Tagged Stories: "Virginia"

Experienced-based education programs and innovative research projects bring the bay watershed to life.

Going to the beach this summer? Visit one of these beautiful natural areas along the way!

RCS is dedicated to cleaning up the Rivanna River, a 42-mile James River tributary that flows through central Virginia.

The Bay’s blue crab population increased 66 percent in 2012 to its highest level since 1993.

Chuckatuck Creek and its surrounding Lone Star Lakes offer abundant fishing and a rich local history.

Jurisdictions submit their final cleanup plans as part of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL.

This Potomac River stream winds through development-burdened Northern Virginia before ending near Great Falls Park.

Virginia added approximately 840 miles of streams and 2 square miles of estuaries to its list of impaired waters in 2012.

The nonprofit Friends of Dyke Marsh helps preserve, restore and celebrate this rare Potomac River ecosystem.

Blue and flathead catfish are two invasive species that threaten the Chesapeake Bay's rivers.