Full bridge span closures are scheduled during overnight hours on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Bald eagles were nearly wiped out in the 1970s. Over 50 years later, conservation efforts have paid off big time in Maryland.

The Chesapeake Bay notched a "C" on its latest report card from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, released Tuesday at an event in Alexandria, Virginia.

The annual Chesapeake Bay progress report from the University of Maryland shows that the estuary’s overall health is neither declining nor improving.

An environmental group gave the Chesapeake Bay watershed a D-plus grade in an evaluation released on Thursday — the same grade earned in its last report two years ago.

An environmental group gave the Chesapeake Bay watershed a D-plus grade in an evaluation released Thursday.

The Chesapeake Bay would join the list of America’s most treasured parks and natural landscapes under a measure backed by two members of Congress to designate the nation’s largest estuary as a ...

The overall health of the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, received its highest grade since 2002 in an annual report released by scientists.

The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary released Tuesday.

An environmental group gave the Chesapeake Bay watershed a D-plus grade in an evaluation released on Thursday — the same grade earned in its last report two years ago.

The report was established in 1998 to create a comprehensive measure of the bay's health.

An environmental group gave the Chesapeake Bay watershed a D-plus grade in an evaluation released on Thursday — the same grade earned in its last report two years ago.