Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

State environmental agencies confirm Maryland oysters and other seafood meet federal safety standards following recent sewage spill concerns. Annapolis, Md. – The Maryland Department of Natural ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — After 10 years since the Chesapeake Bay Program established a plan, Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) announced a milestone in their oyster restoration project, a ...

The Atlantic surfclam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is asking the Trump administration to maintain funding for key National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fisheries programs and ...

Conservationists in Virginia worry that overfishing of menhaden is harming the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem. But state lawmakers have yet to approve funding to study the issue. In Virginia, some little ...

On March 15, 2023, Gov. Wes Moore wrote to the U.S. secretary of commerce pleading for money because of an “ongoing commercial fishery disaster in the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay. … Since ...

At an event held today at the Lubber Run Community Center in Arlington, more than $13.4 million in grant awards to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Virginia were announced. The ...