Wildlife
Showing—and Growing—Our Mussels
Freshwater mussels are truly a class unto their own—and they’re showing new signs of life in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Our Stories
Our Save the Bay Blog features a range of informative, engaging, and hopeful stories about CBF, our work and people, and conservation issues of the moment. Read on!
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Stormwater
When It Rains It Pours
Stormwater flooding threatens not only the health of our waterways and the Chesapeake Bay, but it can pose serious safety and health concerns for people, too.
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Watershed Watchdogs
All in this Together
Lancaster native and CBF’s Director of Major Giving in Pennsylvania reflects on the organization’s recent efforts to block the Trump administration’s climate protection rollbacks.
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Water Quality
The Potomac Challenge
The sewage spill in our nation’s capital should be a wake-up call across the country. As the United States celebrates 250 years, we must ask how we’re leaving our waterways for future generations.
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More Than Just Planting Trees
When I began my CBF internship, I knew I’d be contributing to meaningful restoration work. What I didn’t expect was how one project in Harford County, Maryland would reshape the way I understand the connection between agriculture, clean water, and community action.
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Save the Bay News
Save the Bay News: The Potomac, Climate Change, and Searching for Spring Peepers
This month, we go searching for spring peepers, debrief on legislative sessions in Maryland and Virginia, learn more about the threats to the 'Nation's River' and what we can do about them, and so much more.
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Climate Change
A Good Way to Make the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Harder
The federal government just made protecting the Chesapeake Bay’s people, plants, and animals from pollution, storms, floods, and scorching heat waves a lot harder.
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Explore The Bay
In Search of Spring (Peepers)
They are the voice of the season. But how do you find a frog that’s the size of a thumbnail, lives on the edge of vanishing pools, and sings under the cover of night?
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From Crisis to Connection
How CBF’s Save the Bay newsletter was born and endures with lasting impact today.
