Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Federal, state and local partners within Chesapeake Bay watershed won't reach their 2025 goals. Where are restoration efforts falling short?

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation made Hilary Harp Falk president in 2022, only the third leader of the organization since its creation in the mid-1960s. She is looking for state and federal leaders to recommit to the bay's restoration.

Dozens of community volunteers planted cages as part of the Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership, a joint project between Waterfront Partnership and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation that has cultivated an estimated 1.6 million oyster spat in Baltimore’s Harbor since 2013.

Grade is the same as the last report card in 2020 as Blue Crab population in Chesapeake Bay falls to lowest levels this century

Leaders coordinating with three states responsible for the majority of the Chesapeake Bay’s pollution say they’re still determined to make their environmental restoration goals happen.

Only two jurisdictions are on track to make 2025 deadline

As he steps down after four decades as president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the activist looks back at his efforts and looks ahead at the prospects for the still-troubled watershed.

How and why are ‘forever chemicals’ showing up in our drinking water ... and what’s being done about it? Plus, as Will Baker completes 40 years heading the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, we ask why the Bay still gets a grade of D-plus.

In the world of climate related bills, it’s not often you hear of a legislative hearing that draws minimal opposition, or where labor and environmental…

The Chesapeake Bay isn’t in as good a shape as it was two years ago, but it’s not because of pollution. That’s according to the Chesapeake Bay…