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Read the latest updates and news stories from the Chesapeake Bay Program.
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Read story![A forester tends to a row of young trees with storage facilities in the background.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_900x600_crop_center-center_none/20200725-5K1A4623.jpg)
Annual report provides updates on 18 Watershed Agreement outcomes
January 24, 20242023 Bay Barometer shows promising results for the Chesapeake watershed
Read story![A male forester tucks a tree sapling into a protective tube.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/53440840854_c1a190fc81_k.jpg)
Wetlands see a small but mighty increase across the Chesapeake watershed
January 22, 2024New Chesapeake Bay Program tracking tool expands data collection
Read story![Waterfowl floating on a wetland.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jan_19_24_1800a-01-9E3A5912.jpg)
Eleven stories to round up our 40th anniversary year
December 6, 2023Chesapeake Bay Program partners share their milestones
Read story![A black and white image of Joseph Gartlan, Jr., then chair of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, sitting at a table while signing the 1983 Chesapeake Bay Agreement amid a chaotic scene of more than a dozen onlookers.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jan_27_23_1800-02-2020-08-14-0013.jpg)
The Chesapeake Bay sees its smallest dead zone in 39 years
November 28, 2023The 2023 dead zone was the smallest on record
Read story![An aerial view of a wide blue river with a forested shoreline.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/nov_28_23_1800-01-5K1A8033.jpg)
Lingering effects of COVID-19 disrupt environmental education
November 15, 2023Chesapeake Bay Program updates two outcomes under its Environmental Literacy Goal
Read story![Students raise their hands in a classroom](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/nov_15_23_1800-01-20160323-IMG_8956.jpg)
Chesapeake Bay Program fights tree loss with land conservation
October 31, 2023Bay jurisdictions make the largest contribution to land conservation
Read story![Aerial view of a river with forest and farmland on the side.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_26_23_1800-01-9E3A6473.jpg)
Anacostia River successes serve as backdrop for annual Executive Council meeting
October 20, 2023Maryland Governor Wes Moore elected 2024 chair
Read story![A photo of the 2023 Chesapeake Executive Council](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_20_23_1800-02-9E3A1625.jpg)
10 Chesapeake Bay watershed conservation projects to receive over $9.6 million
October 17, 2023NFWF announces annual Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grant Program recipients
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Recent data show a slight dip in the Chesapeake Bay’s water quality
October 17, 2023Monitoring stations across the watershed show mixed results in the amount of pollution measured
Read story![Two rivers join to form one below Harpers Ferry seen from above](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_28_23_1800-01-9E3A5317.jpg)