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Blue crabs have been easy to catch this year around the Inland Bays. Avoid the crowded areas so you catch more crabs.
Maryland sets commercial mature female hard crab catch limits starting April 1
ANNAPOLIS — Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Josh Kurtz, in consultation with blue crab advisory groups, announces the commercial mature female hard crab catch limits … more
Blue crab caught in a crab pot. Maryland's crabbing season starts April 1.
With season starting April 1, Natural Resources Police remind Maryland’s recreational crabbers to comply with conservation laws
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s blue crab season officially opens April 1 in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries and the Atlantic Ocean and coastal bays. With the opening of a new … more
Democratic Rep. David Trone, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, discusses Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts as Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, looks on.
Maryland lawmakers urge Congress to spend more on Chesapeake Bay restoration
WASHINGTON – Citing encouraging signs of improvement, five Maryland lawmakers expressed their support Wednesday for increased funding of the federally-backed Chesapeake Bay restoration program. … more
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Mayor Darlene Taylor speaks to the media, FEMA and MDEM officials while at the Crisfield City Dock following a lunch and meeting at the Tawes Museum.
Crisfield tour by FEMA and MDEM highlights city's commitment to reducing flood risk
CRISFIELD — Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) senior officials Victoria Salinas and MaryAnn Tierney and Maryland Department of Emergency Management Secretary Russ Strickland were in … more
$600K penalty against Tri-Gas & Oil
BALTIMORE – Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and Maryland Secretary of the Environment Serena McIlwain on Wednesday announced the settlement of a lawsuit against an Eastern Shore fuel … more
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Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz, center, joins Fishing and Boating Services staff to analyze oyster spat during the fall survey.
Chesapeake Bay 2023 Fall Oyster Survey records outstanding spatfall
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources’  Fall Oyster Survey  recorded a remarkable year for juvenile oysters in Maryland waters, finding both prolific numbers … more
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Crisfield projects into Tangier Sound with water on three sides in this view from Seventh Street to the City Dock. Several partners from the federal government to faith-based nonprofits are devising ways to reduce flooding and for infrastructure including new housing to be more resilient.
Partner coalition addressing flooding in Crisfield with new model for making communities more resilient
CRISFIELD — A coalition of partners that includes the public sector, private sector, and members of the local community has emerged over the past year in Crisfield to tackle the immediate issue … more
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Flood waters approach a church on Smith Island on Sept. 28, 2023.
MyCoast app lets public document flooding
ANNAPOLIS – A rainstorm’s a-brewing and Maryland needs your help to document flooding. Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently launched the new MyCoast … more
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At the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science at Horn Point, Gov. Wes Moore and other state officials throw oyster larvae into a tank with shells.
Record number of oysters planted in Chesapeake and its sanctuaries
ANNAPOLIS — Governor Wes Moore has announced that more than 1.7 billion new juvenile oysters have been planted on sanctuary and public oyster fishery sites in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay … more
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A spotted lantern fly is caught in a spiderweb. The species can be identified by their distinctive grey, red and black wings with black spots.
Seeing spotted lantern fly eggs? Scrape, smash, report them
The spotted lantern fly, an invasive, crop-damaging insect, has finished mating season and is preparing to lay egg masses around Maryland and Delaware, threatening farms and local plants, particularly on Delmarva. more
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A tree of heaven sprouts from a sidewalk in downtown Annapolis. Trees of heaven can be identified by the feather-like arrangement of leaves and their nutty smell.
Hellish tree of heaven weeds out native plants
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - As the invasive spotted lanternfly continues to spread nationwide, its proliferation has highlighted an even more worrisome invasive species: the prolific “stinking … more
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Morgan Buchanan — ShoreRivers’ 2022–2023 Conservation & Climate Corps Member and now a full-time educator with the organization — spent part of this summer conducting a study on the relationship between bacteria and tidal cycles in local waterways thanks to funding from the Chesapeake Bay Trust. For the study, Buchanan spent multiple days at Morgan Creek Landing in Kent County taking water quality samples every hour over a 12-hour period to cover a full tidal cycle.
ShoreRivers’ ends bacteria monitoring season with tidal impact study
CHESTERTOWN – Eastern Shore environmentalists are advancing science with a series of bacteria reports and a tidal impact study. Each summer, ShoreRivers works to provide the public with … more
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Widgeon grass is now the most common submerged aquatic vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay.
Underwater grasses increased across the Chesapeake in 2022 including Tangier Sound, Pocomoke and Wicomico rivers
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources hasreported a 6% increase in submerged aquatic vegetation, commonly known as SAV or underwater grasses, in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay … more
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