RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that Virginia’s most recent oyster harvest has greatly exceeded recent years, reaching the highest level since 1987. The 2012-2013 harvest of 406,000 bushels was also 60 percent greater than just one year prior. The…
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science has published a study showing that the Acid Rain Program has resulted in water quality improvement in the Chesapeake Bay. This program was not originally intended to achieve this result and this…
The Bay Journal is reporting that the Chesapeake Bay Program and the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) are evaluating allowing growers nitrogen credits related to the nitrogen in the bodies and shells of oysters when they are removed. Denitrification…
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. – The Virginia Marine Police will combat oyster theft by air, land and sea in an intensive effort to crush what has become an epidemic of poaching. The public oyster season opens tomorrow, Oct. 1. “We mean…
Today is the 40th anniversary of the A-NPDC. We’re proud to be a part of helping the Shore make life better through planning, community development and housing. We’re looking back this month on our accomplishments and looking forward to the…
The conclusion of the matter is no. Several questions are answered regarding land use assessment and conservation easements. For full details, please read the opinion.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, also known as the stimulus) increased the maximum allotment in all categories of SNAP benefits. These maximum limits are sunseting November 1, 2013. A family of four will see a $36 (or 5.4%)…
Currently, there are two events scheduled on the Eastern Shore. A beach clean-up at Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve on September 27 from 10 am – 1 pm and a beach clean-up at Kiptopeake State Park on September 28…
RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that August revenue collections decreased by 4.8 percent from August of last year. August is not a significant month for revenue collections. On a year-to-date basis, total revenue collections rose 3 percent through August,…
RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement this afternoon following news that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed its live auction to lease an area off the coast of Virginia as the site of the nation’s second offshore…
