Recent Stories
Browse our articles and in-depth feature stories to learn about the latest Bay news.
Forest buffer initiative in Charlottesville, Va., protects a Chesapeake Bay tributary
May 16, 2025A Chesapeake Bay grant helps protect the beloved Rivanna River
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A penny for your water quality
May 13, 2025Water-penny beetles play an important role in indicating clean water
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Native Chesapeake plants and their picky pollinators
May 2, 2025Learn more about the “specialist” pollinators that call the Bay region home
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What it takes to become a champion tree in the Chesapeake Bay region
April 25, 2025Recognizing “big trees” raise awareness of their benefits
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Five unique ways to explore the Chesapeake watershed’s National Park Service sites
April 25, 2025You can do more than just take a hike at these National Park sites in the Bay region
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Stakeholders’ Advisory Committee member shares her thoughts on how to foster the next generation of environmental leaders
April 21, 2025Sara Ramotnik represents a new generation of Bay leaders
A friend to the Chesapeake Bay restores brook trout habitat in the Rappahannock headwaters
April 16, 2025How a project from 2016 contributed to a Chesapeake Bay Program goal
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Raising Chesapeake critters in classrooms
April 15, 2025Five watershed species take center stage in environmental education programs across the watershed
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This nectar filled ephemeral is one of the first signs of spring in the Chesapeake
April 9, 2025The pink and white Virginia spring beauty lives up to its name as one of the first flowers of the season
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Homegrown heroes
March 31, 2025The Elizabeth River Project is bringing 200+ year old wetlands back to the river
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