Chesapeake Bay
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Irene, Lee dump mud into Chesapeake Bay
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Back-to-back storms have dumped mud, debris and pollutants into the Chesapeake from across the bay's six-state watershed, creating a brown plume that can be seen from space.
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Chesapeake Bay choked with mud, sewage after recent floods (MAP)
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After last week's storms, the Bay is all clouded up with sediment and logs swept down from as far as New York. See what it looked like before and after.
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Chesapeake Bay pollution grows after Tropical Storm Lee
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A yoga mat, truck tires, a basketball and the seat from a portable toilet. Those items and thousands more are floating down the Chesapeake Bay after Tropical Storm Lee passed through.
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Jet skier found dead in Chesapeake Bay
CommentA person who fell off a jet ski was discovered floating in the Chesapeake Bay Thursday.
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Chesapeake Bay blue crabs coming back slowly, NOAA reports
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Feisty, delicious blue crabs are multiplying in a Maryland bay determined to kill everything that lives in it, according to the 2011 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Stock Assessment.
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Man, firefighter drown at Wicomico Shores pier in Mechanicsville
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Family and friends will bid farewell to a volunteer firefighter who drowned while trying to rescue another man at the Wicomico Shores pier in Mechanicsville Saturday.
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States to improve Chesapeake Bay watershed
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The states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are following a "pollution diet" intended to restore the environmentally damaged estuary by 2025.
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Gov. McDonnell to host meeting on Chesapeake Bay issues
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Gov. Bob McDonnell will host a meeting on Chesapeake Bay restoration as Virginia begins the second phase of its watershed improvement plan.
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Chesapeake access open house in D.C.
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Washington residents get their chance this week to tell National Park Service officials how they want to access the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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Grahame Rice, 43, dies during Chesapeake Bay Swim
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Grahame Rice, 43, was pulled onto a rescue boat minutes after being found in the water during Sunday's race. Doctors suspect he had a heart attack.
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Residents frustrated over proposed toll hikes
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Residents and officials squared off at a public hearing on Maryland's proposed toll increases.
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Chesapeake Bay meeting to focus on sustainable oysters, crabs
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Oysters and crabs are on the agenda for researchers meeting this week to discuss sustainable fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Scientists track the suckiest Chesapeake jellyfish: Sea Nettles
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Scientists are working furiously to find out where the Sea Nettles in the Chesapeake Bay are, so you don't have to embarrass yourself with folk treatments for jellyfish stings like peeing on each other.
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Authorities search river for missing man
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Crews are searching the Chesapeake Bay between Thomas Point Light and the Severn River for a man missing since 3:30 a.m.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation heads back to court over restoration strategy
The bay advocacy group announced Wednesday that it is siding with the Environmental Protection Agency in a dispute with farm groups over its bay restoration strategy.
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Cheseapke's health depends on weather
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Meteorologist Doug Hill takes a look at how changes in weather affect the Chesapeake Bay. Exhibit A: Sea grass.
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2 dead after Calvert County, Md. boating accident
CommentTwo boaters died after their vessel capsized in the Chesapeake Bay Friday afternoon.
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