FY27 Bay Restoration Fund Ops Grants: $162,712 for Easton ENR, $37,990 for Region II
Board of Public Works approved $11 million statewide for 57 enhanced-nutrient-removal plants on Sept. 2; Talbot’s two awards are on the list.
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Shore & Environment
The Chesapeake, its tributaries, working farms, and the conservation stories in between.
Shore & Environment follows the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its Eastern Shore tributaries as they relate to Talbot County: water quality, restoration projects, farming and land conservation, watermen and the seafood economy, and the wildlife that shares the shoreline with residents.
- Water quality and Bay restoration efforts
- Farming, land conservation, and agricultural policy
- Watermen, the seafood industry, and working waterfronts
- Wildlife, habitat, and outdoor recreation
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FY27 Bay Restoration Fund: How Talbot Homeowners Apply for Septic BAT Grants
Failing Critical Area systems rank first; household AGI under $300,000 may qualify for 100% of the BAT tank.
Striped bass targeting reopens Tuesday in the Bay and tidal tributaries. One fish, 19 to 24 inches, through Dec. 5.
The August targeting closure is still on as of this Saturday. Tuesday it is one fish, 19 to 24 inches, through Dec. 5.
Harris Creek and the Tred Avon Still Run Through a Dorchester Hatchery
NOAA cut Horn Point's oyster grant by $340,000 in April. Maryland and Congress patched this season. Next year is open.
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Bay Investigation: Sanctuaries Are Done. The Creeks Still Fail. The Work Is Local.
Annapolis hit nearly all of its 2025 nutrient targets and finished five oyster sanctuaries. Harris Creek 348/343; Tred Avon 130 acres (DNR, 2021) / 131 acres (CBP 2024).
Oxford and St. Michaels Creeks Can Now Be Listed on Volunteer Numbers
Tier III status lets ShoreRivers bacteria data support impairment listings; nearly 70 SwimTesters at 55 sites. Weekly results are posted in English and Spanish.
Working Waterfront Filters the Bay; Runoff Still Dirties the Creeks
County-backed spat-on-shell and finished sanctuaries sit on one side of the ledger. Miles and Wye nitrogen still come off the land.
Phillips Wharf at Easton Point; Pickering Creek Still Holds the Land
The oyster education center left Tilghman for the Tred Avon; Audubon's 450-acre Pickering Creek remains central Talbot's working classroom and fox-squirrel hold.
Nanticoke, Herring Bay, Hoopers Strait Next; Eastern Bay Is a Different List
Next sanctuary-scale waters named; Ferry Cove hatchery at 21770 Lowes Wharf Road, Sherwood — not St. Michaels.
Miles, Wye, and Eastern Bay Still Carry Excess Nitrogen; Blitz Numbers Shift by Year
Maryland finished its tributary sanctuaries. ShoreRivers' sampling still finds dirty water — and the Bacteria Blitz pass rate depends on which summer you cite.
ESLC's 2026 Talbot Easements Push Conserved Land Past 13,950 Acres
Dorsey Farm, Swann Farm, and a tenth Claggett easement add working ground that will not become a subdivision.
Talbot Cover-Crop Sign-Up Closed; Seed Goes in the Ground This Fall
The district window ran June 22 to July 17. Base pay is $35 an acre, up to $65 with add-ons — and a new $25 commodity track in select watersheds.
County Puts $243,600 on a Water and Sewer Plan Rewrite
Vision Planning and Consulting won Bid 26-07. The same document has sat at the center of the Lakeside/Trappe fight for four years.
Harris Creek and the Tred Avon Are on Maryland’s Finished Sanctuary List
August 11, 2026 DNR/Governor release: five tributaries done. Harris Creek 348/343. Tred Avon 130 acres (DNR, 2021) / 131 acres (CBP 2024).
Choptank Gets 20 Million Spat-on-Shell on 10 Acres of Public Bar
County $125,000 pilot with Ferry Cove and watermen; late-June planting scheduled for the Choptank public bar.
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