Chesapeake Bay News

The latest Chesapeake Bay news affecting powerboaters, anglers, and anyone living or working on the Chesapeake Bay. For Chesapeake business-related news, visit our Chesapeake Business News page.

March 18, 2024
Springtime on the Chesapeake offers terrific opportunities for boaters of all experience levels to enhance your boating
March 18, 2024
The Center for Biological Diversity and 22 partner organizations petitioned NOAA Fisheries to list the American horseshoe crab as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.
March 18, 2024
The City of Annapolis finalized in February the acquisition of the one-time home of educator and former Coppin State University President Dr. Parlett Moore.
March 15, 2024
We know it’s early, but it’s really not that early.
March 11, 2024
Whether you are searching for a new Chesapeake Bay marina for the season or returning to a tried and true favorite, the
March 5, 2024
Baltimore County announced it plans to acquire major portions of the former C.P. Crane Power Plant and preserve the majority of the site as future parkland.
February 22, 2024
The proposed Chesapeake Bay baseline passenger ferry routes have been revealed in the Chesapeake Bay Passenger Ferry Fe
February 8, 2024
The Back River Restoration Committee (BRRC) has kept more than seven million pounds of trash and debris from entering the Chesapeake Bay since 2011.
February 7, 2024
In the natural world, several things signal the return of spring in the Chesapeake such as ospreys, spring peepers, new plant growth, and more.
February 7, 2024
To become a Century Club member in 2023, Dianne Sullivan did not log 128 days on the water alone.
February 5, 2024
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will plant about 147 million oyster spat, or juvenile oysters, on 41 acres in Anne Arundel County waters with mitigation funds from the 2022 groun
January 28, 2024
PropTalk contributor Craig Ligibel sent us this story all the way from Australia while visiting family. 
January 18, 2024
DelMarVa winters can be deceiving.
January 17, 2024
Whether your on-water outings are on a kayak, center console, or luxury cruising yacht, you’ll encounter a variety of boating conditions while underway on the
January 11, 2024
A victory for public access to the Chesapeake waterfront at Greenbury Point and an apparent resolution to a local controver
January 8, 2024
Nothing cures the winter blues quite like a boat show!
December 29, 2023
If you’d like to start the New Year by getting some exercise and fresh air, consider one of these First Day Hikes with family and friends (and don't forget to check out our New Year
December 18, 2023
Heather Lougheed, vice president of the nearly 800,000-member boating advocacy, services, and safety group, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), is taking on a second organization