Restoration Spotlight
Explore recent restoration and conservation projects happening across the watershed.
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
Read story![Oyster shells piles onto a boat.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jul_17_23_1800-01-5K1A2581.jpg)
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
Read story![A crane loads oyster shells onto a boat.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/may_16_23_1800-01-5K1A2489.jpg)
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
Read story![Sally Claggett places a plastic tree tube on a sapling planted in a forest](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/may_11_23_1800-01-20190426-IMG_0796.jpg)
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
Read story![Three silver alewife swim underwater](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/may_3_23_1800-01-20170420-IMG_3639.jpg)
Reforesting 36 acres of farm field near the Patuxent River
April 25, 2023Chesapeake Bay Program staff help replant seedlings
Read story![Two women secure a green tube around a young tree planted in an open field.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/apr_25_23_1800-01-9E3A0327.jpg)
Get to know these eight regenerative farms throughout the Bay watershed
April 19, 2023These farms grow food in a way the protects local streams and rivers
Read story![Tomatoes growing on vines in the foreground with farmer in the background tending to the soil.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/apr_18_23_1800-01-20150721-_DSC6768.jpg)
A federal agency recounts two big wins in Chesapeake wildlife conservation
April 19, 2023The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plays a major role in the protection of the region’s critters
Read story![Light grey squirrel sits in a tree.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/apr_18_23_1800-01-20200309-5K1A5436.jpg)