Welcome to Michael Land Photography

Home > Blog > Chesapeake Bay Info

Chesapeake Bay Info

The Chesapeake Bay is the second largest estuary in the world - and a true national treasure. There are many resources both online and in print to stay aware of news and events concerning the Chesapeake. Below, I've provided websites and more that are valuable in keeping up with all that's going on in the Bay watershed.

Web Resources

Bay Journal Articles

The Bay Journal is a free newspaper published (ten times a year) to inform the public about issues and events that affect the Chesapeake Bay. The following are the lead stories for the current issue:

Cover Story: EIS predicts long recovery for oysters in the Bay; is optimistic for aquaculture - A nonnative oyster might offer some advantage over the native species for boosting oyster population levels in the Chesapeake, but restoring large populations of either would face difficulty without a long-term, and costly, commitment to restore oyster habitat.

Oyster Alternatives - The draft Environmental Impact Statement reviewed a proposed action and eight alternative actions regarding nonnative and native oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. During the course of the review, it added three combinations of alternatives.

Public Comment Opportunities / Information - To facilitate public comment on the Environmental Impact Statement, the state and federal agencies have scheduled six public meetings, three in Virginia and three in Maryland. The schedule for those meeting is 6-9 p.m. at these locations:

2008 young-of-year striped bass survey finds below average reproduction - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service recently finished the 2008 striped bass juvenile index, a measure of striped bass spawning success in Chesapeake Bay. The 2008 index is 3.2, below the long- term average of 11.7. During the survey, DNR biologists collected 422 young-of-year striped bass.

Bay advocates threaten suit to require EPA to act on cleanup - Various Chesapeake Bay agreements signed over the years have typically been considered voluntary agreements, but a group of high-profile Bay advocates have outlined a legal argument that those agreements are legally binding.

Resources