Members of Congress from around Chesapeake Bay split on party lines, reacting to President Donald Trump’s move to rescind a federal order on cleaning up the bay.
An aerial view stretches from Gloucester County’s Guinea community past Point Comfort and into the Chesapeake Bay. President Donald Trump has revoked a 2009 executive order that coordinated federal, state and local efforts to reduce pollution in the bay.
Chesapeake Bay stories: Explore the people, wildlife and changing waters
Explore a year of Richmond Times-Dispatch reporting on the Chesapeake Bay — from the uncertain future of its iconic blue crabs and efforts to restore mussels and migratory fish to the environmental and financial pressures threatening Tangier Island. These stories reveal the people, wildlife and challenges shaping one of Virginia’s most treasured waterways.
Now that the Ashland Mill Dam is down and the fish that mussels depend on are returning, volunteers planted 750 alewife floater mussels in the South Anna River.
Chesapeake Bay blue crab numbers are up sharply though they remain below the long term average, while the number of female crabs – vital for the future – fell to approach the level that signal overfishing.
The acreage of underwater grasses is just 64% of the 130,000 acres set as this year’s goal, according to the latest annual survey by Virginia and Maryland officials.
Years without budgets, audits or regular financial reports have left the tiny town of Tangier, in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, with unpaid bills and an uncertain future, a state-commissioned report says.
An aerial view stretches from Gloucester County’s Guinea community past Point Comfort and into the Chesapeake Bay. President Donald Trump has revoked a 2009 executive order that coordinated federal, state and local efforts to reduce pollution in the bay.
