Restoration Spotlight
Explore recent restoration and conservation projects happening across the watershed.
New York landowners reforest the banks of the Upper Susquehanna River
March 14, 2024A free tree planting program helps the state work toward its Forest Buffer goals
Read story![Older couple stands in a field with tall green grass and young trees growing.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/mar_8_24_1800-01-5K1A2223-1.jpg)
A small creature faced with a big environmental task
March 6, 2024Brook floaters are threatened by climate change, invasive species and pollution
Read story![A mussel rests among algae-covered rocks, its soft filtering tissues visible in a partly open shell.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/mar_6_24_1800-01-Photo-285633828-c-hunterefs-some-rights-reserved-CC-BY-NC.jpg)
Faith-based recreation center off the Chesapeake Bay gets nearly 900 feet of healthy shoreline
March 4, 2024Maryland DNR funds the living shoreline through its climate resiliency initiative
Read story![A beach with grasses growing on it.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/feb_29_24_1800-07-_E6A7901.jpg)
Seven successes show there’s more than one way to restore a wetland
February 12, 2024Seven unique wetland projects from across the Bay watershed
Read story![A woman wearing a dark baseball cap and bright yellow life vest paddles a canoe through calm water and past a small wetland, which is protected by a fence.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/feb_8_24_1800-01-20190930-IMG_4656.jpg)
10 reasons to be hopeful about the Chesapeake Bay in 2024
January 19, 2024Rebounding oysters, shrinking dead zones and unprecedented funding gives us hope
Read story![A man moves a tree whose root ball is wrapped in burlap down a small, grassy hill toward a sidewalk, where it will be planted along a residential street.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jan_19_24_1800-11-5K1A7400.jpg)
Twenty-five acre farm in Delaware begins its transition to a multi-habitat wetland
December 14, 2023U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Delaware Wild Lands restore a critical landscape
Read story![Two men, wearing the same blue baseball hat, standing outside in a farm field. The older man speaks, gesturing with his hands. To his left, the younger man listens.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/dec_14_23_1800-02-9E3A5169.jpg)
A rare fish gets a second chance
November 17, 2023Restoring stream habitat in Pennsylvania and Maryland is helping save the Chesapeake logperch
Read story![A photo of a Chesapeake logperch caught in a biologist's hand](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/nov_17_23_1800-01-9E3A7744.jpg)
Chesapeake Bay Program fights tree loss with land conservation
October 31, 2023Bay jurisdictions make the largest contribution to land conservation
Read story![Aerial view of a river with forest and farmland on the side.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_26_23_1800-01-9E3A6473.jpg)
Bliss in Baltimore
September 21, 2023How a nonprofit in Baltimore City is working with and for their community.
Read story![Two farmers stand by the flower garden.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/Sep-15-23-1800-11-20230717-5K1A8189.jpg)
Defending the Bay: How the Department of Defense contributes to Bay restoration
August 18, 2023DoD joined the Chesapeake Bay Program in 1984
Read story![A group of people stand in a wetland and look into the water, spotting fish life.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_6_23_1800-01-9E3A2451.jpg)