Six Chesapeake traditions to enjoy during the holidays
December 13, 2024Lighted boat parades, crab basket trees and more!
Read storyOur regional partnership guides the restoration and protection of the nation’s largest estuary.
Learn more about usLighted boat parades, crab basket trees and more!
Read storyThis skillful forager has trouble finding safe, undisturbed beach habitat
The fate of a species depends on saving its waterlogged habitat
5 themes guide the agreement:
Our partnership is guided by the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, which includes goals and outcomes for restoring the Bay, its tributaries and the lands that surround them.
Learn more about the latest agreementAn array of complex problems threaten the health of the Bay and its wildlife.
Learn moreOver 100,000 streams, creeks and rivers drain to the Bay, making up a 64,000 square mile watershed.
Learn moreThe Bay is full of interesting facts and trivia related to its history, wildlife, geography and more.
Learn moreExplore the Field Guide to learn about more than 300 species of birds, fish, insects, invertebrates, mammals, plants, reptiles and amphibians that live in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Visit the field guideThe black skimmer is an elegant forager that flies low over the surface of the water feeling for fish.
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