Tens of Thousands of Pharmaceutical Doses Have Leaked into the Chesapeake Bay

Tens of Thousands of Pharmaceutical Doses Have Leaked into the Chesapeake Bay

By Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer   A new study in Environmental Science & Technology has found that leaky sewage infrastructure in Baltimore, Maryland, is leaking tens of thousands of doses of pharmaceuticals into the Chesapeake Bay each year. Researchers say that the drugs could have significant impacts on wildlife biology, development, and behavior that may have ripple effects for the rest of […]

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Our Beaches Are More Than Sun and Sand—They’re Nature’s Infrastructure

Our Beaches Are More Than Sun and Sand—They’re Nature’s Infrastructure

by Jessica Grannis We’re in the dog days of summer now, and lots of folks are headed to the beach to make up for lost time since the pandemic began.  My favorite part of traveling to the coast from DC is watching my surroundings slowly turn from urban areas to the forests of the coastal […]

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Biden Administration Full Court Press on Climate for Earth Week

Biden Administration Full Court Press on Climate for Earth Week

Today I stopped by Thomas Built Buses in High Point, North Carolina. The union workers there make electric school buses. These are the kinds of jobs we will create through the American Jobs Plan. pic.twitter.com/CuTffJm5Zu — Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) April 19, 2021 The Biden Administration is not waiting for Earth Day, it is […]

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One Cool Thing: Border Collies Help Relocate Birds from VA Construction Project

One Cool Thing: Border Collies Help Relocate Birds from VA Construction Project

As Chesapeake Bay Magazine recently wrote, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project needs to encourage birds that used to build nests on part of the connector to move to a new site. To make sure they don’t come back, the project has brought in a pack of working dogs to get the job done–border collies […]

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Regenerative Farming Up Close: Our Daily Planet’s Field Trip to Clagett Farm

Regenerative Farming Up Close: Our Daily Planet’s Field Trip to Clagett Farm

Last week we got a chance to visit Clagett Farm, one of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s working farms that supports the development of sustainable agriculture practices. The farm raises vegetables, fruits, beef cattle, and sheep and supports a Community Supported Agriculture program as well as a tree farm. We write a lot about farming and […]

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Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Benefitting From Climate Change

Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Benefitting From Climate Change

A study published in late July found that because climate change will shave a few weeks off winters in the mid-Atlantic, baby crabs will stand a better chance of surviving the colder season since food will be available to them sooner and thus they are less likely to starve.

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