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Six American independence war maps up for auction

Edit The Times of India 20 May 2016
Tours, France, May 20, 2016 (AFP) - ... They include detailed renderings of New York, Boston Harbour, Chesapeake Bay and Portsmouth ... "With these maps you can smell the gunpowder," said auctioneer Aymeric Rouillac ... The maps showed the fortifications and the positions of the English forces ... In 1781, Washington's soldiers, with the support of the French force, won a series of key battles, including the ones at Chesapeake and Yorktown....

A tasty summer season awaits at beach-town restaurants in New Jersey and Delaware

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 20 May 2016
In the case of Chesapeake & Maine (316 Rehoboth ... With a complete menu built around some ambitious seafood inspired by both the Chesapeake Bay and the state of Maine (which inspired the brewery's name), C&M is sure to be one restaurant that's frequently named this summer - if for nothing else than the creative brewery's fanatical fan base....

Hope for the Chesapeake Bay

Edit Baltimore Sun 19 May 2016
We'll admit there are times that efforts to preserve and protect the health of the Chesapeake Bay feel a bit like mythology's Sisyphus and his rock. Just when you think the job is tough but possible, it all rolls back down the hill — another fish kill, another sewage spill, another protest staged... ....

House Scuttles Clean Water Act Protections, Leaving United States Vulnerable to Aquatic Invasive Species (National Wildlife Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
(Source. National Wildlife Federation) ... A new invasive species transported in ballast water was just observed in San Francisco Bay last week-it's an ominous precursor to Great Lakes arrivals that could occur as a result of this cave to special interests.' ... Invasive species have also caused irreversible harm to coastal and inland waters, including the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Gulf of Mexico, and the Columbia River....

Senator Coons’ agriculture and rural development priorities included in annual appropriations bill (Christopher A Coons)

Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
(Source. Christopher A Coons) 05.19.16. WASHINGTON - Today, U.S ... This bill passed out of the Appropriations Committee unanimously and is now ready for consideration by the full Senate ... 'I'm thrilled this bill includes funding for critical programs that will protect Delaware's poultry growers from disease and catastrophic loss, and help farmers continue their conservation efforts in the Chesapeake Bay ... Support for the poultry industry.....

Remains of sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally make their way home

Edit The Miami Herald 19 May 2016
Seventy-four years after he was killed at Pearl Harbor, Navy Chief Petty Officer Albert Eugene Hayden was laid to rest Wednesday beside his parents in a rural parish cemetery on a hilltop in a southern Maryland county near the Chesapeake Bay ... “He was one of my best,” Emma J. Hayden wrote a relative the month after the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on the Hawaiian islands killed her son. But his body was never returned ... Mary’s, Maryland....

Wolf Administration Investing $25.1 Million in Projects to Protect and Improve Pennsylvania Water Resources (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection)

Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
(Source. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection). COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. Dept. of Environmental Protection. Commonwealth News Bureau. Room 308, Main Capitol Building ... Neil Shader ... Projects focus on both statewide initiatives, like improving the health of the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay, and local projects, such as riparian buffer enhancement and erosion prevention in Four Mile Run, Westmoreland County ... Adams....

Scientists give Chesapeake Bay its highest environmental grade since 1992

Edit Baltimore Sun 18 May 2016
The Chesapeake Bay received a "C" on its latest report card, released Tuesday, its highest score since 1992. In an annual survey of bay conditions, researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science found that water clarity and the prevalence of underwater grasses increased... ....

Chesapeake Bay 'C' grade is one of the highest since 1986

Edit Baltimore Sun 18 May 2016
The health of the Chesapeake Bay improved in 2015, according to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The bay earned a 53 percent, or a C, which is one of the three highest scores since 1986. It scored a 50 percent in 2014 and a 45 percent in 2013. "Grades matter, and this... ....

Scientists are feeling good about a 'C' grade for Chesapeake Bay

Edit CNN 18 May 2016
(CNN)Conditions may be "poor to moderate" in Chesapeake Bay but scientists still found a reason to celebrate ... Only 1992 and 2002 scored as high or higher, but those were years of sustained droughts, meaning there was little runoff water to wash pollutants into the bay ... Chesapeake Bay Foundation Vice President Kim Coble welcomed the signs of progress but said the score is only "part of the story."...

EPA Regulatory Restrictions Becoming Too Burdensome (AFBF - American Farm Bureau Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
Ebert told the subcommittee that the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to explain its expectations in the ongoing Chesapeake Bay cleanup ... 'EPA and its cohorts point fingers and paint agriculture - farmers just like me - as a villain that impairs water quality in the Bay,' Ebert said ... Geological Survey data - which showed pretty positive gains on water quality in tributaries throughout the Bay Watershed....

Young Minds Solve a City's Old Problems

Edit Voa News 18 May 2016
Every city has its problems, and hopefully is always looking for unique ways to solve them.  One eastern U.S. city is hoping the creativity and outside the box thinking of young people can come to the rescue ... Big problems, simple answers Sixth grader Sydney Lane-Ryer and her team focused on the decreasing oyster population in the nearby Chesapeake Bay ... A high school team decided to tackle a different problem ... Let's hope so. ....

Wolf Administration Investing $25.1 Million in Projects to Protect and Improve Pennsylvania Water Resources (State of Pennsylvania)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
(Source. State of Pennsylvania) ... The selected projects enhance watersheds, mitigate acid mine drainage, and support water pollution cleanup programs ... Projects focus on both statewide initiatives, like improving the health of the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay, and local projects, such as riparian buffer enhancement and erosion prevention in Four Mile Run, Westmoreland County ... GROWING GREENER.. Adams ... $16,878. Allegheny ... $94,065....
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