Restoration Spotlight

The USDA’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) helps to reduce pollution in a Chesapeake Bay tributary’s watershed

2,300 acres of oyster habitat are set to be restored by 2025

Phase one of a green infrastructure project is complete at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School

Virginia has reduced nitrogen and phosphorus discharges to the Bay by more than 50% since 2007

NOAA’s role in advancing oyster habitat restoration in the Chesapeake Bay

Three Forest Service leaders helped shape the agency’s role in the Chesapeake Bay Program

Shad, herring, striped bass and more benefit from fish passage projects

Chesapeake Bay Program staff help replant seedlings

These farms grow food in a way the protects local streams and rivers

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plays a major role in the protection of the region’s critters