News + Updates

Restoring Shoreline to Improve Water Quality: A Win for Permit Flexibility

Sep 1, 2014

The Pines on the Severn Community of Arnold Maryland was dumbfounded when its permit to build a living shoreline to...

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Jul 15, 2014

CLA Hires Staff Attorney

Mar 6, 2014

Chesapeake Legal Alliance (CLA) is pleased to announce that Matt Henjum joined CLA as its first Staff Attorney this week....

CLA Volunteer Helps South River Federation Achieve Cleanup of Dump Site

Feb 21, 2014

A consent decree was entered February 10 in the enforcement action brought by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)...

U.S. District Court ruled EPA is Authorized under the Clean Water Act to Issue Bay Pollution Limits

Sep 18, 2013

See summary of ruling (provided by Chesapeake Bay Foundation) and the full Opinion.

Ridge Hall Joins New Agricultural Certainty Oversight Committee

Aug 14, 2013

CLA Board Member, Ridge Hall (Washington, DC), was recently selected by the Maryland Secretary of Agriculture as a member of...

Cabin Branch Stream Restoration Project Ribbon Cutting ceremony

May 30, 2013

The Cabin Branch Stream Restoration project will completely re-engineer the stream’s hydrology to ultimately restore the stream, allowing its water...

CLA’s Beautiful Bay-themed May Day Basket

May 7, 2013

Chesapeake Legal Alliance was proud to hang its first annual flower basket in participation of May Day 2013. Each year,...

Conservation Area, Oyster Bars, and Migratory Bird Habitat Saved

Dec 1, 2012

Instead of a major residential and commercial projects being constructed on the Bay, hundreds of acres of conservation area in...

Chesapeake Legal Alliance Gets Underway With New Staff

Aug 29, 2011

PRESS RELEASE AUGUST 29, 2011 – For Immediate Release / PR2011-2 Contact: Terri Bartos Eckert, Communications Coordinator (410) 216-9441 ...

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