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Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Katherine Calos column
Richmond Times-DispatchNearly 650 runners and hundreds of spectators dressed in costume for the annual Superhero Run to support Henrico and Chesterfield Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). This year's event, which was presented by the Bodhia Group, netted $45,000 for...Tags: Special Olympics, Earth Day, Abusive Behavior, Walmart, James River
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Recreation and Outdoors calendar
Canoe/kayak Today, May 19: USA Canoe/Kayak Whitewater Slalom Team Trials and Deep Creek Open, Adventure Sports Center International, Deep Creek Lake, Garrett County. Admission: free. Children's Adventure Series and Kids Day at The Races, 11 a.m.-2 p.m....Tags: Museums, Arts and Culture, Somerset County (Maryland), Lifestyle and Leisure, Garrett County
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'Green' gas plans offer climate-friendly home heating
Guest blogger“Would you like to buy a carbon offset with your purchase today?” That’s a question you hear more often when you rent a car or buy groceries at MOM’S Organic Markets. Now, you also have that option when you buy natural gas to...Tags: Home Heating, Natural Gas, Rentals, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Floating wetland absorbs harmful fertilizer runoff
Richmond Times-DispatchThe little crab on the corner of Virginia "Friend of the Chesapeake" Bay license plates that motorists pay $25 annually for became relevant to Henrico County on Wednesday afternoon. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Floating Island Southeast of North...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Wetlands, Fertilizer, Gardens and Parks, Henrico County
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Maryland to limit female crab catch
Maryland moved Monday to reduce the commercial harvest of female blue crabs in the aftermath of a survey finding that the Chesapeake Bay's crab population hit a five-year low last winter. The Department of Natural Resources announced that it was...
Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Aquaculture, Chesapeake Bay
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Group to consider how to get more information about pesticide use in Md.
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comIn July, members of a work group created as a result of a measure that passed the Maryland General Assembly earlier this year will start looking at ways to get more information about pesticide use in the state. This group — which will consist of...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Maryland General Assembly, Baltimore County, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Recreation and outdoors calendar
Surfing regionals Through today, May 12: The Eastern Surfing Association's 2013 Mid-Atlantic Regional Surfing Championships will be held in Ocean City off the beach near 48th Street. For hours, registration and more information, call 800-399-6820 or...Tags: Ocean City, Catonsville, Somerset County (Maryland), Lifestyle and Leisure, Ocean Surfing
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Chesapeake Bay's health said to be improving [Letter]
Editor: A recent Aegis editorial about the health of the Chesapeake Bay ("Stormwater fee set low in Harford the best of a bad situation," April 23) is [off base]. Certainly the job of restoring the Bay is far from finished, but the Aegis is incorrect in...Tags: Bodies of Water, Rivers, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution
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Stormwater problem is real
Many thanks go to Alison Prost of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for her explanation of the stormwater fee ("Beyond 'rain tax' rhetoric," May 1). I would like to add a little historical background. When Europeans first visited the Chesapeake Bay, it...
Tags: Fertilizer, Chemical Industry
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Crabbers feel the pinch of slim pickings
Michael Diggs of Poquoson has been a waterman for more than 40 years, and says the blue crab harvest as the 2013 season kicks in is slim pickings. "Oh, Lord, things are tight," Diggs, 62, said Monday. "One good week — since then, it's been...
Tags: Aquaculture, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Buckroe, Science
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Anne Arundel council overrides stormwater fee veto, then considers tweaks
The Anne Arundel County Council voted Wednesday to override County Executive Laura Neuman's veto of fees to pay for stormwater pollution projects, but council members then offered changes that could address some of her concerns. It was not clear...
Tags: Rivers, Bodies of Water, Laura Neuman, Business, Elections
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Report: Fewer pollutants entering Chesapeake Bay
The amount of pollutants flowing into the Chesapeake Bay has decreased for the third year running, according to newly released estimates by the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP), a regional federal-state partnership formed to help restore the bay. The CBP...Tags: Aquaculture, Environmental Issues, Water, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution
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