Turning the Tide, Saving the Chesapeake Bay

CBF President Will Baker sits down with Baltimore partners Pastor Meldon Dickens and Donald Covington and CBF Environmental Restoration Intern Lanae Jackson to discuss the merits of turning a vacant city lot into a community asset.

Learn more about the Riggs Avenue Project.

CBF President Will Baker talks with SmithGroup Vice President Greg Mella, architect of CBF's Philip Merrill Environmental Center in Annapolis and new Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach. Hear how CBF and SmithGroup are leading the way, breaking barriers in green building techniques.

CBF President Will Baker talks with long-time CBF Educator Bill Portlock about a magnificent stretch of the Rappahannock slated for intense development. A zoning change by Richmond County will threaten the health of the river and the many bald eagles that congregate there.

For more information, visit cbf.org/fonescliffs. Or take action and sign our petition before the October 8, 2015 hearing.

CBF President Will Baker talks with CBF's Maryland Senior Scientist Doug Myers about the science and economics of excess phosphorus from chicken litter. Could a fresh solution bring a new economic engine to the region?

Find out more about phosphorus at cbf.org.

CBF President Will Baker talks with farmer, conservationist, and James Madison University Professor of Natural Resource Management Bobby Whitescarver about farming for clean water. Whitescarver's theory: If you take care of the soil, the soil will take care of you.

Bobby Whitescarver is a consultant, blogger, and retired field conservationist with decades of experience in watershed and wildlife habitat restoration. He is a frequent contributor to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog. Follow CBF's Farmers' Success Stories blog series on how farmers across the watershed are working to improve both water quality and farm productivity.

CBF President Will Baker talks with CBF's Pennsylania Executive Director Harry Campbell about what's needed to get the Commonwealth on track to meet the pollution-reduction goals of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. A plan has been in place, and regulations are on the books. What's lacking is implementation and enforcement.

Visit cbf.org/paforcleanwater to find out how clean Pennsylvania's local streams really are and to take action to show your support for clean water today.

As we approach the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 50th anniversary and the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint's halfway point, CBF President Will Baker reflects on decades of leading the charge for a saved Bay.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation President Will Baker talks with Vice President, Environmental Protection and Restoration, Kim Coble about the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, the upcoming Chesapeake Executive Council meeting, and how the Bay watershed states are progressing in their efforts to meet 2017 Bay cleanup milestones.

Information about the July 23 Executive Council meeting can be found at cbf.org under the homepage Events tab.

Find out more about the progress of the Bay cleanup at cbf.org/milestones.

A federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirms the legality of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint and ensures that efforts to clean up local rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay will continue. CBF President Will Baker and CBF Vice President Jon Mueller discuss the just-in historic ruling in favor of EPA, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and other intervenors.

Learn more about this historic win: http://www.cbf.org/news-media/newsroom/2015/07/06/a-historic-win-for-clean-water

CBF President Will Baker interviews Senior Fisheries Scientist Bill Goldsborough about the state of blue crabs in the Chesapeake.

Find out more about the challenges surrounding the restoration of the Chesapeake's iconic blue crab.