Restoration Spotlight
Explore recent restoration and conservation projects happening across the watershed.
10 reasons to be hopeful about the Chesapeake Bay in 2024
January 19, 2024Rebounding oysters, shrinking dead zones and unprecedented funding gives us hope
Read story![Forester moves a tree downhill to be planted.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_900x600_crop_center-center_none/jan_19_24_1800-11-5K1A7400.jpg)
Twenty-five acre farm in Delaware begins its transition to a multi-habitat wetland
December 14, 2023U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Delaware Wild Lands restore a critical landscape
Read story![Two men, wearing the same blue baseball hat, standing outside in a farm field. The older man speaks, gesturing with his hands. To his left, the younger man listens.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/dec_14_23_1800-02-9E3A5169.jpg)
A rare fish gets a second chance
November 17, 2023Restoring stream habitat in Pennsylvania and Maryland is helping save the Chesapeake logperch
Read story![A photo of a Chesapeake logperch caught in a biologist's hand](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/nov_17_23_1800-01-9E3A7744.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)
Bliss in Baltimore
September 21, 2023How a nonprofit in Baltimore City is working with and for their community.
Read story![Two farmers stand by the flower garden.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/Sep-15-23-1800-11-20230717-5K1A8189.jpg)
Defending the Bay: How the Department of Defense contributes to Bay restoration
August 18, 2023DoD joined the Chesapeake Bay Program in 1984
Read story![A group of people stand in a wetland and look into the water, spotting fish life.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_6_23_1800-01-9E3A2451.jpg)
Family farm in Ronks, Pa. does all it can to help local streams recover
August 11, 2023The USDA’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) helps to reduce pollution in a Chesapeake Bay tributary’s watershed
Read story![](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/aug_10_23_1800-01-9E3A5926.jpg)
Chesapeake Bay oyster reef restoration acreage surpasses two square miles
July 21, 20232,300 acres of oyster habitat are set to be restored by 2025
Read story![Oyster shells piles onto a boat.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jul_17_23_1800-01-5K1A2581.jpg)
A Baltimore City school transforms its outdoor courtyard
June 23, 2023Phase one of a green infrastructure project is complete at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School
Read story![](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_23_23_1800-01-9E3A4941.jpg)
For Virginia, decades of wastewater treatment upgrades make for a healthier Bay
June 20, 2023Virginia has reduced nitrogen and phosphorus discharges to the Bay by more than 50% since 2007
Read story![](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_20_23_1800-01-5K1A6675.jpg)