In January 2023, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) released its 2022 State of the Bay Report. The bay was given a D+ score during the 2022 evaluation, which is the same score it received in the prev...
This Bay Journal article (Sept 9, 2023, Karl Blankenship) covers the challenges in having sufficient technical support to work with farmers in implementing farm practices that reduce nutrient and sedi...
Source: Lancaster Farming 8_19_23 According to a 2021 estimate by USDA, about 30% of all American farmland is owned by non-farmers. Wealthy investors and not-so-wealthy investors are increasingly inve...
PA DEP’s Bureau of Watershed Restoration and Nonpoint Source Management is proud to announce the release of its Healthy Waters Healthy Communities – Pennsylvania’s 2022 Chesapeake Bay Progress Report....
The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) is hosting a two-day workshop for leading experts to discuss the use of biochar and its integration into current Chesapeake Bay protocols. Demost...
Biochar in the Chesapeake Bay Region In this Bay Journal article, the author describes biochar's properties, uses, and potential for addressing stormwater and pollution issues in the Chespeake Bay Wat...
In November 2022, the PA Department of Environmental Protection announced their 2021-2022 agricultural compliance data in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, which resulted from visits to 10.5% of the farml...
January 5, 2022 -- Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today how the state will fully meet its nutrient and sediment pollution reduction goals in ...