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USGS participates in the Chesapeake Bay Program by providing data, conducting studies, and serving on technical committees and workgroups.

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To read more news about the Bay visit the Chesapeake Bay Program News site.

USGS In the News

The Baltimore Sun: At Blackwater refuge, rising sea levels drown habitat January 3, 2017

PilotOnline.com: The 2,000-foot hole in the ground that's important in the battle against sea level rise December 3, 2016

Chesapeake Bay News: County-by-county land use data available for review by local governments November 1, 2016

Baltimore Sun: Water quality advocates say real-time harbor monitor will improve data, educate public October 14, 2016

Bay Journal PA fish official battles other agencies over status of Susquehanna September 22, 2016

Capital Gazette Officials: Chesapeake Bay water quality is improving September 22, 2016

Bay Journal 2015 Bay water quality was fourth best since 1985 September 21, 2016

The Star Bay pollution loads reduce between 2014-15 September 21, 2016

NASA Earth Observatory: How Cities and Suburbs Affect Chesapeake Bay September 20, 2016

USGS Chesapeake Bay Features

USGS Paleoclimate Science Helps Set Realistic Pollution Standards ...read more

USGS water-quality results were cited as part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation "State of the Bay" 2016 report ...read more

USGS releases initial water-quality report from small watershed study ...read more

USGS study reveals interactive effects of climate change, invasive species on native fish ...read more

USGS releases summary of selected 2016 Accomplishments ...read more

To read previous USGS features about the Chesapeake Bay visit...

Recent Publications

Storms, channel changes, and a sediment budget for an urban-suburban stream, Difficult Run, Virginia, USA—Journal Article

Planting richness affects the recovery of vegetation and soil processes in constructed wetlands following disturbance—Journal Article

Patterns of diel variation in nitrate concentrations in the Potomac River—Journal Article

Brook trout use of thermal refugia and foraging habitat influenced by brown trout—Journal Artcle