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Out of 123 Chesapeake Bay beaches—here are six not to miss
July 11, 2024A pandemic project turns into a personal journey to discover the Chesapeake
Read story![Jody, a white woman with brown hair, stands in front of a beach.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_900x600_crop_center-center_none/jul_11_24_1800-01-20240705-9E3A5315.jpg)
Chesapeake Bay receives highest health grade in over 20 years
July 10, 2024Bay receives a C+ in annual University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science report card
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Black history revived at a historic Chesapeake Bay beach
July 2, 2024A project that has been in the making for decades is underway with newly acquired land
Read story![The sun sets over the water at Carr's-Elktonia beach. Three trees, a bench, a dock and a group of people are silhouetted against the sunset.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_21_24_1800-01-9E3A1636.jpg)
Annual blue crab report highlights need to maintain focus on female, juvenile blue crabs
July 2, 2024Overall population holds steady; population of juveniles grows slightly but remains low
Read story![Blue crab on a boat in the foreground with two researchers in winter jackets in the background.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jul_2_24_1800-01-9E3A6789.jpg)
Visa workers are helping reach critical tree planting goals here in Maryland, thousands of miles from where they were born
July 1, 2024The Healthy Forests Healthy Waters program enlists help from Central American workers in its tree planting efforts
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Help the Chesapeake Bay Program chart the next phase of Bay restoration
July 1, 2024Draft recommendations on the future of the Watershed Agreement now available for feedback
Read story![Aerial view of a river weaving through forest and farmland.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/49525971706_c31ae3e863_c.jpg)
Hike leader looks back on one of the longest running LGBTQ outdoor groups in Washington, D.C.
June 28, 2024Adventuring LGBTQ has been active since the early 1979
Read story![Craig Howell rests his hand on a tree and looks upward.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_26_24_1800-02-9E3A4280.jpg)
Baltimoreans swim again at Harbor Splash 2024
June 24, 2024Years of reducing sewage and litter pay off
Read story![A large group of swimmers jumps in unison into open water.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_24_24_1800-01-2024-06-23-Baltimore-Harbor-Splash-Bond-Street-Wharf-in-Fells-Point-Baltimore-Co-MD-155.jpg)
Size of the Chesapeake Bay dead zone predicted to be about average despite heavy rainfall
June 21, 2024Researchers release annual dead zone forecast
Read story![Aerial view of the Bay with land jutting out into it.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_28_20_1800-01.jpg)
Why conserving existing forest buffers is just as important as planting new ones
June 12, 2024Chesapeake Bay Program announces progress toward Forest Buffer Outcome
Read story![Aerial view of trees between two field during fall.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_11_24_1800-01-DJI_0133.jpg)