ANNAPOLIS — As a restoration scientist for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Rob Schnabel shuttles around Western Maryland in his hybrid car persuading farmers to switch to grazing — which he said is healthier, eco-friendly and more profitable than confinement farming, ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia has opened more Chesapeake Bay waters to oyster harvesting this month, anticipating greater demand for the bay’s meager oyster stocks because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission historically has opened ...

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The first of what federal officials say will be annual action plans for implementing a Chesapeake Bay restoration strategy was released Thursday, calling for $491 million in funding and projects ranging from cutting farm and suburban runoff to rebuilding oyster ...

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Maryland and Washington, D.C., are on pace to meet goals required to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, the federal Environmental Protection Agency says. Five states in the bay watershed have plans that are seriously deficient, however: Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland and Washington are on target to meet “pollution diet” goals required to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday — but the other five states in the bay watershed have plans that ...

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BALTIMORE — Predictions of a good Chesapeake Bay crab harvest are coming true, with some watermen saying they are unable to sell all of the crabs they are catching and prices are dropping. Watermen who go out without a dedicated ...

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