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Audio: Continuing to restore the Chesapeake Bay - Brownfield Ag News for America - 2/3/2010
Menhaden fishery industry wins again as bills fail - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 2/2/2010
Letter to the Editor: Legislature best overseer of menhaden fishery - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 1/26/2010
Oversight Panel Sees Biofuel Crops Helping Chesapeake Bay Cleanup - The New York Times - 1/22/2010
Watermen march to protect oyster harvesting - Capital News Service - 1/20/2010
Bills target oversight of menhaden fishery - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 1/14/2010
Several Local Waterman Charged with Oyster Harvesting Violations - The Bay Net (Md.) - 1/11/2010
Dorchester County Seafood Dealer Charged With Oyster Violations - WBOC (Md.) Television - 12/26/2009
Delaware Extension Scientist’s Research Helps to Protect Chesapeake Bay - Lancaster (Pa.) Farming - 12/24/2009
New phosphate extraction technology promising - The Southeast Farm Press - 12/22/2009
Oyster Plan May Provide Missing Pieces of Restoration Puzzle - Southern Maryland Online - 12/18/2009
Extension scientist's research helps to protect Chesapeake Bay - The University of Delaware UDaily - 12/14/2009
Oyster reefs part of restoration - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 12/11/2009
Md. could reap U.S. windfall in earmarks - The Baltimore Sun - 12/10/2009
District of Columbia Seafood Company, Two Employees Charged with Purchasing Illegally Harvested Striped Bass - PR Newswire - 12/8/2009
Editorial: Oyster turning point - The Baltimore Sun - 12/7/2009
O'Malley plans to limit oyster harvest - The Baltimore Sun - 12/4/2009
Drastic changes proposed for Md.'s oyster industry - Capital News Service - 12/4/2009
State plans more oyster sanctuaries - The St. Mary's County (Md.) Enterprise - 12/4/2009
Can they still make a living out there? - The St. Mary's County (Md.) Enterprise - 11/25/2009
Rains Reduce Planting Of Cover Crops Near Bay - The Associated Press - 11/23/2009
Heavy rains deter planting of cover crops - The Baltimore Sun - 11/21/2009
The bay's natural filters - The Southern Maryland Recorder - 11/20/2009
St. Mary's River still on sick list - The St. Mary's County (Md.) Enterprise - 11/18/2009
Shellfish harvesting halted by Va. health department through Dec. 2 - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 11/18/2009
Chesapeake Bay closed to shellfish harvesting until Wednesday - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 11/12/2009
Opinion: Early-season oyster harvest shows promise - The Delmarva Daily Times - 11/1/2009
Oysters bountiful in Tangier Sound; just 250 oystermen now work bay - The Delmarva Daily Times - 11/1/2009
Tangier Sound Oyster Catch Rare Chesapeake Success - The Associated Press - 11/1/2009
MDA officials await cover crop figures - The Delmarva Farmer - 10/27/2009
Tomorrow's trees today - The Washington Post - 10/7/2009
High winds result in Swan Point Walnut Harvest - PR Newswire - 10/6/2009
VIMS receives $3 million to turn York river algae into biodiesel - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 10/3/2009
Virginia growers 'committed to stewardship' - The Southeast Farm Press - 10/2/2009
Blog: Pennsylvania farm pollution - from bad to worse? - The Baltimore Sun - 10/1/2009
Lumpkins says way of life is imperiled - Southern Maryland Online - 10/1/2009
Va keeps limits on oyster harvesting - The Associated Press - 9/24/2009
State keeps limits on oyster harvesting - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 9/23/2009
Cover crop seeding rates for 2009 keyed to planting dates in Maryland - The Delmarva Farmer - 9/22/2009
McDonogh School's garden yields 1st harvest - The Baltimore Sun - 9/18/2009
Opinion: Report puts face on watermen woes - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 9/18/2009
When water quality suffers, so do watermen - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 9/17/2009
Activists, 'Watermen Blues' cite need for action on Chesapeake Bay - The Easton (Md.) Star-Democrat - 9/17/2009
Saving Chesapeake Bay means saving watermen, too - Capital News Service - 9/16/2009
Bay cleanup funding would set an earlier deadline for action - The Baltimore Sun - 9/9/2009
Opinion: 'Flush fee' funds one area where state got it right - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 9/1/2009
Watershed initiative offers aid to farmers - The Sunbury (Pa.) Daily Item - 8/31/2009
Study to focus on Va. wildlife management areas - The Associated Press - 8/31/2009
