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The Chesapeake Bay's crab, oyster and bait industry has been losing its American workforce since the late 1980s, as the old hands retire and younger…
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Much to the horror of environmentalists, President Donald Trump has proposed zeroing the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay program out of the federal budget. Congress…
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump could not disagree more on climate change. Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, sees it as a real threat while…
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Oysters are nature’s filtration machines, and there used to be enough of them in the Chesapeake Bay to filter and clean all that water in three days. Now,…
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The Atlantic blue crab, Chesapeake Bay’s signature crustacean, has been through tough times in the last 20 years. Some recent improvement has been…
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The USDA is offering another round of water quality improvement grants to farmers in Chesapeake Bay watersheds. This time, they’ll be able to supply more…
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In the past year, hundreds of new poultry operations on Delmarva have left municipalities with a big challenge: how to support the industry that drives…
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The University of Delaware is trying to figure out how much local farmers are willing to chip in for eco-friendly upgrades to their land. Their AgVISE…
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This week, the USDA re-opened enrollment for farmers to put pollution buffers on their land -- but Delaware won't be adding new participants.The…
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While you finish up leftovers from that Thanksgiving turkey, here’s something else to think about this time of year; oysters. Fat, juicy Chesapeake Bay…