Stories by Stephanie Smith
Stephanie is the Web Content Manager at the Chesapeake Bay Program. A native of the Midwest, she received her Bachelor’s in Professional Writing from Purdue University and Master of Science degree from the University of Michigan. Stephanie’s lifelong love of nature motivates her to explore solutions to environmental problems and teach others what they can do to help.
Using birds of prey to mentor at-risk youth
July 14, 2016Nonprofit mentors youth through rehabilitation of raptors
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Pelicans roost along the Bay's islands
July 7, 2016Climate change has brought newcomer to Chesapeake region
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Citizens’ Advisory Committee works to elevate voices of watershed residents
July 5, 2016CAC Vice Chair describes committee’s role in Bay Program work
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Paddling the Anacostia River
July 1, 2016Anacostia Water Trail gives an up-close look at a river transformed
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A Pennsylvania farm helps protect the Bay
June 24, 2016Tools like no-till farming help ease agriculture’s effects on water quality
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Best management practice verification programs in place across Bay watershed
June 23, 2016EPA has approved programs for all jurisdictions in the Chesapeake region
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In review: Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week
June 20, 2016First annual celebration promoted awareness, enjoyment of estuary
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Evaluations show continued progress in Bay cleanup
June 17, 2016EPA outlines partners’ progress toward nutrient, sediment goals of TMDL
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The powerful pinch of a blue crab
June 17, 2016This signature crustacean uses its claws for food and self-defense
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Wastewater sector meets nutrient goals of ‘pollution diet’ a decade early
June 14, 2016Improvements significantly reduced nitrogen, phosphorus entering Bay
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