Few undersized oyster possession violations this year indicate a strong harvest in the Chesapeake Bay, officials with the Department of Natural Resources said.
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DNR Breaks Ice to Help Watermen
Maryland Department of Natural Resources ice breakers hit the frozen waters around the Chesapeake Bay to open up the channels for area watermen who’ve been frozen out of business since the sub-freezing temperatures hit the area.
Maryland Tries to Restore Dwindling Bay Grasses
Bay grasses provide an important line of defense against severe coastal storms, but scientists are finding significant declines in the health and diversity of grasses in the Chesapeake.
With Climate Change, Maryland State Insect Could Be Forced to Move North
Climate change has become synonymous with melting glaciers and blazing summer months, but there is one very small casualty of global warming that isn’t front page news: butterflies.
Biologists Create Habitats to Bring Back Bass Populations
A new initiative to make up for the absence of aquatic grasses in Gumtree Cove could lead to similar projects in other less-productive tidal waters within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Conowingo Dam Re-Licensing Affects Chesapeake Bay
Legislators from the Eastern Shore are making sure fish passage and sediment issues that affect the Chesapeake Bay are resolved, as Exelon Power negotiates a 46-year license to continue operating the Conowingo Dam in the Susquehanna River in northern Maryland.