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Tagged Stories: "restoration"

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

Women leaders in Bay restoration and those who inspired them

March 29, 2024

Six woman environmentalists share their role models

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Black and white photo of Dr. Patrick holding a book.

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

A thoughtful approach to restoration is giving one community more days at the beach

March 10, 2022

Living shorelines add resilience on Maryland’s Magothy River

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After unprecedented storms hit New York, communities take a different approach to flood protection

December 3, 2020

Watershed-focused projects are improving stream health, adding green infrastructure and vacating flood-prone properties

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A new shoreline uses oyster castles to shield a community

February 19, 2020

Volunteers in a Virginia neighborhood work together to restore their backyard

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Year in photos: The Chesapeake watershed in 2019

December 27, 2019

See the steady march of the seasons on land and water

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The hooded merganser makes a splash in the Bay

December 18, 2019

Help support this unique bird's winter habitat

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Seven critters that call wetlands home

November 22, 2019

By restoring wetland on your property, these critters could become regular visitors

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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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Preventing a church's memory from washing away

July 11, 2019

Collaborative effort to prevent flooding in a historic cemetery inspires young stewards

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