MD awarded $10M for oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay

U.S. Sens. Christopher Van Hollen and Benjamin Cardin along with Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey, all Maryland Democrats, Wednesday announced $10 million in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to construct approximately 50 acres of reefs within existing oyster sanctuaries in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay.