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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.

Veterans find healing on the water

November 12, 2025

Knott Alone - Hold Fast offers programs on the water to help veterans through their healing journeys

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Military veteran Daniel Knott steers a boat on the Chesapeake Bay.

A 60-acre forestry project in Emmitsburg, Maryland inspires new tree plantings in the city

November 7, 2025

Stream Link Education partners with Mobilize Frederick

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Man stands by a recently planted tree in a field.

The American crow is one of the Chesapeake’s most misunderstood birds

November 5, 2025

The American crow is common across the Chesapeake region and can be easily identified by its recognizable call

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A glossy black American crow is perched in a field.

Preserving the lands and waters of Civil War battlefields in the Shenandoah Valley

October 31, 2025

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation has protected 7,600 acres of land

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Two men with dogs walk through an opening in the fence line.

Building on a thriving, six-year-old forest buffer in the Rappahannock River headwaters

October 24, 2025

Friends of the Rappahannock leads an effort to plant forest buffers

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Green leaves poke out of a tree tube on a farm with other trees in the background.

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