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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)
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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. Above, Dustin Wichterman of Trout Unlimited holds a brook trout in Pendleton County, W.Va., on May 2, 2014. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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)
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A flock of Canada geese flies at sunrise at Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary in Upper Marlboro, Md., on Dec. 3, 2010. (Photo by Alicia Pimental/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Stormwater flows onto a street in Annapolis, Md., on March 22, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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)
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The Choptank Wetlands Preserve on the Choptank River in Easton, Md., on June 18, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Volunteers plant a newly-constructed rain garden, including roughly 25 native trees, at St. Martin's Lutheran Church School in Annapolis, Md., on November 7, 2009. "The largest part of the [pollution] problem is coming off of private property. And we as volunteers can go into another volunteer organization like a church and we can find a lot of resources and a lot of people to help," said Mel Wilkins of Spa Creek Conservancy, which collaborated with Betty Knupp and members of the St. Martin's Garden Club. (Photo by Alicia Pimental/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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 Jan. 25, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Dustin Wichterman, Potomac Headwaters Project Coordinator with Trout Unlimited, holds a brook trout he caught in a tributary of Seneca Creek in Pendleton County, W.Va., on May 2, 2014. Brook trout are the region's only native trout species, and can only survive in cold temperatures and clean water. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Morgantown Generating Station in Charles County, Md., is seen from across the Potomac River at Wayside Park in King George County, Va., on Aug. 2, 2013. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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)
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Baltimore's Inner Harbor is seen at the far left at the end of the northwest branch of the Patapsco River, which receives water from the mouth of Jones Falls, on June 27, 2016. The Inner Harbor and tidal Patapsco River have received failing water quality grades for years according to a report card published by the Healthy Harbor Initiative for the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore. Fecal bacteria reaches the water through the city's outdated and leaky sewage system, and pollutants enter with stormwater runoff. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program with aerial support by LightHawk)
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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)
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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)
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Dustin Wichterman, Potomac Headwaters Project Coordinator with Trout Unlimited, fishes for brook trout in a tributary of Seneca Creek in Pendleton County, W.Va., on May 2, 2014. Brook trout are the region's only native trout species, and can only survive in cool temperatures and clean water. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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)
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American eels are a migratory fish that certain freshwater mussels rely on to reproduce. Above, USFWS biologist Steve Minkkinen holds an American eel captured for tagging in Buffalo Creek in Union County, Pa., on Aug. 21, 2013. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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)
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