From Vimeo: What can you do in 2012 to help protect the Chesapeake Bay? We asked folks at the Chestertown Farmers Market in Chestertown, Maryland, to share their thoughts and suggestions. Watch the video, and then let us know what you're going to do to help the Bay this year! (Learn more)
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Aerial survey images of the vast underwater grass beds on the Susquehanna Flats taken by Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences show that these valuable Bay habitats are in much better condition than scientists expected given the deluge of runoff and sediment from storms this fall. (Learn more)
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From the Bay Blog: Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR) hosts fall and spring clean-ups, but its environmental efforts span the entire year. From engaging at-risk youth in streamside restoration activities to helping residents construct rain gardens in their yards, FOR’s volunteers are saving the Chesapeake Bay in a number of ways. (Learn more)
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From the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: A new study analyzing 60 years of water quality data shows that efforts to reduce pollution from fertilizer, animal waste and other sources appear to be helping the Chesapeake Bay’s health improve. (Learn more)
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From the BayBlog: Just a scenic two-hour drive from Washington, D.C., the 38-mile-long Passage Creek weaves in and out of Fort Valley, Virginia, a part of the Shenandoahs so sheltered that it has been called "a valley within a valley." Learn more about this beautiful Chesapeake Bay tributary in our latest "Tributary Tuesday" feature. (Learn more)
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Just in time for Halloween, we've compiled an eclectic list of hauntings, sightings and purely strange spooks from throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Many of these places would make a perfect outdoor escape this weekend – if you’re brave enough, that is! (Learn more)
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Good water clarity is critical to a healthy Chesapeake Bay. Bay grasses need clear water to grow and survive. In summer, excess nutrient pollution can fuel the growth of algae blooms that make the water muddy and murky.
Gobble gobble! Celebrate autumn by learning about wild turkeys, which are commonly seen this time of year in open, wooded areas throughout the Bay watershed.
Follow the Juniata River Water Trail through picturesque central Pennsylvania valleys to the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, discovering the region's rich cultural heritage and natural environment along the way.
