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Voluntary Farmland Conservation
A partnership between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Delaware Maryland Agribusiness Association, and funding from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), has been providing tools to farmers in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia to prevent nutrient and sediment pollution in the Bay. Farmers want to prevent pollution while also increasing efficiency and productivity on their lands,...
Read MoreOysters on Alternative Substrate
The oyster season in the Chesapeake Bay recently ended, but this year oysters harvested in the Rappahannock River came from an unusual home. Some of the oysters they harvested were grown on gravel-sized stones that had been put in the river to provide an unconventional growing spot. Usually, baby oysters, or spat, are grown on old oyster shells, and watermen have long thought that this was the...
Read MoreReducing Nutrient Pollution
Pennsylvania State University has partnered with University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the USDA Agricultural Research Service to form the The Center for Integrated Multi-Scale Nutrient Pollution Solutions (Center for Nutrient Solutions or CNS for short). The project is funded under the EPA STAR program establishing “national centers for innovative and sustainable water research, incorporating...
Read MoreNew Virginia Center tackles coastal flooding
Fall will soon be here and as children get ready to head back to school, coastal residents brace for the annual hurricane season. Coastal storms threaten communities with high winds and inundation but in low-lying areas throughout our region, recurrent flooding has become a regular nuisance. In some areas, like Norfolk, Virginia, even high tides can flood streets and homes. As sea levels...
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