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Paddle one of Delaware’s quiet Nanticoke tributaries

June 6, 2025

An accessible kayak launch is a portal for all to enjoy natural wonders

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A paddler carries a kayak to an accessible launch overlooking a creek

A rare colony of night herons nest near the Baltimore waterfront

May 30, 2025

These resilient herons find a home in waterfront cities

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Eastern Shore students tour the lab that grows Chesapeake Bay oysters

May 19, 2025

Horn Point Laboratory has the largest oyster hatchery on the East Coast

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St. Michaels Middle High School students Wyatt Genrich, right, and Sylis Shawacre drag a seine net through shallow water along the shoreline of the Choptank River during a field trip to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Horn Point Laboratory.

Forest buffer initiative in Charlottesville, Va., protects a Chesapeake Bay tributary

May 16, 2025

A Chesapeake Bay grant helps protect the beloved Rivanna River

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Trees growing along the banks of the Rivanna River, known as a riparian forest buffer, are critical for the health of the waterway.

A penny for your water quality

May 13, 2025

Water-penny beetles play an important role in indicating clean water

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A juvenile water-penny beetle clings to a rock pulled from Seneca Creek in Pendleton County, W.Va.

Native Chesapeake plants and their picky pollinators

May 2, 2025

Learn more about the specialist pollinators that call the Bay region home

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Monarch caterpillars feed on common milkweed leaves in Anne Arundel County, Md., on Aug. 10, 2022.

What it takes to become a champion tree in the Chesapeake Bay region

April 25, 2025

Recognizing “big trees” raises awareness of their benefits

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A cucumber tree, believed to have been planted in 1718, grows in Colonial Heights, Va.

Five unique ways to explore the Chesapeake watershed’s National Park Service sites

April 25, 2025

You can do more than just take a hike at these National Park sites in the Bay region 

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Interpretive ranger Chelcey Nordstrom points out double lotus flowers blooming at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C., on July 20, 2017.

Stakeholders’ Advisory Committee member shares her thoughts on how to foster the next generation of environmental leaders

April 21, 2025

Sara Ramotnik represents a new generation of Bay leaders

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Sara is a white female with blond hair. She is standing outside by a row of trees.

A friend to the Chesapeake Bay restores brook trout habitat in the Rappahannock headwaters

April 16, 2025

How a project from 2016 contributed to a Chesapeake Bay Program goal

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