The number of oystermen cited or given warnings for having undersized oysters was at a five-year low this season, which some Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials said is the result of a particularly strong harvest.

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Virginia is defending the federal and state plan to restore the Chesapeake Bay.

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Changes in the federal flood insurance program are likely to mean higher premiums for thousands Maryland residents, and not just those living in Ocean City or along the Chesapeake Bay.

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ANNAPOLIS — The Sierra Club is fighting Dominion Resources’ $3.8 billion proposal to renovate its Calvert County terminal to allow it to ship domestic gas overseas. The Washington Post reports that the case heard in the Maryland Court of Special ...

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Cardin's proposal, if passed into law, would impose a $200 per pack fine on any store selling cigarettes that do not have biodegradable filters beginning Jan. 1, 2015.

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The son of a Russian woman whose body was pulled from the Chesapeake Bay more than two years ago has been indicted on a murder charge in her death. Twenty-eight-year-old Dmitry Pronin was named as a suspect in the death ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Farmers have significantly reduced the flow of pollutants into the Chesapeake Bay, with new conservation practices keeping more than 15 million tons of sediment alone out of the estuary, a report released Thursday said. Agriculture Secretary Tom ...

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CAMBRIDGE — One Maryland lab is using science to artificially create, feed and grow oyster larvae no bigger than a grain of sand to help restore the Chesapeake Bay. The Horn Point Hatchery, one of the largest oyster hatcheries on ...

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Gordon Feinblatt LLC has started an agricultural law practice group during a time when attorneys say there is an increased demand in the farming community for legal representation.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Farm groups said Tuesday that they were appealing a judge’s decision to uphold federal pollution limits that are designed to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, by more tightly regulating wastewater treatment, ...

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