RICHMOND, Va. — The Chesapeake Conservancy says the Obama administration included $29 million in the fiscal 2017 budget for land conservation across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The conservation group says the funding will help protect significant wildlife habitat and historical ...

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Phil Miller will never forget the day he kayaked the Nanticoke River and a bald eagle swept in and plucked a fish from the water. “It was so cool,” he said. “It was right next to ...

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WASHINGTON — Government agencies and the Chesapeake Conservancy are committing $9.7 million to discourage development in parts of three states within the aircraft testing range of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in southern Maryland. The U.S. departments of defense, ...

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