Chesapeake Bay Program - A Watershed Partnership

Underwater Bay Grasses Up in 2007, But Still Short of Restoration Goal

Underwater bay grasses covered nearly 65,000 acres of the Bay and its tidal rivers in 2007, about 35 percent of the 185,000-acre baywide restoration goal. (Read more)

For more information: Press Release | About Bay Grasses | Bay Grass Restoration

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Watershed cleanups thousands of tons of success | 4/10/2008

Thousands of volunteers across the watershed stepped up on Saturday, April 5 to turn the tide on trash along the Potomac, South and other local rivers.
Learn more: Ways to Help the Bay

Annual Bay Assessment Shows Ecosystem Health Still Poor | 4/03/2008

Bay Program partnership releases its 2007 Health and Restoration Assessment, a four-part snapshot of health conditions and restoration efforts in the Bay watershed.
Learn more: Press Release | Health and Restoration Assessment section

South River Receives Grade of 34 in Latest Scorecard | 3/13/2008

The overall health of the South River declined in 2007, according to the South River Federation’s 2008 South River Scorecard, an annual report on the health of the river.
Learn more: Watersheds | Impervious Surfaces | Restoring Water Quality

New Mentoring Program Helps Both Farmers and the Bay | 3/7/2008

A new farmer-to-farmer mentoring program will help improve the economic productivity of Maryland farms -- while also reducing pollution to the Bay.
Learn more: Pollution from agriculture | Reducing pollution from agriculture

Bay News:

Legislature funds marine science projects - The Hampton Roads Daily Press - 5/9/2008
Workshop takes aim at pond care - The Harrisonburg (VA) Daily News Record - 5/9/2008
Watermen worried about limits on crab harvest - The Associated Press - 5/8/2008
O’Malley likely to delay dish soap limit - The Associated Press - 5/8/2008
Dirty Plant going green - The Richmond Times-Dispatch - 5/8/2008
Divers, snorkelers needed for seagrass project - The Hampton Roads Daily Press - 5/7/2008

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