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

A penny for your water quality

May 13, 2025

Water-penny beetles play an important role in indicating clean water

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A juvenile copper colored water-penny beetle clings to an amber colored rock.

Native Chesapeake plants and their picky pollinators

May 2, 2025

Learn more about the “specialist” pollinators that call the Bay region home

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Raising Chesapeake critters in classrooms

April 15, 2025

Five watershed species take center stage in environmental education programs across the watershed

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This nectar filled ephemeral is one of the first signs of spring in the Chesapeake

April 9, 2025

The pink and white Virginia spring beauty lives up to its name as one of the first flowers of the season

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English ivy is doing more harm than good in your yard

March 12, 2025

Often used for filling space in yards and neighborhoods, this invasive species is crowding out native plants. 

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Green English ivy leaves grow up the trunk of a tree.

A noisy forager is one to spot during all seasons in the Chesapeake region

February 6, 2025

The red-bellied woodpecker is highly adaptive to changing temperatures and environments, making it a constant in the Bay region

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Two red-bellied woodpeckers perch on the slim trunk of a tree.

With its unique look and distinctive song, this bird is a golden find

January 14, 2025

Golden-winged warblers face the threat of habitat loss

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The golden-winged warbler is a small songbird with yellow flashes throughout its gray body.

Year in photos: The Chesapeake watershed in 2024

December 24, 2024

Visions of what’s at stake in the restoration effort

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Swimmers leap en masse into Baltimore's Inner Harbor

The black skimmer is a rare find in the Chesapeake region

December 9, 2024

This skillful forager has trouble finding safe, undisturbed beach habitat

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Black skimmer dips its lower bill into the water to catch a fish.

Juvenile striped bass numbers low in both Maryland and Virginia

November 25, 2024

Habitat pressure is impeding reproduction for the Bay’s signature fish

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Scientist drops a striped bass back into the water from the boat.

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