The group released a report on lawn fertilizer, which you can read here. More than a fifth of Maryland’s land in the bay watershed is covered in grass, and in metro areas it’s even more.

Pollution in the bay increases when nutrients wash into its waters from snow and rainfall. And many lawn fertilizers have an excess of two problematic nutrients, nitrogen and phosphorous.

But the Leiters are not only keeping up with their neighbors on Hallowell Lane — they’re keeping their lawn green without polluting the Chesapeake Bay. And they’re part of a larger effort to ...

Some neighbors might see a yard without a lawn “and think, there’s the crazy person,” he says. “But a lot of people will just think it’s so cool.” The words "Tampa Bay Times" written ...

ALAMEDA (CBS) -- Brown is the new green. At least, it is when it comes to lawns in Alameda. Water officials hope it's a new trend that will catch on all over California. Linda Brooks' lawn is so ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The new slogan "brown is the new green" is catching on in the South Bay. Residents are being encouraged to embrace lawns that are now brown from lack of water.

At first, Lafayette resident Matthew Lee was at a loss to explain the nightly damage to his lawn in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, KGO reported. “We wake up in the morning and find these ...