Bay & Environment
Md. crab disaster relief could reach $10 million
Maryland will receive up to $10 million in federal disaster relief for watermen and crab processing plants hurt by this year's decline in the crab harvest, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced yesterday.
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State seeks ways to back aquaculture industry
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New ship named for Md. pioneer Rachel Carson
November 14, 2008
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State may require license for all who go crabbing
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Army argues against EPA listing of dump
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Irvine center to present 'green home' program
November 13, 2008
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State holds hearings on poultry waste rules
November 11, 2008
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State to preserve sensitive Eastern Shore land
November 06, 2008
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Neighborhood fly ash cleanup
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2 years of dry weather could hurt oyster harvest
November 05, 2008
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Groups asking state to crack down on mercury
October 30, 2008
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Group threatens to sue EPA over bay
October 29, 2008
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Global warming could hurt bay restoration efforts
October 28, 2008
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Md. black bear hunt ends with 56 bears killed
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Wetlands restoration project to get under way
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Shotgun deer hunt slated at Soldiers Delight in Jan.
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Video: Bay Bridge material becomes home for oysters
October 24, 2008
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Landfill is an unpleasant neighbor
October 23, 2008
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Crab harvest pinched
October 18, 2008
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Groups support bid to revive native bay oysters
October 15, 2008
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Cleanup of mine runoff renewing state waterways
October 13, 2008
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Asian oyster holds promise, risk
October 09, 2008
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Emissions auction runs smoothly
September 30, 2008
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Lawmakers stop short of enacting effective environmental safeguards to protect bay
September 29, 2008
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Despite a generation of efforts, development and farming along rivers still foul bay
September 28, 2008
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Coal mine would tunnel under W.Md. river
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Md. takes part in CO2 sale
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Critical Area panel sues builder, citing new law
September 26, 2008
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House approves fisheries disaster assistance funds
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Manatees surface off pier in Balto. Co.'s Norman Creek
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485 million oysters planted in bay in '08
September 25, 2008
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U.S. gives crab fishery 1st disaster designation
September 24, 2008
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Rally for the River closes JFX lanes to cars, opens an often-overlooked view of nature
September 22, 2008
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Exxon fined $4 million for gas leak
September 17, 2008
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Another city attempt at a ban on plastic bags
September 16, 2008
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Smart buoy at bay, river to transmit real-time data
September 11, 2008
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Landscaping with love for the Chesapeake Bay
September 04, 2008
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100,000 menhaden die in cove off South River
September 03, 2008
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Deer hunting set at Loch Raven
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State GOP makes a deal to recycle campaign signs
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Baltimore Co. recycling program expanded
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Howard County to roll out new recycling bins
August 29, 2008
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Va. puts female crab harvest plan on hold
August 28, 2008
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State climate panel urges action
August 27, 2008
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Meeting set to discuss culling deer herd
August 25, 2008
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Blue crab population said to fall again
