State environmental agencies confirm Maryland oysters and other seafood meet federal safety standards following recent sewage spill concerns. Annapolis, Md. – The Maryland Department of Natural ...

Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

Oysters across Maryland and Virginia waters are experiencing a rebound thanks to ongoing conservation efforts in specific locations. The Chesapeake Bay Program has announced that efforts to restore ...

The Atlantic surfclam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that ...

Virginia did not reach its 2023 pollution reduction targets for nitrogen and phosphorus, according to modeling tools from the Chesapeake Bay Program, but the state is on track for reducing sediment in ...

The EPA has released its latest evaluation of the Chesapeake Bay, and Virginia is only hitting some of its goals to meet by 2025. The evaluation reported that Virginia is 80% to its goal of reducing ...