To map the Chesapeake Bay watershed, researchers have long relied on aerial imagery, a time-consuming process to document every water source. But artificial intelligence is changing that.

A dataset unveiled today more than doubles the documented stream miles in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, elevating the total from approximately 150,000 to nearly 350,000 miles. The novel, AI ...

These streams were all missed by older stream maps of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, but they were detected by a new, AI-supported stream mapping method that is also less expensive and much faster.

Nearly 5% of the Chesapeake Bay watershed is covered by areas that block the filtration of water, according to a new analysis of data from the Chesapeake Bay Program. These areas are “impervious ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries had over 67,000 acres of underwater grasses in 2021, a nearly 9% growth from 2020, but around 38% lower than its all-time recorded ...

In February, Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources partnered with TowBoatUS to sink a 52-foot cement boat in the Chesapeake Bay just north of Kent Island’s Love Point. We had some questions about ...

Congress passed the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act in 1998 to establish the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Grants Assistance Program. The legislation, ...

The Chesapeake Bay oyster population has been flourishing over the last few years, but a California-based seafood guide is telling people to avoid eating wild caught oysters that come from the Bay.