In autumn and winter, millions of migratory birds visit the Chesapeake Bay region as they follow the Atlantic Flyway during their seasonal flights. We’ve compiled a list of some of the top places in the watershed to spend a day enjoying the beautiful waterfowl that call the Chesapeake region their winter home. (View the list)
Related links: Waterfowl
At 79 years old, Arthur Tuers has been fishing, crabbing, and boating the Chesapeake Bay for quite some time. In his time, he has seen the harvest of oysters plummet and noticed dramatic changes in water clarity, crabbing, and the amount of pollution in the Bay. Like the rest of us, Art hopes for a restored Bay; but like few of us, he knows what it was like when you could "see your toenails" in five feet of water. (Watch the video)
Related links: Oysters | Blue Crabs | Water Clarity
From the BayBlog: With the nor’easter from Hurricane Ida blowing through the region, high winds, flooding and stormwater are on everyone’s minds. So what effect does a storm like this November nor’easter have on the Chesapeake Bay? (Learn more)
Related links: Weather
A draft strategy released by the EPA shows how federal government agencies involved with Chesapeake Bay cleanup will work to restore the Bay and its watershed, conserve its treasured places, protect fish and wildlife, and adapt to a changing climate. The strategy, part of the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order, commits federal agencies to meeting two-year milestones, leading to all restoration activities being put into place no later than 2025. (Learn more)
Related links: Full Draft Strategy (11.26 MB)
Is your school planting wildlife habitat, reducing polluted runoff or taking other green measures to help the environment and the Chesapeake Bay? Then apply to become an Eco-School through the National Wildlife Federation's new international network of green schools. (Learn more)
Related links: Bay Backpack | Help the Bay at School | Resources for Teachers and Schools
To increase accountability and speed up Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts, the U.S. EPA has provided the six Bay states and the District of Columbia with new, rigorous expectations for reducing pollution to the Bay and its rivers as part of both the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and the Executive Order on Chesapeake Bay Restoration and Protection. (Learn more)
Related links: Letter on Implementing TMDL | Letter on TMDL Pollution Loads | Chesapeake Bay TMDL Website | Chesapeake Bay Executive Order Website
A crew of about a dozen biologists from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Frostburg State University and Marshall University spent an October afternoon searching for the Maryland darter, a fish that was last seen in 1988 and is feared to be extinct. Though their search proved unsuccessful, biologists are not giving up hope of finding Maryland's rarest fish. (Learn more)
Related links: Fish | Streams and Rivers
An office building in Jessup, Md., is working to protect the Chesapeake Bay by capturing and treating polluted runoff on its site, rather than allowing it to run off into a nearby stream.
November's spotted critter is a popular visitor to the Chesapeake Bay's saltier waters. But you'd better catch it soon before it leaves for warmer ocean waters. Do you know what it is?
Watch for soaring bald eagles as you paddle through the marsh at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a 26,000-acre haven for migratory waterfowl on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
