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• Finding Hope in the Bay’s Small Successes

  —Delusional Duck

  By CATHERINE KRIKSTAN Algae blooms, dead zones and intersex fish, just three small examples of the ongoing bad news about the Chesapeake Bay. But in the midst of these watershed woes, one professor has held onto a sense of cautious optimism when it comes to restoring the bay’s resources. And [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:16am EST
  

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• Heavy rains deter planting of cover crops

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  Maryland farmers encouraged to cut nutrient runoff into bay [...] It’s been a wet year for farmers, and that could spell trouble for the Chesapeake Bay. Schmidt and other Maryland farmers have been in a race with the weather lately - trying to get the last of their fall crops harvested and [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:19pm EST
  

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• Our Bay: Green concrete can help slow increase in bay’s nitrogen load

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  The parking lots of Queen Anne’s County’s Bloomfield Farm will soon be modeling the latest in a series of efforts by the county to battle stormwater runoff pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Pervious concrete - the technology Queen Anne’s County will use in Bloomfield Farm’s parking lots - allows water to [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:09pm EST
  

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• Annapolis’ floating ‘wetland’ could help restore the bay

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  Plants expected to absorb nutrients from the water Annapolis intends to test a floating island in a local lagoon that, if successful, could help clean the water in the Chesapeake Bay, according to Mayor Ellen O. Moyer. Moyer also announced an eco-friendly renovation of a city parking lot and the creation of [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:54am EST
  

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• Can oysters save the bay?

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  Politicians, advocates and watermen wrangle over best way to preserve industry and environmentThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources estimates the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population now is about 1 percent of its original size. Oysters filter excess nutrients and pollutants out of bay waters. Without that cleansing action, harmful algae blooms grow, [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:52pm EST
  

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• How Would You Like To Own A Restaurant On The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

  —Salisbury News

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  Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District
  Sea Gull Island - Food Service and Retail Concession
  
  Request for Proposals
  
  The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District is seeking creative proposals from qualified individuals and companies with expertise in developing and operating food service and/or [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:05am EST
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• Board of Public Works Approves $69.7 Million in Grants for Clean Water and the Chesapeake Bay

  —Delusional Duck

  Grants Will Reduce Nutrient Pollution in the Bay and Improve Drinking Water The Maryland Board of Public Works approved $69.75 million in grants to reduce pollution and improve water quality by upgrading wastewater treatment plants and drinking water systems, along with restoring a stream ecosystem. The Board is composed of [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:52am EST
  

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• ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY…

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  ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. CONTINUED EAST FLOW HAS LED TO ELEVATED WATER LEVELS IN THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY. TIDAL ANOMALIES [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:19pm EST
  

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• Ashes to Ashes—Burial Becomes Environmentally Conscious

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  By SHARMINA MANANDHAR Norma Hooks described laying her sister, Leona Miller, to rest in the Chesapeake Bay as a “wonderful experience.” Miller’s cremated remains, combined with an environmentally safe cement mixture, were cast as an artificial “memorial” reef and personalized with Miller’s “jewelry and knickknacks,” said Hooks, 64, a Finksburg [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:33am EST
  

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• Feds cite county for pollution

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  When it comes to cutting down on pollution fouling area rivers and the Chesapeake Bay, it turns out the county government might not be setting the best example. The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has cited the county after finding several stormwater pollution control problems at two highway maintenance yards and the [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:45pm EST
  

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• HISTORICAL COMMENTS BY GEORGE CHEVALLIER

  —Salisbury News

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  THE OYSTER WARS
  
  The history of the Oyster Wars goes back to 1785. In that year, Virginia held ownership to the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay and exacted a heavy toll from Marylanders seeking access to the sea. In contrast, Maryland owned the entire Potomac [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:00am EST
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• First Click -- Maryland

  —Maryland Moment

  Your daily download of Maryland's top political news and analysis Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009: Obama administration considers cutting off Chesapeake Bay funding, Dixon pleads not guilty and a stabbing death spells more trouble for Maryland prisons. Dixon pleads not guilty, trial begins Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's corruption trial continues to [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:31am EST
  

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• Local Fishing Report: The Big Fish are Here!

  —Delusional Duck

  By Ken Lamb of the Tackle Box The sea run rockfish started early last week. The fish are being caught in the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay with big fish coming from all areas. The ship’s channel is chock full of big rockfish chasing schools of bait. [...] Shore fishing has still [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:28am EST
  

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• Environmental groups not happy with Chesapeake Bay plan

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  Critics of the federal government’s draft plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay said it lacked details, while federal officials emphasized they would let states continue successful programs to control pollution flowing into the watershed. The draft released Monday includes expanded regulation of large-scale animal farms and urban-suburban stormwater runoff, but [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:36am EST
  

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• Bay cleanup plan calls for expanded federal regulation

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  Obama administration stops short of complete federal takeoverThe Obama administration unveiled today a new strategy for restoring the Chesapeake Bay, calling for expanded regulation and enforcement to curb polluted runoff from farms and developed lands, but backing away from a complete federal takeover of the cleanup effort. Under the plan, the [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:10pm EST
  

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• Pervious Concrete Can Help Slow Increase in Bay`s Nitrogen Load

  —Citizens For Greater Centreville

  The parking lots of Queen Anne’s County’s Bloomfield Farm will soon be modeling the latest in a series of efforts by the county to battle stormwater runoff pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.

