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On this World Water Day, thank glaciers for giving us the Chesapeake we love

March 22, 2025

It all began with a very bright meteor, 35 million years ago

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An aerial view of the Susquehanna River entering the Chesapeake Bay. Four bridges cross the river, much of the shoreline is forested, and a small riverfront town is visible on the left.

Breaking down the Chesapeake’s many diverse natural and historic sites

January 15, 2025

No matter the designation, there’s plenty of places to get outside in the watershed

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A National Park Service ranger looks out at a wetland full of lotuses.

Black history revived at a historic Chesapeake Bay beach

July 2, 2024

A project that has been in the making for decades is underway with newly acquired land

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The sun sets over the water at Carr's-Elktonia beach. Three trees, a bench, a dock and a group of people are silhouetted against the sunset.

Near the birthplace of Frederick Douglass, a lush wetland park awaits

February 23, 2024

A fitting memorial to an American hero takes shape in Talbot County

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A slow-moving creek lined by threes and green wetlands.

Witch stories from around the watershed

October 30, 2023

Chesapeake “witches” were healers, naturalists and nonconformists

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64,000 square miles of adventures

June 2, 2023

Celebrate watershed journeys during Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week.

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A forest with ties to Harriet Tubman gets over 2,000 new trees

September 27, 2022

Volunteers flocked to Delaware’s Blackbird State Forest to replant a historic area

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Volunteers gather to watch an instructor plant a tree

Seven locations around the watershed that hold a connection to the Underground Railroad

February 28, 2022

Discover the important role the Chesapeake Bay holds in this critical era of our country’s history

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A new park in Delaware honors the ‘people of the tidewater’

February 23, 2022

Tidewater Park incorporates local culture and history into Laurel’s waterfront redevelopment

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Six lighthouses in the Chesapeake Bay with eerie pasts

October 29, 2021

Make sure those lights guiding you on the Bay aren’t from a ghost

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