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Near the birthplace of Frederick Douglass, a lush wetland park awaits
February 23, 2024A fitting memorial to an American hero takes shape in Talbot County
Read story![A slow-moving creek lined by threes and green wetlands.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_900x600_crop_center-center_none/53410969459_1f907ea181_c.jpg)
Witch stories from around the watershed
October 30, 2023Historic St. Mary's City. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Emerson/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed)
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64,000 square miles of adventures
June 2, 2023Celebrate watershed journeys during Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week.
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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)
Seven locations around the watershed that hold a connection to the Underground Railroad
February 28, 2022Discover the important role the Chesapeake Bay holds in this critical era of our country’s history
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A new park in Delaware honors the ‘people of the tidewater’
February 23, 2022Tidewater Park incorporates local culture and history into Laurel’s waterfront redevelopment
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Six lighthouses in the Chesapeake Bay with eerie pasts
October 29, 2021Make sure those lights guiding you on the Bay aren’t from a ghost
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The story of Indigenous tribes comes to life at Machicomoco State Park
September 10, 2021Virginia’s 40th state park offers access to the York River
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A beloved African-American neighborhood navigates its economic and environmental future
August 26, 2021A photo essay on Turner Station in Baltimore, Maryland
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Bred for the Bay: Getting to know the Chesapeake Bay retriever
August 25, 2021Find out how the Maryland state dog came to be
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