'Flush fee' funding for septic upgrades on hold - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 8/30/2009
Blog: Growing oysters - one pier at a time - The Baltimore Sun - 8/29/2009
Farm to hub to table - The Washington Post - 8/26/2009
Editorial: Cash-for-crabbers - The Baltimore Sun - 8/19/2009
Md. to make flat offer to buy back crab licenses - The Associated Press - 8/18/2009
Maryland's nitrogen-reducing septic upgrades prove popular - Environment News Service - 8/17/2009
EPA, agriculture community talk Bay cleanup plan - The Associated Press - 8/14/2009
Program turns pork into oysters - Southern Maryland Online - 8/12/2009
Blog: Citizen-raised oysters get 'planted' - The Baltimore Sun - 8/12/2009
Commentary: Stop the oyster harvest - The Baltimore Sun - 8/11/2009
Conservation is key at Ag Expo - The Culpeper (Va.) Star-Exponent - 8/7/2009
Trail system to get funds - The Martinsville (Va.) Bulletin - 8/5/2009
Farmers' meeting set for Aug. 10 - The Eastern Shore News (Va.) - 8/5/2009
Oysters are on the rebound in the Chesapeake Bay - The New York Times - 8/4/2009
Taller reefs key to oyster restoration - The William and Mary (Va.) News - 7/31/2009
Oyster gardening participants see end of their work - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 7/26/2009
The Largest Crop in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Is...? - Lancaster (Pa.) Farming - 7/24/2009
A good year in a bad era for blue crabs - The Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post Gazette - 7/19/2009
Maryland targets crab licenses - The Washington Times - 7/15/2009
Old shells provide a chance for oysters to live (video) - WJZ (Md.) Television - 7/13/2009
Opinion: Pretty, but diseased - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 7/13/2009
Maryland seeks to buy back small-scale crab licenses - The Washington Post - 7/10/2009
Md. wants to buy back 3,676 blue crab licenses - The Associated Press - 7/9/2009
Conservation measures get boost - The Winchester (Va.) Star - 7/9/2009
Carbon and nutrient trading looks to be certain - American Farm - 7/7/2009
Eco-friendly farming - The Altoona (Pa.) Mirror - 7/6/2009
Ag Commission looks at Maryland’s water quality - The Delmarva Farmer - 6/16/2009
Spring shad harvest, every year a ritual renewed - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 6/10/2009
Report outlines environmental benefits of REAP Conservation Program - PR Newswire - 6/10/2009
Dead fish found again - The Washington Times - 6/10/2009
Sewage proposal might help save money, environment - The Waynesboro (Pa.) Record Herald - 6/9/2009
Hearings on creek clean-ups this month - The Northern Neck News (Va.) - 6/5/2009
Sustainable forestry benefiting Great Cypress Swamp - The Cape Gazette (Del.) - 6/4/2009
Shad released into Nanticoke - The Delaware News Journal - 6/2/2009
Shellfish reefs at risk - The Nature Conservancy - 6/2/2009
Poultry Litter Subsurfer researchers win grant - The Delmarva Farmer - 6/2/2009
Cover Crop Program enrollment starts in June - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 5/29/2009
Va. Extends Blue Crab Harvest Restrictions - The Washington Post - 5/27/2009
New crab regulations aim to extend last year's gains - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 5/27/2009
Many at work to keep CRAB on your table - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 5/27/2009
Pasadena company rolls out all the rain barrels - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 5/26/2009
Editorial: Good news - The Frederick (Md.) News-Post - 5/23/2009
Inmates help restore Chesapeake Bay - The Hagerstown (Md.) Herald-Mail - 5/22/2009
Pasadena company rolls out the barrels - The Maryland Gazette - 5/20/2009
Federal funds to aid crabs, watermen - The Richmond Times-Dispatch - 5/20/2009
$7.5 million for Chesapeake Bay's blue crabs - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 5/20/2009
State gets $7.5M in blue crab disaster aid - The Associated Press - 5/19/2009
Editorial: Our river has Friends - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 5/15/2009
O'Malley sets new goals for cleaning up bay - The Associated Press - 5/14/2009
Army Corps details Lynnhaven River revival plans - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 5/12/2009
O'Malley sets new bay goals to reduce fertilizer pollution - The Associated Press - 5/12/2009
Editorial: Recovering Bay crabs still need protection - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 5/11/2009

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