Millions, if not billions, of pollen grains are heinously floating atop Virginia rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Why it matters: Any human who chooses to swim in it probably just likes to suffer ...

In 1983, the Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia ... River Network. Several groups say the federal government needs to lead and coordinate state restoration efforts, as it does in the Chesapeake Bay.

The 2023/2024 Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card, issued July 9 at the Susquehanna River Basin Commission ... in the eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia, where about 40% of land use ...

Green- and yellow-colored slicks made up of tiny grains of pollen are hitting local rivers and the Chesapeake Bay this spring ... including Richmond at No. 8, Virginia Beach at 11, Baltimore ...

Right now, the bay experiences marine heat waves about 22 days a year. But researchers at William & Mary's Batten School and the Virginia ... where rivers meet the sea— like the Chesapeake ...

Gov. Bob McDonnell says his two-year budget will include funds to boost water quality in Virginia’s rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. McDonnell’s office said the proposals — if implemented ...

VIRGINIA BEACH ... the watershed agreement provides a "road map" for improvement. He added that it's an important effort as we all use the bay. "[The Chesapeake Bay] provides all those different ...

The Rappahannock River, Virginia’s longest free-flowing river that runs from the outer D.C. suburb of Front Royal to the Chesapeake Bay, is on American Rivers’ list of the nation’s 10 most endangered ...

As environmental groups and policy analysts in the Mississippi River basin seek solutions ... An algal bloom is seen near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia in August 2021.

a major tributary of the James River, which flows into southern Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Yet Bay scientists admit their regional nutrient quota isn’t a panacea. “It’s a two-edged sword ...