Stories by Catherine Krikstan
Catherine Krikstan is a web writer at the Chesapeake Bay Program. She began writing about the watershed as a reporter in Annapolis, Md., where she covered algae blooms and climate change and interviewed hog farmers and watermen. She lives in Washington, D.C.
New mobile app helps users find, visit hundreds of Bay attractions
October 26, 2012Chesapeake Explorer is a free digital guide to parks, trails, museums and historic sites across the watershed.
Read story
EPA launches mobile website to help users determine health of local waterways
October 23, 2012The smart phone-friendly site reveals where pollution has been reported.
Read story
Ten ways you can Act! for Clean Water
October 18, 2012Celebrate four decades of the Clean Water Act with this list of ten things you can do to keep our water clean.
Read storyStriped bass reproduction down in Chesapeake Bay
October 17, 2012Biologists attribute the decline in juvenile rockfish to unfavorable weather conditions.
Read story
Maryland homeowners plant big trees for big Chesapeake Bay benefits
October 15, 2012Baltimore County has sold more than 750 oaks, maples and other native trees to augment Maryland's forests.
Read story
Report recommends use of multiple models to simulate conditions in Bay’s shallow waters
October 11, 2012Improving simulations could improve our understanding of shallow-waters.
Read storyMaryland partners plant more than 600 million oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
October 10, 2012This marks the largest restoration effort the watershed has ever seen.
Read story
Fewer incentives, boost in commodity prices mean decline in on-farm forest buffer restoration
October 4, 2012Streamside trees are critical to the Bay, but planting rates continue to drop.
Read story
Farmers, foresters and citizens celebrated for conserving Chesapeake Bay forests
October 2, 2012Winners have been crowned Chesapeake Forest Champions.
Read story
Three Delaware towns will improve water quality in state's tributaries to Chesapeake Bay
September 26, 2012Greenwood, Laurel and Bethel will target runoff into Nanticoke River, Broad Creek.
Read story