Recent Stories
Browse our articles and in-depth feature stories to learn about the latest Bay news.
My Clean Water Story: Martha Shimkin
October 19, 2022Bay Program leadership reflects on the Clean Water Act 50th anniversary
Read story![Martha poses in downtown Annapolis, with boats docked in the background.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_19_22_1000-02.jpg)
Annual report spotlights the Chesapeake Bay Program’s continued restoration efforts
October 14, 2022This year’s Bay Barometer gives an overview of nine environmental outcomes
Read story![An aerial photo of the Susquehanna River flowing toward the Chesapeake Bay](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_14a_22_1000-01.jpg)
These spooky spiders are master engineers
October 14, 2022A female yellow garden spider stands over prey wrapped in in silk in her web. (Photo courtesy of Rik Brittain/iNaturalist CC BY-NC)
Read story![A female yellow garden spider with black and yellow legs and a grey, brown and yellow abdomen stands in her web against a green background of plants. The spider stands over an insect that has been trapped in her web and wrapped in silk.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_14_22_1000-01.jpg)
Watershed protection runs on volunteers and stewards. What’s the best way to repay them?
October 12, 2022Abel Olivo believes there’s a better way to engage community members
Read story![Group of people fish off a pier.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_12_22_1000-01.jpg)
Looking to the future, the Chesapeake Executive Council begins to set a plan to reach 2025
October 11, 2022Annual meeting hears messages of inspiration amid recent mixed results of progress
Read story![Administer Regan hits the gavel to end the Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_11_22_1000-01.jpg)
Seven land conservation successes that protect Chesapeake culture
September 30, 2022The watershed is rich with history, thanks to land conservation
Read story![Two elderly African American women pose for a photo at Elktonia Beach](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_30_22_1000-01.jpg)
A forest with ties to Harriet Tubman gets over 2,000 new trees
September 27, 2022Volunteers flocked to Delaware’s Blackbird State Forest to replant a historic area
Read story![Volunteers gather to watch an instructor plant a tree](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_27_22_1000-01.jpg)
Riverkeepers seek to lift a 50-year-old ban on swimming in D.C. waterways
September 20, 2022The Potomac Riverkeeper Network has identified multiple sites where they think swimming is safe in the nation's capital
Read story![People jump into a swimmable section of the Anacostia River outside of Washington, D.C.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_20_22_1000-01.jpg)
Between two rivers, a city’s hopes are tied to healthy waters
September 15, 2022The Clean Water Act revived the James and the Appomattox, allowing Hopewell to seek its own renewal
Read story![A man fishes from the James River in Hopewell](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_19_22_1000-01.jpg)
Bay water quality continued to decline in 2018-2020
September 14, 2022Watershed tributaries see mixed results when it comes to pollution levels
Read story![Two kayakers paddle down a forested river](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_13_22_738-01.jpg)