Tagged Stories: "public access"
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Building a 21st-century National Recreational Area
April 23, 2024Taking action to provide public access to a "major part of the nation's heritage"
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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/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/53410969459_1f907ea181_c.jpg)
New mapping tool shows underserved communities and their access (or lack thereof) to nature
February 23, 2023A mission to chip away at the issue of green space inequity in the Chesapeake region
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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)
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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Boats of the Chesapeake Bay
April 29, 2021These iconic vessels trace the history of the nation’s largest estuary
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2019-2020 Bay Barometer shows an ecosystem in mixed recovery
April 6, 2021The Chesapeake Bay Program releases annual assessment of Bay health
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Virginia seeks to retell the story of two segregated lakes
March 25, 2021A group of hikers stumbled upon a Virginia park steeped in civil rights history
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Counting on green space
February 25, 2021Participation in the Great Backyard Bird Count points to the need for more parks in the watershed
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Year in photos: The Chesapeake watershed in 2020
December 31, 2020We documented a range of responses to the events of a turbulent year
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