Questions Loom Over Effects of State’s Oyster Recovery Efforts on Watermen’s Bottom Lines

While the state seeds the beds, are oystermen missing out?

Drinking New Beer Will Help Improve the Bay

Mixing beer with the Chesapeake Bay may seem counterintuitive to cleaning it up, but Full Tilt Brewing created a new beer to help do just that.

Ice Breaking Ships Help Keep Chesapeake Waters Safe

Throughout Maryland, watermen haven’t been able to work for days at a time because of one of the state’s coldest winters in more than three years. They rely on the state’s icebreaker boats to clear the waterways.

Clean Water: Innovators Band Together to Improve Water Quality

Innovators are banding together on the 40th anniversary of the Federal Clean Water Act to show off new, environmentally friendly products to improve the water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region.

“Flood Bucket” Program Still Adding Oysters a Decade Later

The South River Federation’s “Flood Bucket” program added more oysters to its reef in Harness Creek recently with the help of 50 volunteers. The program has been gardening oysters for more than a decade.

President Obama’s Budget Increases Funds for the Chesapeake Bay Program

Though overall funding for the Environmental Protection Agency was cut in President Obama’s 2013 budget, he proposed a $15 million increase for the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program.

Chesapeake Bay Recovers from Storms

Many around the state are still picking up the pieces in the wake of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee…and that includes the Department of Natural Resources.