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Tagged Stories: "Environmental Protection Agency"

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

Far from the shores of the Chesapeake, organizations are recognized for their efforts to keep the Bay healthy

September 16, 2024

Seneca Rocks rises above the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River in Monongahela National Forest in Pendleton County, W.Va., after sunset on April 28, 2017. The peak is popular with rock climbers but a walkable trail of steps and switchbacks will get you to a nice overlook of the river valley. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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Craggy rocks rise above a stream with trees.

My Clean Water Story: Keith Bollt

August 23, 2024

How my love for all things fish keeps bringing me back to the Bay

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Keith is a white man wearing a blue shirt holding a fish.

Why conserving existing forest buffers is just as important as planting new ones

June 12, 2024

Chesapeake Bay Program announces progress toward Forest Buffer Outcome

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Aerial view of trees between two field during fall.

EPA Chesapeake Bay Program awards historic amount of funding to grant programs guiding Bay restoration

March 28, 2024

Additional $35 million awarded to watershed organizations through Chesapeake Stewardship Fund for on-the-ground projects.

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Looking to the future, the Chesapeake Executive Council begins to set a plan to reach 2025

October 11, 2022

Annual meeting hears messages of inspiration amid recent mixed results of progress

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Administer Regan hits the gavel to end the Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting.

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