My Clean Water Story: Sophie Waterman
July 26, 2024Putting people at the center of my clean water career
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Our regional partnership guides the restoration and protection of the nation’s largest estuary.
Learn more about usPutting people at the center of my clean water career
Read storyFind out how D.C. works towards the Anacostia River’s trash limit
Read storyChuck Herrick shares his background and his personal hopes for the restoration effort beyond 2025
Read story5 themes guide the agreement:
Our partnership is guided by the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, which includes goals and outcomes for restoring the Bay, its tributaries and the lands that surround them.
Learn more about the latest agreementAn array of complex problems threaten the health of the Bay and its wildlife.
Learn moreOver 100,000 streams, creeks and rivers drain to the Bay, making up a 64,000 square mile watershed.
Learn moreThe Bay is full of interesting facts and trivia related to its history, wildlife, geography and more.
Learn moreExplore the Field Guide to learn about more than 300 species of birds, fish, insects, invertebrates, mammals, plants, reptiles and amphibians that live in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Visit the field guideThe bee fly is a bee-mimic that lays its eggs in bee nests.
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