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Chesapeake Stewardship Partnership News Restoration Spotlight Travel, Recreation and Culture Watershed Science Wildlife

64,000 square miles of adventures

June 2, 2023

Celebrate watershed journeys during Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week.

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The nation’s river is one step closer to being fishable and swimmable

May 30, 2023

The health grade of the Potomac River raises to a “B”

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Explore the hidden habitats of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

May 26, 2023

A turtle island, floating wetlands, oyster cages and more are sprinkled throughout the waterfront

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Six turtles sit on half of a platform in the water.

40 years of dedication to Chesapeake Bay oysters—and their many benefits

May 25, 2023

NOAA’s role in advancing oyster habitat restoration in the Chesapeake Bay

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A crane loads oyster shells onto a boat.

New buoys to track dissolved oxygen in the Bay every 10 minutes, top to bottom

May 12, 2023

Tracking dissolved oxygen helps us understand where wildlife is threatened

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A short yellow buoy floats in dark open water.

How the USDA Forest Service changed the way we think about trees in the Chesapeake

May 11, 2023

Three Forest Service leaders helped shape the agency’s role in the Chesapeake Bay Program

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Sally Claggett places a plastic tree tube on a sapling planted in a forest

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement at 40: Perspectives on Pennsylvania

May 9, 2023

Past and present environmental leaders in Pennsylvania talk Chesapeake Bay restoration

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A clean river surrounded by forest land.

Garlic mustard doesn’t belong in our forests but is fine in our kitchens

May 8, 2023

Invasive garlic mustard is overtaking forest (or forested) ecosystems across North America.

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Over 31,000 miles of fish passage opened in the Chesapeake since 1988

May 3, 2023

Shad, herring, striped bass and more benefit from fish passage projects

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Three silver alewife swim underwater

Quick tips to support more wildlife in your garden

April 26, 2023

With a little know-how you can boost biodiversity close to home

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A monarch butterfly lands on purple joe pye weed flowers
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