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World’s Largest Oyster Restoration Is Big Success – Fulfilling Virginia’s Promise to Chesapeake Bay Rivers

Biologists working to restore the Chesapeake Bay oyster populations are claiming the biggest success in human history, as whole reefs of oysters return to...

Chesapeake Bay is Tidying Up Thanks to Earth-Conscious Farmers

Virginia and Maryland farmers have stepped up their game in protecting their ocean eco-system from polluting sediment and harmful run-off.
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Polluted Chesapeake Bay Revived by Oysters Galore

20 years ago oysters had nearly disappeared from the Chesapeake bay. Today, the mollusk's reintroduction is playing a vital role in the health of...
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Good News for the Chesapeake Bay Oysters

Good news from the largest estuary in the United States: The Chesapeake Bay's beleaguered oyster population spawned a bumper crop of babies last year, Maryland...
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Chesapeake Bay Grasses Increase 12%, Pollution Controls are Working

A partnership of states and agencies trying to restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay said that bay grasses increased 12 percent last year,...
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Obama Steps Up Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Calling it "a national treasure," President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued an executive order to bring the full weight of the federal government behind...

Scientists Work to Turn the Tide of Oyster and Seagrass Decline in Chesapeake Bay, Often by Hand

The Chesapeake Bay has, despite massive setbacks, continued to return to something resembling a healthy estuarine ecosystem, in no small part because of the...

U.S. States Sign Regional Pact to Restore Chesapeake Bay

"An agreement to restore the Chesapeake Bay by protecting its vast drainage area from pollution was signed on Monday by officials that included governors...
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Blue Crab Comeback Continues in Chesapeake Bay

Continuing their comeback in the Chesapeake Bay, blue crabs hit their second-highest total this winter since 1997, officials said Tuesday, nearly double the record...
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Blue Crab Population Up 60 Percent In Chesapeake Bay

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced Wednesday that the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has increased substantially for the second straight year. The results of...

Chesapeake Bay’s Grasses are Renewing

Grasses in the Chesapeake Bay are rebounding, covering double the acreage they did in 1984. In 2005, grasses, a key component of the bay's...

Seafood Lovers Rejoice: Chesapeake Blue Crabs Rebound Like Crazy

A year of significant expansion in the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population bodes well for a better harvest and lower prices for consumers this...
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500,000 Oysters Added to the Bay in Record Year

Volunteers with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation planted hundreds of thousands of baby oysters into a specially prepared habitat made of recycled chunks of concrete...

‘The Largest Environmental Restoration in History’ Continues to Restart the Heart of the Everglades

24 years ago, a fledging Good News Network reported on a vote in Congress to restore the Florida Everglades. Rep. Clay Shaw, (R - FL)...

Restaurants Find Companies to Take Their Spent Oyster Shells to Restore Oyster Reefs

For everything that Hong Kong is and has become, a quiet constant among the rattle of construction and the sprawl of concrete, steel, and...

Good News in History, October 23

60 years ago today, Bob Dylan recorded The Times They Are A-Changin' at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. Inspired by Irish and...

You May See Rare Flamingo in the Wild as Far North as Pennsylvania, Following Hurricane Idalia

Birders attend, a rare opportunity is presenting itself along the East Coast. Hurricane Idalia may have diverted dozens of flamingos from a path between...

Worlds Most Romantic River is Cleaned Up Ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris with ‘Overwhelmingly Good’ Water

Parisians are beginning to get excited about the idea of swimming in the Seine again. To say 'again' is to really turn back the...

1 In 30 Million Orange Lobster Noticed in Delivery and Rescued By Restaurant Workers

An incredibly rare sea creature was saved from the jaws of death after restaurant workers were struck with its unusual color and called experts...

This Plant From a Single Seed is Now 77 Sq-Miles Wide and World’s Largest

Shark Bay, Australia should perhaps consider a name change to Seagrass Bay, since the largest resident isn't a great white predator, but a single...