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EPA announces ‘Eyes on Drilling’ tipline - The Narrowsburg (N.Y.) River Reporter - 2/5/2010
Study Finds a Tree Growth Spurt - The New York Times - 2/2/2010
Bright Future Seen for Biofuels in Bay Watershed - Lancaster (Pa.) Farming - 1/29/2010
Blog: Record year for land conservation - on the cheap - The Baltimore Sun - 1/21/2010
Report: Biofuels could help jobs, Chesapeake Bay - The Associated Press - 1/20/2010
Letter to the Editor: Developers misrepresent stormwater guidelines - The Baltimore Sun - 1/19/2010
Blog: Storm over storm-water rules - The Baltimore Sun - 1/18/2010
Letter to the Editor: On bay cleanup, too much talk, too little action - The Baltimore Sun - 1/15/2010
Chesapeake Bay Clean-Up - WMAR (Md.) Television - 1/14/2010
EPA announces new Chesapeake Bay cleanup rules - The Associated Press - 1/12/2010
EPA eyes tougher bay measures - The Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer Journal - 1/12/2010
EPA's new rules to limit development, farm runoff into the bay - The Baltimore Sun - 1/12/2010
Keyser eyes inevitable water system upgrades - The Mineral County (W.Va.) Daily News-Tribune - 1/12/2010
Farming legacy and development stand in the Nansemond River's path - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 1/11/2010
Somerset officials ask to rewrite comp plan - The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times - 1/9/2010
400,000-Acre Land Conservation Goal Met - The Appomattox (Va.) News - 1/8/2010
Can Trees Save The Bay? - Chesapeake Quarterly - 1/7/2010
Blog: The EPA "Consequences" Letter to States & Sen. Cardin's Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act - Building a Green Maryland - 1/6/2010
Connector absorbs federal agency blow - The Maryland Independent - 1/6/2010
Blog: Wildlife agency opposes Charles County highway - The Baltimore Sun - 1/5/2010
Coalition demands new strategy to 'Save the Bay' - WTOP (D.C.) Radio - 12/31/2009
Experts: Stronger bay action needed - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 12/31/2009
Bay Panel Wants Mandatory Pollution Control - WBAL (Md.) Radio - 12/30/2009
A tougher shade of green to save the bay - The Eastern Shore News (Va.) - 12/30/2009
Calvert County to Host Critical Area Information Meeting - The Bay Net (Md.) - 12/26/2009
A tougher shade of green to save the bay - The Eastern Shore News (Va.) - 12/26/2009
South River Greenway gets additional 61 acres - The Annapolis (Md.) Capital - 12/26/2009
Slight gains found in health of James - The Richmond Times-Dispatch - 12/21/2009
Review gives James River C-plus - WAVY (Va.) Television - 12/21/2009
Letter to the Editor: No dense development near water - The Washington Post - 12/20/2009
York Water brings systems under wing - The Central Penn Business Journal - 12/18/2009
DEP Official Laments Ag’s Lack of Recognition for Bay Cleanup - Lancaster (Pa.) Farming - 12/18/2009
VFBF Vows to Resist New Chesapeake Bay Clean-up Effort - Lancaster (Pa.) Farming - 12/11/2009
Goodlatte Questions Chesapeake Preservation Effort - WHSV (Va.) Television - 12/10/2009
Maryland earmarked projects in year-end spending measure - The Baltimore Sun - 12/10/2009
State board revises storm water runoff rules - The Associated Press - 12/10/2009
Soil and Water Conservation Board Adopts New Stormwater Regulations - Appomattox News - 12/10/2009
VA Board of Soil and Water Conservation Adopts New Stormwater Regulations - WHSV (Va.) Television - 12/9/2009
Editorial: Oyster turning point - The Baltimore Sun - 12/7/2009
HU grant helps Portsmouth teachers develop science lessons - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 12/6/2009
New county plan aims to preserve rural character of Braddock Heights - The Frederick (Md.) News-Post - 12/6/2009
Envisioning a path that connects nature and history - The Washington Post - 12/3/2009
Official: River clean-up work will suffer cutback - The Associated Press - 12/3/2009
Laurel considers new ways to manage effects of stormwater - The Gazette (Md.) - 12/3/2009
O'Malley Outlines Plan To Boost Bay Oyster Population - WBAL (Md.) Radio - 12/3/2009
A little piece of a greener world - The Washington Post - 12/2/2009
Contaminated Soil is Source of Mercury in Fish in Shenandoah Valley Rivers - WHSV (Va.) Television - 12/2/2009
Restricting Runoff in Greater Binghamton - WBNG (N.Y.) Television - 12/1/2009
Susquehanna River's Pollution Diet - WBNG (N.Y.) Television - 11/30/2009
St. Mary's River reported failing - The Baltimore Sun - 11/24/2009
Stuck in the mud: Developers point to obstacles in controlling runoff - The Lynchburg (Va.) News & Advance - 11/22/2009
