic states, so New Hope farmer David Shiflett makes a good point when he says that same diverse group of folks should be involved in the effort.
07/13/11 Proposal would cover Hampton Roads, parts of Chesapeake Bay, the Eastern Shore A nuclear watchdog group recommended expanding the emergency evacuation zones around commercial nuclear power plants from 10 miles to 50 miles.
07/12/11 Gov. Bob McDonnell, left, listens as Blaine Delanes of the Natural Resources Conservation Society shows a display on grass conservation during a meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council in Richmond on Monday.
07/12/11 LOCK HAVEN - Bids to build a new and very costly sewage treatment plant to continue to protect the Chesapeake Bay will be opened at 4 p.m. Monday, July 18.
07/12/11 The emerald ash borer is here. The bright green beetle with a deadly habit of living in ash trees has been spotted in Anne Arundel County, triggering an expansion of the quarantine of ash trees and all hardwood firewood. It's now off-limits to move hardwood firewood or ash trees across county lines anywhere west of the Chesapeake Bay. The move is intended to halt the spread of the invader ...
07/11/11 Information is from the Pa. DEP: The Department of Environmental Protection today announced the award of more than $2.6 million in grant awards to 36 conservation districts within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. These funds, which will support 50 staff positions that provide technical assistance with implementing agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs), will also allow conservation district ...
07/11/11 Pressure from federal and state government will require Lebanon County Conservation District officials over the next few months to visit 100 farms in the portion of the county that's part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed to stress the need for farmers to meet revisions to the state manure-management manual and erosion-control regulations.
07/09/11 A former Delaware environmental secretary has been picked to head the EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program, which guides the federal-state cleanup effort. Nicholas DiPasquale was Delaware's environmental secretary from 1999 to 2002 and, more recently, a private environmental consultant. He is from Harrington, Del., which is about 14 miles east of Denton. EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin ...
07/08/11 Poquoson High grad, Hampton native The competition to design a poster for Hampton Bay Days, a festival to celebrate Chesapeake Bay, has been held for so long it's become a local institution.
07/08/11 PHILADELPHIA (July 8, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the selection of Nicholas DiPasquale of Harrington, Del. as the new Director of EPA?s Chesapeake Bay Program
07/08/11 A top federal agriculture official says improved farm practices already are having a positive impact on the environmentally battered Chesapeake Bay.
07/07/11 SERC event The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road in Edgewater, will host an introduction to jellyfish from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday. Children can learn about the beneficial and harmful jellyfish that live in the Chesapeake Bay, their life cycles and their contribution to our waters. For registration and more information, call 443-482-2300. Jug Bay Wetlands Jug Bay ... | 
