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  1. Recent Stories

Tagged Stories: "Maryland"

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

The picturesque Manokin River hosts an oyster reef sanctuary

September 1, 2025

With preserved natural areas, historic buildings and fishing communities, the Manokin is like a river out of the past.

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Plants on the shoreline are the only sign of life among the quiet wooden docks.

Hypoxia buoys look out for the Bay’s dissolved oxygen, but who’s looking out for them?

August 21, 2025

Hypoxia monitoring sensors require routine maintenance to give accurate readings to help detect dead zones

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A technician in a broad-brimmed hat is silhouetted against open water, with a small buoy floating near the horizon.

Raising a stream to save the Severn River

August 13, 2025

Less than a year after restoration, wildlife is already returning to a resilient Jabez Branch

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A restoration professional looks out at a wide, slow-moving forest stream restored amid dense woods.

Flag Ponds Nature Park hosts horseshoe crab campout under the stars

June 30, 2025

Event offers guests a chance to witness horseshoe crab spawning

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A mass of horseshoe crabs gathers on a shoreline

With conservation, a 12th-generation Maryland family holds on to its historic property

June 23, 2025

The Tilghman family uses living shorelines to combat erosion

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Will Gordon squints in the sun, facing an eroded shoreline with a yellow farm field behind him.

The race to reverse the saltmarsh sparrow's decline

December 6, 2024

The fate of a species depends on saving its waterlogged habitat

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A saltmarsh sparrow is held by a researcher.

Bohemia River and its ties to a famous Chesapeake Bay mapmaker

September 11, 2024

The Bohemia River meanders through Md. and Del. before flowing to the Elk River.

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Elk River seen from above showing water and coastline lined with trees.

Sustainable harvests play a role in growing forests

April 1, 2024

By managing forests, Maryland is working toward a future with more trees

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A photo of loblolly pine tree trunks in a forest understory.

Faith-based recreation center off the Chesapeake Bay gets nearly 900 feet of healthy shoreline

March 4, 2024

Maryland DNR funds the living shoreline through its climate resiliency initiative

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A beach with grasses growing on it.

Anacostia River successes serve as backdrop for annual Executive Council meeting

October 20, 2023

Maryland Governor Wes Moore elected 2024 chair

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A photo of the 2023 Chesapeake Executive Council

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