In the early 2000s, several bay states used market forces to cut nutrient pollution from wastewater plants and other “point ...

The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries have long been suffering from harmful algae blooms caused by excess nutrients running off of the land, due largely to a continually growing population in the ...

Toxic algae that first turned up in the York River in 2007 hasn’t merely taken hold — its bloom has exploded this summer in the Chesapeake Bay and beyond, expanding farther and lasting … ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on July 9, 2025, the allocation of $29 million from the ...

Toxic algae bloom killing off thousands of fish in Bay Area waters 02:29. Ten years. That's how much time the Bay Area's 37 wastewater treatment plants will have to reduce fertilizer and sewage in ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is urging pet owners to exercise caution around freshwater bodies this ...

To reduce algal blooms and dead zones, ... These targets are now written into formal government commitments to clean up Lake Erie, the Gulf, and the Chesapeake Bay.

Greenish-yellow slicks observed on the Chesapeake Bay and local rivers in April are pollen, not pollution. While harmless to the waterways, ... which contribute to algal blooms in the Bay.

The water quality of the Chesapeake Bay watershed has only gotten worse according to data from one study that found more dead zones and algae blooms in tributaries. The Chesapeake Bay Program ...

Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts have been a mixed bag, ... And then these large, massive algae blooms die and sink to the bottom. They basically suck the oxygen out of the water as a result.

Picture of a dead Green Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) covered with algae in Chesapeake Bay. Photo was taken by Peter McGowan of the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service in 2012 For instance, algal ...