The new report, Achieving Water Quality Goals in the Chesapeake Bay: A Comprehensive Evaluation of System Response, could shape those discussions. It took more than four years to develop and is the ...

Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts have been a mixed bag, EPA reports. Groups working to clean up the bay hope to set new goals if 2025 goals go unmet.

The Chesapeake Bay, spanning 200 miles from Northern Maryland to Coastal Virginia, is home to some of the nation's finest natural beauty, rich wildlife and glimpses into American history.

Watch: Chesapeake Bay blue crab population holds strong; harvesters encouraged Moore explained the goals were set in the watershed agreement between Virginia, neighboring states and DC.

Chesapeake Bay Program estimates from 2015 show the agricultural industry contributes 42% of nitrogen, 55% of phosphorus and 60% of sediment that enters the Chesapeake Bay.

In fact, the needle has hardly moved since the Chesapeake Bay Foundation began issuing the annual report in 1998. The original report gave the bay a score of 27 out of 100. Today that score has ...

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Chesapeake Bay is at a turning point. Once severely polluted, the bay has seen major improvements in recent years. But President Trump's proposed budget would slash key programs.

According to a Chesapeake Bay Program news release, this type of surface makes up nearly 5% of the Bay watershed’s entire land area, which totals more than 40.5 million acres.

The Chesapeake Bay's low-oxygen dead zone is predicted to only be slightly larger this summer in spite of heavy rainfall earlier this year.

UPDATED: February 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM EST HARRISBURG, Pa. — At a dire point in the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort, some say hope is springing from an unlikely place: the state of Pennsylvania.

Chesapeake Bay areas with low oxygen levels, which can kill aquatic life, are predicted to be smaller for summer 2022 — if weather holds out.