Restoration Spotlight
Explore recent restoration and conservation projects happening across the watershed.
Bliss in Baltimore
September 21, 2023How a nonprofit in Baltimore City is working with and for their community.
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Defending the Bay: How the Department of Defense contributes to Bay restoration
August 18, 2023DoD joined the Chesapeake Bay Program in 1984
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Family farm in Ronks, Pa. does all it can to help local streams recover
August 11, 2023The USDA’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) helps to reduce pollution in a Chesapeake Bay tributary’s watershed
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Chesapeake Bay oyster reef restoration acreage surpasses two square miles
July 21, 20232,300 acres of oyster habitat are set to be restored by 2025
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A Baltimore City school transforms its outdoor courtyard
June 23, 2023Phase one of a green infrastructure project is complete at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School
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For Virginia, decades of wastewater treatment upgrades make for a healthier Bay
June 20, 2023Virginia has reduced nitrogen and phosphorus discharges to the Bay by more than 50% since 2007
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40 years of dedication to Chesapeake Bay oysters—and their many benefits
May 25, 2023NOAA’s role in advancing oyster habitat restoration in the Chesapeake Bay
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How the USDA Forest Service changed the way we think about trees in the Chesapeake
May 11, 2023Three Forest Service leaders helped shape the agency’s role in the Chesapeake Bay Program
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Over 31,000 miles of fish passage opened in the Chesapeake since 1988
May 3, 2023Shad, herring, striped bass and more benefit from fish passage projects
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Reforesting 36 acres of farm field near the Patuxent River
April 25, 2023Chesapeake Bay Program staff help replant seedlings
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