Chesapeake Bay

Montgomery County students learn about the importance of keeping the Chesapeake Bay clean at this three-day camp.

An outdoor education program hosted by YMCA Camp Letts teaches Montgomery County students about the importance of conserving the Chesapeake Bay. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

One person died and another suffered serious injuries in a crash between two boats on the Chesapeake Bay Saturday night, according to the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department.

One person died and another suffered serious injuries in a crash between two boats on the Chesapeake Bay Saturday night, according to the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department. The crash happened about 9:40 p.m. nearly two miles off Breezy Point Beach and Marina, the department said. A fire boat took the victims back to land, and the injured person was…

Scientists are celebrating the discovery of a nearly intact 12-million-year-old bird skeleton on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. The bones belonged to a gannet. Modern-day gannets are large seabirds that like to nest along the Chesapeake. Bird bones typically don’t fossilize because they are so delicate. “I’ve never seen such a complete bird skeleton found along Calvert Cliffs,”...

Scientists are celebrating the discovery of a nearly intact, 12-million-old bird skeleton on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.

A woman made the major discovery while combing the shore. News4’s Mark Segraves spoke with her about the find.

The Coast Guard is searching for a driver after a semi truck plunged off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and into the water. Here’s brief info.

The Chesapeake Bay and its rivers supply a wealth of delicious seafood, including crabs, oysters and rockfish, but a predator lurking under water is threatening native species. Blue catfish don’t belong in the Chesapeake, but likely more than 100 million are multiplying like crazy and devouring native populations of fish and crabs. Holly and Josh Buckler have been harvesting blue…

The Chesapeake Bay and its rivers supply a wealth of delicious seafood, including crabs, oysters and rockfish, but a predator lurking under water threatens native species. News4’s Megan McGrath reports on what Maryland is doing about the blue catfish.

A retired Prince George’s County sheriff’s deputy saved an elderly man trapped inside a car that wound up in the Chesapeake Bay Wednesday evening. News4’s Walter Morris spoke with the good Samaritan.

A retired Prince George’s County sheriff’s deputy saved an elderly man trapped inside a car that wound up in the Chesapeake Bay Wednesday evening.

When the pandemic shut down the world, Darnley Hodge and his wife needed a way to keep their three small children safe but entertained. That’s why the Prince George’s County family spent their summers exploring nearby beaches along the Chesapeake Bay. But when the family arrived to Brownie’s Beach in Bayfront Park – a stamp-size beach in Calvert County...

Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins and the News4 I-Team traveled to a small Calvert County town where residents are divided over a policy to keep out-of-towners off its shore.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has asked the federal government to declare the increasing population of invasive fish species in the Chesapeake Bay an ongoing commercial fishery disaster. “In recent years, the state has become increasingly concerned about the explosion in the abundance of invasive fish species in the Chesapeake Bay, including blue catfish, flathead catfish, and snakehead,” Moore said in…

On this Science 4 Everyone, Storm Team4’s Ryan Miller explains what a watershed is and why they are important for the D.C. area.

News4’s Melissa Mollet and Tommy McFly take a polar plunge for a cause into the cold waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

News4’s Tommy McFly and Melissa Mollet discuss Maryland’s Polar Plunge taking place at Sandy Point State Park on Saturday. Hundreds of participants will take a dip in the Chesapeake Bay to raise money for the Special Olympics.

A Coast Guard investigation into the grounding in March of a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay is faulting the pilot tasked with helping the ship navigate the waterway. In a news release Tuesday the Coast Guard specifically cited “the pilot’s failure to maintain situational awareness and attention while navigating, and inadequate bridge resource management.” The investigation found that the...

The U.S. Coast Guard found the local pilot on the Ever Forward was distracted and the ship’s captain had left eh bridge before the massive cargo ship ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.