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.
Joseph Gartlan, Jr., right, chair of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, signs the 1983 Chesapeake Bay Agreement amid a chaotic scene at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., on Dec. 9, 1983. (Photo by Chesapeake Bay Program)
An aerial view of a female scientist drawing blood from a fish.
Vicki Blazer of the U.S. Geological Survey draws blood from a smallmouth bass to test for contamination. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Women place plastic tree tubes around young saplings planted in a forest.
Sally Claggett served as coordinator of the Chesapeake Bay Program's Forestry Workgroup from 2008 to 2022. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Sixth-grade students wade through a shallow creek, carrying small nets to sample invertebrates.
Sixth-grade students from Old Middle School practice stream sampling for aquatic macroinvertebrates along a stretch of Severn Run in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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