The Bay Journal

The Bay Journal, produced by Bay Journal Media, a nonprofit organization recognized under 501(c)(3), aims to educate the public on topics and happenings related to the Chesapeake Bay. Each month, around 100,000 individuals engage with the Bay Journal through its printed edition, website, and weekly email updates. This publication is available at no cost. If you'd like to receive a copy, simply complete the online subscription form. Additionally, bundles of the Bay Journal can be requested for wider distribution.

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Patawomeck tribe member continues eel pot tradition

4 days ago | bayjournal.com | Lauren Hines-Acosta

Editor’s note: This interview will be featured in the new season of our Chesapeake Uncharted podcast, available on the Bay Journal website or wherever you listen to podcasts. The season is a companion to our film, Chesapeake Rhythms, which explores wildlife migrations in the Bay region: graceful tundra swans, beautiful monarch butterflies, elusive eels and flocking shorebirds.
Clean water advocates weigh data center growth in Chesapeake region

6 days ago | bayjournal.com | Whitney Pipkin

Data centers are not just a Northern Virginia problem. The vast and growing presence of these warehouse-like buildings housing the world’s computing power has implications for quality of life, land, energy and water across the Chesapeake Bay region. This was the main message of a half-day workshop on May 19 hosted by the Choose Clean Water Coalition at the start of its annual conference held this year in Harrisonburg, VA.
Lawsuit dropped in case against Aviation Station development near Baltimore

1 week ago | bayjournal.com | Jeremy Cox

The legal clouds hanging over a sprawling commercial development under construction in Baltimore County have dissipated. A group of neighbors had been joined by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in a lawsuit alleging that subsidiaries of New York-based real estate firm Reich Brothers had committed multiple environmental violations during construction. But the opponents dropped the case April 22, barely a month after filing it in Baltimore County Circuit Court.
Maryland begins requiring reservations at some state parks

1 week ago | bayjournal.com | Jeremy Cox

Visitors to some Maryland state parks, especially those offering water recreation, will now need to acquire reservations on weekends and holidays during the busy summer months, officials say. The Maryland Park Service announced May 6 that it will no longer allow access to people who arrive without reservations at Greenbrier and Sandy Point state parks during such times beginning May 24.
EPA could offer chemical companies a ‘break’ on air pollution

2 weeks ago | bayjournal.com | Whitney Pipkin

Industry advocates for chemical companies have requested a two-year exemption from certain air pollution laws in response to an offer from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA earlier this year notified companies that would be subject to a new suite of air pollution control measures that they could individually apply for a two-year exemption from complying to the new rules. The exemption, in many cases, would push the compliance deadline to 2028 or 2029.
Report calls on Pennsylvania to promote safe passage for wildlife

2 weeks ago | bayjournal.com | Karl Blankenship

Woodrats, wood turtles and cerulean warblers may not seem to have much in common, but they are among the many species in danger of being crowded out of Pennsylvania as their habitats are increasingly chopped up by development, roads and pipelines. Part of the solution, a new report says, is for the state to develop a comprehensive plan to protect corridors that provide safe passage for those and other creatures as they move back and forth between suitable habitats.
Elephant in the room

3 weeks ago | bayjournal.com | David Irwin

I really enjoyed the Jan./Feb. print edition of the Bay Journal. Among the many excellent articles were several that touched on most of the key issues affecting the health of our Chesapeake Bay. Bay Journal staff artfully present a balanced collection of articles covering conservation, key members of the Bay habitat, and the dances and pirouettes of politicians and governing bodies as they obfuscate and delay.
Indigenous tribes ask for seat in Chesapeake Bay Program

3 weeks ago | bayjournal.com | Lauren Hines-Acosta

The Indigenous Conservation Council, which is made up of representatives from all federally recognized tribes in Virginia, sent the Chesapeake Bay Program a resolution in January calling for a seat at the table. Many critical restoration goals in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement will not be met by the 2025 deadline. The Bay Program, a federal-state partnership guiding the cleanup efforts, is inviting change as it revises the agreement’s priorities beyond 2025.
FEMA cancels $1 billion for flood prevention projects in Chesapeake Bay region

3 weeks ago | bayjournal.com | Jeremy Cox

As Crisfield Mayor Darlene Taylor sees it, the low-lying Maryland town has no future unless it can hold back rising water. Computer models suggest that the adjacent Chesapeake Bay could get high enough by 2050 to trigger daily floods that are deep enough to stall cars on roads. Hope arrived in the form of a federal grant program under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, created during the first Trump administration.
Rulemaking at the state level: How to make your voice heard

4 weeks ago | bayjournal.com | Lara Lutz

Laws are not the only way that policies are set within a state. The agencies tasked with enacting the laws also have authority to iron out details that are not specified within the laws themselves. This is called the administrative rulemaking process, and it offers another opportunity for the public to help shape policies that impact the environmental health of their waterways, forests, air quality and communities.