Stories by Catherine Krikstan
Catherine Krikstan is a web writer at the Chesapeake Bay Program. She began writing about the watershed as a reporter in Annapolis, Md., where she covered algae blooms and climate change and interviewed hog farmers and watermen. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Local, state, federal agencies open 22 public access sites in Chesapeake Bay region
May 23, 2016Boat ramps and fishing piers connect people to creeks, streams and rivers
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By the Numbers: 570,000
April 29, 2016The area, in square miles, encompassed by the Chesapeake Bay airshed
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Monitoring finds more than 91,000 acres of underwater grasses in Chesapeake Bay
April 28, 2016The 2015 acreage exceeds the 2017 restoration target two years early
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Data show drop in estimated nutrient, sediment loads entering Chesapeake Bay
April 18, 2016Computer simulations track partner progress toward clean water goals
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Adult female blue crab abundance rises 92 percent in 2016
April 13, 2016Researchers count 194 million adult female blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay
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By the Numbers: $10.7 billion
March 30, 2016The estimated cost of treating, removing and replacing the trees expected to be affected by the invasive emerald ash borer
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By the Numbers: 2.5 million
March 2, 2016The amount of road salt, in tons, applied across the Chesapeake Bay watershed each year
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Chesapeake Bay Program launches accountability tool
February 17, 2016ChesapeakeProgress to help oversight groups track partnership work toward Watershed Agreement
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By the Numbers: 51 billion
February 3, 2016The average amount of river water, in gallons, that flows into the Chesapeake Bay each day
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Chesapeake Bay Program makes measured progress toward restoring the watershed
February 2, 2016The latest Bay Barometer offers a snapshot of environmental health
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