The brook trout is a brilliantly colored fish with a dark, olive green back with pale, worm-like markings; bluish sides with yellow and red spots; and a pale, yellowish-orange belly. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Dustin Wichterman, Potomac Headwaters Project Coordinator with Trout Unlimited, fishes for brook trout in Pendleton County, W.Va., on Oct. 2, 2012. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Microplastics from the Corsica River are pictured at the laboratory of Dr. Lance Yonkos in the Department of Environmental Science & Technology at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., on Feb. 6, 2015. Microplastics were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Marine Debris Program in 2011 via a manta trawl in four tributaries feeding into the Chesapeake Bay. A study led by Yonkos reports that the prevalence of microplastics in the watershed is positively correlated with population density and proportion of development. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
The Choptank Wetlands Preserve on the Choptank River in Easton, Md., on June 18, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Stormwater flows onto a street in Annapolis, Md., on March 22, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Microplastics from the Rhode River are pictured at the laboratory of Dr. Lance Yonkos in the Department of Environmental Science & Technology at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., on Feb. 6, 2015. Microplastics were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Marine Debris Program in 2011 via a manta trawl in four tributaries feeding into the Chesapeake Bay. A study led by Yonkos reports that the prevalence of microplastics in the watershed is positively correlated with population density and proportion of development.. (Download on Flickr)
A buffered stream on Brubaker Farm. Brubaker Farms in Lancaster County, Pa., is a 900-cow dairy farm that uses a variety of sustainable features and best management practices for reducing nutrient runoff, such as buffered streams, a methane digester, and no-till crops. It earned owner Luke Brubaker the distinction of being named 2011 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Members of the Watershed Stewards Academy construct a rain garden in Severna Park, Md., on April 10, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Dustin Wichterman, Potomac Headwaters Project Coordinator with Trout Unlimited, fishes for brook trout in Pendleton County, W.Va., on May 2, 2014. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Dustin Wichterman, Potomac Headwaters Project Coordinator with Trout Unlimited, fishes for brook trout in Pendleton County, W.Va., on May 2, 2014. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Researchers from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) take water quality measurements, including dissolved oxygen, aboard the R/V Rachel Carson in the mainstem of the Chesapeake Bay on Aug. 23, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
A man observes a stretch of Dock Street in Annapolis, Md., that flooded after the area received over three quarters of an inch of rain in 24 hours on January 25, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
A view of the Nanticoke River looking southwest shows wetlands just north of Nanticoke Wildlife Management Area in Wicomico County, Md., on June 18, 2010. The area is part of the 16-000-acre Nanticoke Unit of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, which the Fish & Wildlife Service is approved to acquire. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
A discarded plastic water bottle floats on the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 23, 2014. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Microplastics from the Patapsco River are pictured at the laboratory of Dr. Lance Yonkos in the Department of Environmental Science & Technology at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., on Feb. 6, 2015. Microplastics were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Marine Debris Program in 2011 via a manta trawl in four tributaries feeding into the Chesapeake Bay. A study led by Yonkos reports that the prevalence of microplastics in the watershed is positively correlated with population density and proportion of development.. (Download on Flickr)
A workboat loaded with crab pots is steered from the docks in Crisfield, Md., on Oct. 27, 2014. Crisfield, along with nearby Smith and Tangier Islands, is having to deal with rising sea levels, land subsidence and the question of whether powerful storms are the result of climate change. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant is operated by DC Water in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24, 2011. Blue Plains is the largest treatment plant in the world, able to treat 384 million gallons of sewage a day. (Photo by Alicia Pimental/Chesapeake Bay Program). (Download on Flickr)
A young blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) collected from Poplar Harbor. (Download on Flickr)
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