Archived Coverage of the Bay
Maryland regulators today will announce the tightest-ever controls on what Eastern Shore poultry farmers do with their birds' waste, officials said yesterday, adopting a tougher stance toward state agricultural interests in a bid to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
 
Oyster-Saving Efforts a Wash In Chesapeake: Fewer Bivalves in the Bay After $58 Million Campaign (Post, June 2, 2008, Page A01)
 
For Fragile Md. Isle, Help From Holiday Past: Old Christmas Trees Offer Roosts as Land Restored (Post, February 19, 2008, Page B01)
 
Cleanup Estimate For Bay Lacking: EPA Program's Computer Formulas Called Optimistic (Post, December 24, 2007, Page B01)
 
'Green' Fuel May Damage The Bay: Ethanol Study Has Dire Prediction for The Chesapeake (Post, July 17, 2007, Page B01)
 
Rising Bay Puts Cemeteries at Risk: Climate Change Is Linked to Damage, Destruction of Old Sites Around Chesapeake (Post, February 13, 2007, Page A01)
 
GAO Denounces Bay Cleanup Efforts: Federal Office Overstates Progress, Minimizes Threats, Report Says (Post, November 16, 2005, Page B01)
 
Chesapeake Remains Ill, Bay Group Report Says: Quality of Water, Habitat and Fish Given Grade of D (Post, November 14, 2005, Page B01)
 
An Endangered Susquehanna: Chesapeake Bay Tributary Tops List of Nation's Threatened Rivers (washingtonpost.com, April 13, 2005; 12:00 AM)
 
EPA Proposal Would Limit Sewage Plant Pollutants: Chesapeake Cleanup Could Cost Billions (washingtonpost.com, July 26, 2004; 12:00 AM)
 
Reports Cloud Picture of Bay's Health (washingtonpost.com, November 12, 2003; 12:00 AM)
 
Bay Gets Failing Grade, But Progress Is Cited (washingtonpost.com, September 21, 2000; 12:00 AM)
 
Not-So-Sick Bay: DESPITE OUTBREAK OF PFIESTERIA, CHESAPEAKE SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT, SCIENTISTS SAY (washingtonpost.com, October 27, 1997; 12:00 AM)
 
Diseased Fish Caught in Potomac, Chesapeake Bay (washingtonpost.com, June 28, 1997; 12:00 AM)
 
No-Crabbing Zone Proposed for Bay: CHESAPEAKE CONSERVATIONISTS FEAR A COLLAPSE OF FISHERY (washingtonpost.com, August 11, 1995; 12:00 AM)
 
Bay Island Won't Sink from Sight: DREDGING PLAN TO AID CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE (washingtonpost.com, April 17, 1995; 12:00 AM)
 
A Region at a Watershed: WHO WILL SAVE THE BAY?RESTORING THE CHESAPEAKE MEANS MAJOR GROWTH LIMITS, EXPERTS SAY (washingtonpost.com, November 25, 1990; 12:00 AM)
 
Va. Tests the Waters on Bay Rules: DEBATE PITS GOALS FOR CHESAPEAKE, GROWTH (washingtonpost.com, September 11, 1989; 12:00 AM)
 
Clean Bay Pledged at Ceremony: 4 CHIEF EXECUTIVES, U.S. JOIN IN VOW (washingtonpost.com, December 16, 1987; 12:00 AM)
 
Maryland Oystermen Face Troubled Waters: CHESAPEAKE BAY INDUSTRY HARD HIT BY DISEASE, OVERHARVESTING (washingtonpost.com, September 20, 1987; 12:00 AM)
 
The Poisoning of Chesapeake Bay: Pollution Permit System Abused by Industry, Sewage Plants (washingtonpost.com, June 1, 1986; 12:00 AM)
 
Fishermen Take Last Legal Rockfish Before Md. Ban Starts (washingtonpost.com, January 1, 1985; 12:00 AM)
 
States Agree to Work on Bay Clean-Up; U.S. Role Disappoints Many at Conference (washingtonpost.com, December 10, 1983; 12:00 AM)
 
Algae by the Bay; Nutrients From Sewage Plants, Farmland Blamed for Rise in Chesapeake Pollution (washingtonpost.com, July 19, 1983; 12:00 AM)
 
Resilient Bay Lives: Waterborne Tour Reveals a Vibrant Chesapeake Bay; Water Tour Reveals Vibrant Estuary; CHESAPEAKE JOURNAL (washingtonpost.com, August 17, 1980; 12:00 AM)
 
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