Wetlands filter water, trap pollutants, protect against flooding and serve as nursery areas for marine species in the Lynnhaven River, Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. The city will plant ...

The big picture: For Virginians, the Chesapeake Bay is more than a warm-weather ... Creating a Statewide Wetlands Technical Team, to improve wetlands restoration efforts since wetlands can act ...

These days oysters are good year-round because the vast majority are farm raised oysters that are super healthy, even in the ...

"Dredged materials will be sourced from the federally-maintained Chesapeake Bay Approach Channels and be used to restore wetland and upland island habitats. No material from the Baltimore Harbor ...

As the climate crisis accelerates, so do the number of bills in the Virginia General Assembly to address resilience, ...

(Photo by Adrin Snider/Newport News Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Multiple coalitions of champions of the Chesapeake Bay set their sights on the number as far back as 2014.

Martha Shimkin, director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office, speaks at the Chesapeake Executive Council meeting in Annapolis on Dec. 10, 2024. Photo by Dave ...

Coastal wetlands off the Eastern Shore of Virginia ... Chris Moore, Virginia executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, noted that HB2034 creates a policy task force, not new regulations.