Stories by Stephanie Smith
Stephanie is the Web Content Manager at the Chesapeake Bay Program. A native of the Midwest, she received her Bachelor’s in Professional Writing from Purdue University and Master of Science degree from the University of Michigan. Stephanie’s lifelong love of nature motivates her to explore solutions to environmental problems and teach others what they can do to help.
Ospreys’ return signals spring on the Bay
March 24, 2017Despite long-lasting pollutants, the Chesapeake’s fish hawks are thriving
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A woman and her woods
March 22, 2017Pennsylvania forest ecologist Nancy Baker helps connect women forest owners to their land
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Counting blue crabs with the winter dredge survey
March 16, 2017Annual survey helps experts estimate crustacean's health
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Explore nature and history along the Nanticoke River at these eight sites
March 13, 2017Chesapeake Bay tributary offers 64 miles of natural beauty, unique culture
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A big recovery for the ‘Little J’
March 9, 2017Historically polluted Pennsylvania waterway now Class A trout fishery
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Migrating river herring face upstream struggle
March 2, 2017Once-abundant alewife, blueback herring confront barriers on their way to historic spawning grounds
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Websites aim to promote planting, protection of trees in Bay region
March 1, 2017New sites created to help Bay Program meet forest buffer, tree canopy goals
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Chesapeake Bay Program releases results of first-ever diversity profile
February 23, 2017Partnership commits to increasing diversity in its restoration efforts
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February 17, 2017
Follow Blue Water Baltimore as they monitor water quality in the Jones Falls
The many uses of milkweed
February 17, 2017Not just for butterflies, milkweed has a centuries-old history of human uses
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