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Chesapeake Bay Program shares latest progress on watershed restoration
January 24, 2024Annual update provides recent data for 18 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes
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Chesapeake Bay Program notes increase in wetlands across the watershed
January 17, 2024New tracking tool captures previously unreported acreage
Read story![Two American black ducks paddle through a clump of brown marsh grasses growing out of blue water in wintertime.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jan_17_24_1800-01-9E3A0041.jpg)
The 2023 Chesapeake Bay dead zone is the smallest on record
November 28, 2023The combination of pollution reduction practices and below-average rainfall results in a historically small dead zone
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)
Acres of protected land in the Chesapeake Bay watershed hits 9.1 million
October 31, 2023Chesapeake Bay Program is on course to achieve its Protected Land Outcome
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)
Chesapeake Executive Council Celebrates 40 Years of Bay Partnership
October 19, 2023Council elects Maryland Governor to guide Chesapeake Bay Program into the next phase of watershed restoration
Read story![A photo of Wes Moore receiving the gavel from Janet McCabe during the Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_20_23_1800-01-9E3A2038.jpg)