2024 Stories
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Year in photos: The Chesapeake watershed in 2024
December 24, 2024Visions of what’s at stake in the restoration effort
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Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions recount big wins in 2024
December 20, 2024Find out how the Bay is being restored from across the watershed
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Six Chesapeake traditions to enjoy during the holidays
December 13, 2024Lighted boat parades, crab basket trees and more!
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The black skimmer is a rare find in the Chesapeake region
December 9, 2024This skillful forager has trouble finding safe, undisturbed beach habitat
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The race to reverse the saltmarsh sparrow's decline
December 6, 2024The fate of a species depends on saving its waterlogged habitat
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Small-scale tree planting bolsters restoration in the Upper Susquehanna
December 4, 2024How the Upper Susquehanna Coalition is increasing buffer acreage and community engagement
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Supply shortage makes tree planting a tough nut to crack
December 2, 2024A number of solutions to the tree supply shortage are underway
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Six sites throughout the watershed that honor lands once occupied by Indigenous tribes
November 27, 2024Original inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay watershed remembered through their ancestral lands
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Juvenile striped bass numbers low in both Maryland and Virginia
November 25, 2024Habitat pressure is impeding reproduction for the Bay’s signature fish
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Chesapeake hikes that take my breath away–literally
November 17, 2024A guided hike is held as part of the annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum at Bacon Ridge Natural Area in Crownsville, Md., on Nov. 2, 2021. Earl "Bud" Reaves, a forester with Anne Arundel County, helped point out unique features of the biodiversity and landscape of Bacon Ridge. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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