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Bringing the Bay to your backyard

June 9, 2025

Chesapeake enthusiasts share their connection to the estuary

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My Clean Water Story: Lucinda Power

February 16, 2023

Working at the cross-section of people and the environment

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Lucinda with a busy harbor in the background.

2022 survey results show Bay Program partnership’s continued challenge to increase racial diversity

January 20, 2023

While the percentage of people of color rose slightly overall, the percentage in leadership fell as workgroup efforts achieved the highest response rates yet

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Annual report spotlights the Chesapeake Bay Program’s continued restoration efforts

October 14, 2022

This year’s Bay Barometer gives an overview of nine environmental outcomes

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An aerial photo of the Susquehanna River flowing toward the Chesapeake Bay

Meet the Chesapeake Bay Program’s new director

August 2, 2022

Kandis Boyd is a weatherproof scientific leader

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12 things to do during Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week

June 2, 2021

Find a way to celebrate the Bay from June 5-13.

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Honoring a steadfast orchestrator of Chesapeake Bay restoration

January 14, 2021

The Chesapeake Bay Program’s recently retired deputy director reflects on 12 years spent saving the Bay

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We are stronger together

June 10, 2020

A diversity of people is critical for a restored Bay

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Convening a watershed to save a national treasure

March 28, 2019

Before the existence of the Chesapeake Bay Program, Fran Flanigan helped bring folks together to restore the Bay

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The Chesapeake Bay Program looks upstream for its new director

February 22, 2019

Dana Aunkst takes the helm of the 35-year old regional partnership

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