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In 1997, US Army began Maryland's oyster restoration partnership in Chesapeake Bay. 24 years later, about 600 acres of new oyster bars had been created across Maryland

Maryland partnership formally began with the project cooperation agreement executed in February 1997. Restoration sites eventually included Kedges Strait and Eastern Bay, as well as portions of the Chester, Choptank, Magothy, Patuxent, Severn and Tred Avon rivers.

The Economic Times

UK hit with heavy rain and thunderstorms as Met Office warns of flash flooding

Some areas in the country had the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time” this week

The Independent UK

Thunderstorm warnings issued across country amid ‘first meaningful rain’

The application comes as areas in the country were predicted to have the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time’ this week.

Evening Standard

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Did a tsunami hit the Bristol Channel four centuries ago? Revisiting the great flood of 1607

People living on the low-lying shores of the Bristol Channel and Severn estuary began their day like any other on January 30 1607. The weather was calm. The sky was bright.

The Conversation

Major motorway bridge shut in both directions as strong winds cause major disruption

National Highways have shut the M48 Severn crossing for safety, as severe weather and Met Office warnings hit the region

Evening Standard

Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work

Welsh Marches, Shropshire: All the ditches and drains from the hills of mid-Wales to here burst with rain. The Severn has a deadly seriousness now

The Guardian - UK

Industrial chicken farms are trashing Britain’s rivers – and planning reforms could make things worse

Once voted the UK’s favourite river, the River Wye flows from the Welsh mountains to the Severn estuary – 150 miles through an officially recognised “national landscape”. But this idyllic picture is changing, as the river is gradually choked by waste from industrial chicken farming.

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Urgent action needed to harness tidal power in Severn estuary, say experts

Commission launched in 2022 says lagoon project, not full barrage, should be backed by UK and Welsh governments

The Guardian - UK

Hinkley Point C owner warns fish protection row may further delay nuclear plant

Solution to stop River Severn fish being sucked into cooling systems taking too long to resolve, EDF says

The Guardian - UK

‘The sores on the fish are nasty’: what’s behind the changes in the River Severn?

Faced with a dearth of data on the impact of local mega farms, volunteers have shown sewage pollution has soared

The Guardian - UK

UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows

Despite large poultry units being a key driver of river pollution, their number has soared near the Wye and Severn

The Guardian - UK

Why exporting endangered eels to Russia makes sense

Letter: The plan to transport millions of River Severn elvers to the pristine Vistula and Curonian lagoons is a viable way to conserve the species, says Peter Wood

The Guardian - UK

Chicken industry must halt expansion to stop ‘environmental scandal’ in River Severn

Campaigners warn of same ‘tragic events’ as in River Wye if planners ignore pollution risks of intensive production

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t engineer our way out of this’: how to protect flood-hit Severn Valley

Tens of millions have been spent on human-made defences over the years, but the impact of the climate crisis means flooding is inevitable

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Bristol Post

Jayde Adams loving 'best ever TV job' after embarking on Welsh journey

The Bedminster comedian lived across the Severn for eight years whilst studying at the University of Glamorgan

The Guardian - UK

Never mind the H20: this scheme to move water from Severn to Thames could be the new HS2

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

Daily Mirror

UK town builds enormous wall around River Severn to hold back flood waters in heavy rain

Flood barriers have been erected in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and other towns across the country as heavy rain is predicted for Tuesday and river levels remain high

Bristol Post

Severn Beach: 'We wouldn't live anywhere else'

Balancing individuality with integration: Severnside isn't an area on the fringes; it has its own identity, beloved by its residents

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‘This feels like vindication’: Penarth beach swimmers hail ‘excellent’ water rating

For the Dawnstalkers swim club, the Severn estuary’s bathing water quality officially being rated ‘excellent’ is a bonus

The Guardian - UK

Fish passes give endangered twaite shad chance to swim up River Severn and spawn

Return of one of one of Britain’s rarest fish confirmed after DNA found in water samples above fish passes

Daily Mirror

London wants to take water from another region's reservoir to solve capital's drought

The GMB Union thinks a Victorian plan to move water via the river Severn, the Cotswold canals into the river Thames to deal with predictable and expected periodic droughts in London and the South East

The Guardian - UK

Drifting with dragonflies: a canoeing trip on the River Severn near Shrewsbury

While the Wye struggles with pollution, an overnight paddle and camping trip in Shropshire points the way to a gentle wildlife revival alongside England’s longest river

Birmingham Post

Severn Edge nuclear fusion plant will bring England and Wales closer together

"Surely that piece of uniqueness in helping to bring two countries of the Union together as part of levelling up must be a winning combination?"

Wales Online

Drivers angry over proposed Severn bridges blockade

Anyone who 'thinks this will make the government reduce the tax on fuel is living in cloud cuckoo land'

Wales Online

Organiser of protests blocking the Severn bridges explains why he's planning it

Ashley Fowler says he has had a lot of positive feedback and believes the support for the plans will continue

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