Restoration Spotlight
Explore recent restoration and conservation projects happening across the watershed.
Showing 11 - 20 of 176 stories
Preserving the lands and waters of Civil War battlefields in the Shenandoah Valley
October 31, 2025Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation has protected 7,600 acres of land
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Building on a thriving, six-year-old forest buffer in the Rappahannock River headwaters
October 24, 2025Friends of the Rappahannock leads an effort to plant forest buffers
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An innovative farming practice gives shade to livestock and cools trout streams
October 10, 2025Friends of the Rappahannock plant a silvopasture in Virginia
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Eastern Shore park begins its transformation into a grassland bird refuge
September 29, 2025Once slated for development, Oxford Conservation Park is open to the public
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Raising a stream to save the Severn River
August 13, 2025Less than a year after restoration, wildlife is already returning to a resilient Jabez Branch
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Horses and habitat thrive at Wyndham Oaks Farm
August 8, 2025Nature is prioritized at a Montgomery County, Maryland horse boarding farm
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Shikellamy State Park establishes new fish passage on the Susquehanna
July 31, 2025Dam detour allows migrating fish to return to their historic spawning grounds
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Oyster farmers sell surplus oysters for Bay restoration
July 11, 2025Partners are ensuring there’s always a market for oysters in the Chesapeake
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With conservation, a 12th-generation Maryland family holds on to its historic property
June 23, 2025The Tilghman family uses living shorelines to combat erosion
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Forest buffer initiative in Charlottesville, Va., protects a Chesapeake Bay tributary
May 16, 2025A Chesapeake Bay grant helps protect the beloved Rivanna River
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