A 255-year-old Georgian mansion made an extraordinary 50-mile journey across the Chesapeake Bay after a Maryland…
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In 1954, aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin donated over 2,500 acres of his Chesapeake Bay hunting preserve; today the refuge spans 4,548 acres and protects migratory birds
Chesapeake Bay (Image Credit: iStock) A piece of Chesapeake Bay marshland that once formed part of…
In 1962, five pet mute swans escaped in Maryland; within four decades their descendants neared 4,000 and were eating 10.5 million pounds of Chesapeake Bay grasses a year
The exotic mute swan has increased its population size in Chesapeake Bay to approximately 4,500 since…
In 2025, Virginia spent $8 million rebuilding 1.09 miles of Ragged Island shoreline; the project created 2.6 acres of new marsh and 2.2 acres of oyster reef while cutting hundreds of tons of sediment entering Chesapeake Bay
Virginia’s Ragged Island restoration is creating new marsh and oyster habitat while reducing sediment entering Chesapeake…