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  1. Recent Stories

Tagged Stories: "Poplar Island"

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

A scientist’s decades-long portrait of a vanishing Chesapeake island

January 22, 2020

James Island has shrunk dramatically, but will soon be restored

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Poplar Island restoration gives Chesapeake new life

September 12, 2019

A restoration project transforms dredged material into valuable wildlife habitat

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Eternally Christmas at Poplar Island

December 27, 2018

Recycled trees provide much needed habitat for wildlife

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Chesapeake Bay ospreys serve as sentinels for pollution

August 30, 2013

Monitoring the buildup of chemical compounds in ospreys helps scientists track toxics in our waterways.

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Poplar Island restoration brings critical habitat back to Bay

February 26, 2013

The island hosts shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors and other wildlife.

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Building a home for birds on Maryland’s Poplar Island

March 8, 2012

Biologists collect discarded Christmas trees to build bird nesting habitat on a restored island in the Chesapeake Bay.

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