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  1. Recent Stories

Travel, Recreation and Culture

Find out where to go and what to know about the Chesapeake Bay region.

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Chesapeake Stewardship Partnership News Restoration Spotlight Current page: Travel, Recreation and Culture Watershed Science Wildlife

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.

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.

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.

How Hispanic-led organizations are strengthening Chesapeake Bay restoration

October 15, 2025

Hispanic-led organizations are empowering Latinx communities to take part in environmental action

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A woman in a bright blue ecoLatinos shirt leans against a table at an event.

Eco-friendly landscaping business gives returning citizens a fresh start

September 15, 2025

RiverSmart program connects the community to the watershed to help combat stormwater pollution

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Earl Charles, a Black man approaching middle age, looks serenely into the camera with the forested bank of the Anacostia River behind him

Snorkeling the Shenandoah River offers a “fish-eye view”

September 15, 2025

Potomac Riverkeeper Network kicks of 2025 Riverpalooza 

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Young person snorkeling underwater with grasses lining the riverbed.

Fish for native and wild trout at Soaring Eagle Wetland

September 11, 2025

A 135-acre park in Julian, Pennsylvania attracts wildlife and people alike

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Man fly fishes in a wide stream.

A four mile paddle on Barren Creek offers a wilderness escape

September 10, 2025

Kick off your paddle at Mardela Springs Park

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The boat ramp and kayak launch at Mardela Spring Park offers access to Barren Creek.

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