WASHINGTON – Reported cases of West Nile Virus plummeted in Maryland this year in both humans and horses, a change that officials said was likely brought about by prevention efforts and weather that was unfavorable to the virus

WASHINGTON – A group of Chesapeake Bay-area congressmen met with White House officials Wednesday to ask that $130 million be included in the fiscal 2006 budget for reducing bay pollution from farm runoff and wastewater treatment plants

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WASHINGTON – James Connolly is used to getting blisters from rowing, but not having his fingers get infected and “swell up like a sausage

WASHINGTON – State wildlife manager Jonathan McKnight concedes that a beauty contest between the long-necked, graceful mute swan and the toothy, slimy snakehead fish is no contest

WASHINGTON – Scientists from across the country testified at a congressional hearing Wednesday that global warming was a real threat that could cause heat waves and alter eco-systems by the second half of the century

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service has linked about 140 parks, museums and trails through a 64,000-square-mile watershed since 1998 under its Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network

WASHINGTON – Maryland Natural Resources Police hope that aggressive enforcement of boating regulations over the next few days will prevent a repeat of recent Labor Day weekends, which have seen a spike in accidents