The Mercury's top 10 most-read stories this year reflect our readers' interests in a range of issues that affect them and ...

The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission has published the results on two new feasibility studies for the region.

The blue crab season in the Chesapeake Bay will be longer and more productive according to scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. After researchers studied data ...

Environmental advocates are expressing concern after a key regulatory commission opted not to impose immediate stricter fishing rules for striped bass, a vital species in the Chesapeake Bay which ...

Although Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic waters are ... anglers are targeting blue catfish, smallmouth bass, and walleye. The smallmouth bass and walleye are being caught fishing close to the bottom ...

Dozens of media outlets republished our stories, too, which helped us reach new readers inside and outside the state. This year, our readers were especially hungry to learn more about blue catfish and ...

This will be the last weekly fishing report of 2024. All of us at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources wish you the ...

ALTHOUGH POLLUTION REDUCTION GOALS WILL NOT BE MET NEXT YEAR, PARTICIPANTS SAY THEY WILL BUILD ON PROGRESS AND NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IS UNIVERSALLY ...

The multi-state agreement to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, which fell short on many of its promises for 2025, will officially be amended, after a gathering of some of the bay region’s top ...

The Chesapeake Bay Executive Council, a group of governors and other environmental leaders, announced plans to revise the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. With the 2014 agreement, the council ...