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Restoring and Protecting the Nation's Largest Estuary!
Welcome to the Chesapeake Bay Program!
Restoring and Protecting the Nation's Largest Estuary!
 Native Chesapeake plants and their picky pollinators May 2, 2025 Learn more |
 What it takes to become a champion tree in the Chesapeake Bay region April 25, 2025 Read story |
| Five unique ways to explore the Chesapeake watershed’s National Park Service sites April 25, 2025 Read story |
The Chesapeake Watershed Agreement
5 themes guide the agreement:
Our partnership is guided by the , which includes goals and outcomes for restoring the Bay, its tributaries and the lands that surround them.
Learn More Learn More About the Chesapeake Bay
An array of complex problems threaten the health of the Bay and its wildlife. Learn more
What is a Watershed?
Over 100,000 streams, creeks and rivers drain to the Bay, making up a 64,000 square mile watershed. Learn more
Food Web
Understand the delicate predator-prey relationships within the Bay’s food web. Learn more
Bay Facts
The Bay is full of interesting facts and trivia related to its history, wildlife, geography and more. Learn more
Field Guide to the Chesapeake
Explore the Field Guide to learn about more than 300 species of birds, fish, insects, invertebrates, mammals, plants, reptiles and amphibians that live in the Chesapeake Bay region. Visit the field guide
Critter of the Month
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Switchgrass is a tall, native prairie grass that benefits birds and pollinators.
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