  Pervious concrete — the technology Queen Anne’s County will use in Bloomfield Farm’s parking lots — allows water [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:10am EST
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• U.S. to tighten rules for bay cleanup

  —Delusional Duck

  Unease voiced about more controls on developers, farm waste The Obama administration is to unveil today its plan for taking control of the lagging Chesapeake Bay cleanup, amid growing grumbling from developers, farmers and even state officials that Washington is overreaching in what has until recently been a largely cooperative effort [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:59am EST
  

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• Pervious Concrete Can Help Slow Increase in Bay’s Nitrogen Load

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  By ALEKSANDRA ROBINSON The parking lots of Queen Anne’s County’s Bloomfield Farm will soon be modeling the latest in a series of efforts by the county to battle stormwater runoff pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Pervious concrete—the technology Queen Anne’s County will use in Bloomfield Farm’s parking lots—allows water to [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:17am EST
  

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• Chesapeake Bay Gateways, water trails get funding

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  Congress has passed the Interior-Environment Appropriations Conference Report containing $1 million for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and $500,000 for the Star-Spangled Banner Trail. [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:36am EST
  

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• Our Bay: The politics of cleaning the bay

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  For years, environmentalists have lamented that the federal government didn’t seem to be doing much when it comes to cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay. In the last year, however, the feds have stepped up their game and made promises to do better. But the steps the federal government is taking can [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:47am EST
  

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• Hundreds of Va. watermen offer to sell back licenses

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  One-third of Virginia’s watermen have offered to sell their licenses back to the state under a buyback program intended to ease pressure on the Chesapeake Bay crab. The bids, however, far exceed the $6.7 million in federal disaster aid bankrolling the buyback, meaning only a fraction of the watermen who bid [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:45am EST
  

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• EPA gives Chesapeake Bay states its restoration expectations

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  The Environmental Protection Agency gave Chesapeake Bay states its “rigorous expectations” for restoring the nation’s largest estuary, agency officials said Wednesday. In letters sent this week to the six states in the bay watershed, the federal agency said it detailed expectations needed to fulfill President Barack Obama’s executive order calling [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:51pm EST
  

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• Chesapeake Bay — Is Maryland A ‘Political Dead Zone’?

  —Maryland On My Mind

  Here’s an environmental book with a feisty message: “Fight for the Bay: Why a Dark Green Environmental Awakening is Needed to Save the Chesapeake Bay,” by Howard R. Ernst, political science professor at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Ernst also wrote “Chesapeake Bay Blues.” Here’s a high-profile endorsement: “Professor Ernst’s new concept [...]

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:34am EST
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• Chesapeake Cleanup Plan Raises Concerns Beyond Bay Area

  —Salisbury News

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  More needs to be done to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, said Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in early September. They announced new strategies for accelerating cleanup of the nation’s largest estuary, including targeting voluntary conservation programs and imposing
  strict limits on the amount [...]

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:55am EST
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• Numeric Nutrient Criteria Will Aid in Bay Clean-up

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  by Adam Rettig, Science Services Administration The Maryland Department of the Environment is participating in a national effort to address nutrient pollution by developing numeric criteria for Maryland’s non-tidal, freshwater streams and rivers, including those that flow into the Chesapeake Bay. These criteria will allow Maryland to set effective nutrient levels [...]

  Posted: October 31, 2009, 8:43pm EDT
  

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• Severe Weather Warning—Coastal Flood Advisory in Effect

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  From the NWS:A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS TODAY WILL PUSH ADDITIONAL WATER INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND POTOMAC RIVER…INCREASING THE TIDAL DEPARTURES ALREADY IN PLACE. COMBINED WITH THE NEARLY FULL MOON…THIS WILL LEAD TO TIDES EXCEEDING MINOR FLOOD THRESHOLDS WITH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE [...]

  Posted: October 31, 2009, 11:34am EDT
  

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• Feds $50,000,000.00 Chesapeake Bay Scam?

  —Salisbury News

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  While the economy is in the crapper, all too often Americans get slapped in the face by the Feds when they make certain announcements like we're going to dump $50 million into the Chesapeake Bay.
  
  First of all, we can't afford it right now. [...]

  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:40am EDT
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• $1M for Chesapeake Bay Gateways & Watertrails Announced

  —Delusional Duck

  The Senate and House have passed the Interior-Environment Appropriations Conference Report containing a $1 million funding request by U.S. Senators Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski, (both D-MD) for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.  Funding for the Network supports both matching grants to participating Gateway sites for [...]

  Posted: October 31, 2009, 8:35am EDT
  

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• Van Hollen Statement on Passage of the Interior-Environment Appropriations Conference Report

  —Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog

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  Van Hollen Statement on Passage of the Interior-Environment Appropriations Conference Report
  Report Provides Critical Funding for the Chesapeake Bay

  Washington, Oct 29, 2009 -
  Today Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) issued the following statement on final passage of the FY 2010 Interior-Environment Appropriations Conference Report:

  “Passage today of this [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:30am EDT
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• New report shows ocean encroaching in southern Worcester

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  [...] “The areas where shore protection is unlikely are concentrated along the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, the southern portion of Worcester County and Charles County along the Potomac River,” the report reads. “Shore protection is likely or almost certain along 99 percent of northern Worcester County’s 28-mile shoreline, but [...]

  Posted: October 29, 2009, 3:10pm EDT
  

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