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40th Anniversary Chesapeake Stewardship Partnership News Restoration Spotlight Travel, Recreation and Culture Watershed Science Wildlife

Is the Chesapeake Bay’s water rising or is the land sinking?

February 7, 2023

How the Chesapeake Bay is susceptible to both sea level rise and land subsidence.

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Blue car drives through a heavily flooded street.

Maximizing a short supply of black duck habitat

December 17, 2021

Chesapeake Bay Program launches a habitat vulnerability tool

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Local government and climate experts convene to problem solve on community flooding

October 20, 2020

Federal funding, collaboration, environmental justice and more examined at the 2020 Local Government Forum

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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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The secretive eastern black rail is losing vital habitat

April 5, 2019

Development and climate change threaten marsh birds

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Rising seas lead to rising costs

March 18, 2019

Study finds nuisance flooding creates significant impacts for Annapolis, Md. businesses

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National Climate Assessment details impacts of changing climate

December 11, 2018

Chesapeake region is working to become more resilient

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New United Nations report states significant efforts needed to limit warming

November 19, 2018

Chesapeake region not immune to climate impacts

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Portrait of an Island Part I: What used to be home

June 20, 2018

Like its neighbor Holland Island, Deal Island is fighting the tides

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Getting the perfect soft-shell on Tangier Island

March 30, 2018

Tangier Island’s crabbing tradition is facing multiple threats

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