Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/Environmental Protection AgencyMaintaining healthy wildlife populations, restoring impaired ecosystems, providing public access to communities, restoring tribal lands, recovering endangered species, and fighting to offset the effects of climate...

Great Falls Park (Photo Credit: Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post)Throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed there are plenty of outdoor spaces and public access sites to be thankful for - this holiday season Chesapeake Bay Program asked a handful of their staff to share...

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Photo Credit: National Park Service via Jane Thomas)On November 10th, 2022, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) joined its public- and private- sector partners in announcing nearly $91 million in grants through the new...

Fauquier County, VA (Photo Credit: Chesapeake Bay Program)By: Warren BrownBiodiversity is the spice of life. In fact, it may be a key ingredient essential to our human existence. As an existential element, sustaining biodiversity should be on everyone’s radar,...

Sea Serpent (Photo Credit: Olaus Magnus's book History of the Northern People)Is the Chesapeake Bay harboring its very own sea monster? Maryland lore would have us believe that beneath the calm waters of the Chesapeake Bay, a monster lurks. On a clear night in May...

Susquehanna State Park in Harford County, Maryland(Photo Credit: Chesapeake Bay Program)Protected areas throughout the world perform many functions. They are essential for conserving biodiversity, and for delivering virtual ecosystem services, such as protecting...