Donald McEachin, a U.S. Congressman who fought for environmental justice and clean water for Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, died unexpectedly on Nov. 28 from the aftereffects of cancer. He
Virginia and Maryland manage their blue crab fishery by watching female and juvenile crab numbers, but Moore said scientists are beginning to wonder if there are enough males around.
Stormwater runoff is a major source of the nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment that pollutes the bay, feeding the algae that create summer’s oxygen-starved dead zones and smothering the underwater grasses and tiny creatures, from juvenile crabs to baby striped bass, that shelter there.