Stuck in the mud: State finds lax oversight of erosion control - The Lynchburg (Va.) News & Advance - 11/22/2009
Development endangers St. Mary's watershed - The Washington Post - 11/22/2009
St. Mary's River still on sick list - The St. Mary's County (Md.) Enterprise - 11/18/2009
Blog: Draft Strategy for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay - Building a Green Maryland - 11/18/2009
Opinion: If the nor'easter was a rehearsal, we've got no excuse for not being ready when the 'big one" hits. - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 11/17/2009
National Association of Wheat Growers Newsletter - Midwest AGnet - 11/17/2009
AS CHESAPEAKE BAY GOES... ...so goes Maine's striped bass population - The Maine Morning Sentinel - 11/15/2009
Opinion: Cows are the problem? Look around, people! - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 11/13/2009
Citizens Group Holds Seminar on Future of Chesapeake Bay - Lancaster (Pa.) Farming - 11/13/2009
Report gives ‘snapshot’ of ECs in Potomac River - Water Technology Online - 11/12/2009
'Toxic stew' of chemicals blamed for intersex fish in Potomac - The Washington Post - 11/11/2009
Md., other states warned about bay cleanup - The Baltimore Sun - 11/5/2009
Editorial: The New River is both wild and scenic - The Roanoke (Va.) Times - 11/4/2009
Chesapeake Stormwater Network grades Md., Va. - American Farm - 11/3/2009
Environmentalists support a park for Fort Monroe - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 11/1/2009
Blog: Taking the long view on Maryland's future - The Baltimore Sun - 10/30/2009
MA project may jumpstart market for offshore wind energy - The William and Mary (Va.) News - 10/27/2009
MDA officials await cover crop figures - The Delmarva Farmer - 10/27/2009
Opinion: Mattawoman: Constructing or destructing? - The University of Maryland Diamondback Online - 10/26/2009
Proposed Chesapeake Bay changes 'short-sighted' - The Southeast Farm Press - 10/23/2009
City Streams Benefit From Volunteers - The Lynchburg (Va.) News & Advance - 10/22/2009
Keeping Area Clean - The Reston (Va.) Connection - 10/21/2009
S. Tier board gets stimulus funds for water plan - The Elmira (N.Y.) Star-Gazette - 10/20/2009
Dirtiest fuel needs more scrubbing - The Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - 10/20/2009
Stormwater regulations mean new red tape - The Northern Neck News (Va.) - 10/15/2009
Land preservation tally: Too good to be true? - The Richmond Times-Dispatch - 10/12/2009
Blog: What will Maryland look like in 100 years? - The Baltimore Sun - 10/12/2009
Former Greenpeace exec turned developer is a man with a plan - The Maryland Daily Record - 10/8/2009
Blog: Bay cleanup: the "hammer" and the helping hand - The Baltimore Sun - 10/8/2009
For A. P. Hill, a new kind of green - The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star - 10/8/2009
The story of an island - The Eastern Shore News (Va.) - 10/7/2009
Chamber sponsors Potomac cleanup - The Cumberland (Md.) Times-News - 10/7/2009
Residents: Keep drilling discharge out - The Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Times Leader - 10/7/2009
Local lawmakers react to severance tax, gas drilling - The Williamsport (Pa.) Sun-Gazette - 10/6/2009
With major rules revision, Va. aims to reduce bay pollution - The Richmond Times-Dispatch - 10/6/2009
State tightens rules on storm water, then suspends the rules - The Newport News (Va.) Daily Press - 10/5/2009
Va. board approves new stormwater regulations - The Associated Press - 10/5/2009
Marcellus Shale report still unbound - The Binghamton (N.Y.) Press & Sun-Bulletin - 10/5/2009
Virginia, other states could face punishments over bay cleanup - The Richmond Times-Dispatch - 10/3/2009
Sewer plan calls for rate hikes - The Williamsport (Pa.) Sun-Gazette - 10/2/2009
Council reviews land use - The Mount Vernon (Va.) Gazette - 10/1/2009
For relief, region told to go east - The Washington Post - 10/1/2009
Geologist sketches our peninsula's slow growth - The Worcester County (Md.) Times - 10/1/2009
Greening the suburbs - The Baltimore Sun - 9/30/2009
Waist-deep in fieldwork - The Baltimore Sun - 9/29/2009
Debate heats up over proposed storm water runoff regulations (video) - WWBT (Va.) Television - 9/28/2009
Opinion: Virginia land preservation tax credits: A sensible investment in a weak economy - Virginia Business Magazine - 9/28/2009
MDA secretary talks budget cuts at fair - The Frederick (Md.) News-Post - 9/28/2009
Regional wastewater system backed - The Eastern Shore News (Va.) - 9/26/2009

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