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Year in photos: The Chesapeake watershed in 2025

December 23, 2025

Our photographers chronicle four seasons of stewardship

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A snorkeler grabs the bottom of a rocky riverbed.

2025’s most popular Bay stories highlight generational stewardship

December 22, 2025

Take a look at the Chesapeake Bay Program’s most-read blogs from the past year

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Fish swim over rocky river bottom.

Cool August temperatures lead to a shorter-than-average dead zone in 2025

December 19, 2025

Heavy May rainfall contributes to slightly-higher-than-average amounts of hypoxia in the Bay

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Greenish colored water cuts through marshes.

A Chesapeake native shrub on the front lines of shoreline protection

December 16, 2025

The groundsel tree is highly resistant to salt spray and flooding, making them great for coastal landscaping

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The eastern baccharis blooms cream-colored flowers is visited by monarch butterflies.

A familiar scene ushers in a new era of Chesapeake Bay restoration

December 9, 2025

The Executive Council approves a revised Watershed Agreement 42 years after the first one was signed

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Two men sit at a table. One of them is speaking into a microphone while the other man watches him.

Chesapeake plants have deep roots in Indigenous knowledge

November 25, 2025

Rappahannock tribal chief shares her wisdom on native plants

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Wild rice plants grow densely, with tall yellow blooms above dark water.

Shenandoah County landowner turns a flooded farm field into a thriving wetland

November 24, 2025

Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley and other partners provide support along the way

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A man stands next to a river in wetland plants. Across the river, green grasses grow.

A long time D.C. resident wants people to connect with and cherish their local river—like he does with the Anacostia

November 18, 2025

Hamid Karimi, member of the Stakeholders Advisory Committee, shares his feelings on Bay restoration

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Aerial view of people kayaking down a river.

On National Take a Hike Day, Pennsylvania can show you where to go

November 17, 2025

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recognizes the crème de la crème of hiking trails 

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A wooden bridge hangs among trees in a forest.

The decades-long effort to restore brook trout habitat in the Kettle Creek watershed

November 14, 2025

A network of local and national nonprofits restore and reconnect vital habitat

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Brook trout and other fish rest at the bottom of a gravely stream.

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