10 Things You Didn't Know About The Chesapeake Bay

Bill Portlock/CBF Staff

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About Us

For more than 50 years, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) has been tirelessly working to save the Bay through education, advocacy, restoration, and litigation.

• Mission & Vision
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News & Stories

Explore our blogs, videos, latest news, and more! Our stories feature a range of informative, engaging, and hopeful stories about CBF, our work, and conservation issues of the moment. Plus, check out our latest press releases and statements about conservation news of the moment.

Explore the Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, an economic powerhouse, and a much-loved body of water. Discover why.

Key Characteristics

• Wildlife
• Habitats
• All Nature

Key Issues

• Climate Change
• Air Pollution
• Dead Zones
• Runoff Pollution
• All Issues

Resources

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Where We Work

With offices, facilities, programs, and boots on the ground in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., CBF is working toward a healthy and resilient Chesapeake Bay ecosystem where people, plants, and animals thrive together.

Our Programs

Whether its offering in-the-field educational experiences to students and teachers, advocating for clean water policies, planting trees and oysters with our dedicated volunteers, or holding polluters accountable, our Education, Advocacy, Restoration, and Litigation Programs are critical to saving the Bay.

Get Involved

From volunteering in the field to shopping our CBF Store to taking on daily practices that make our waters cleaner and our lives healthier, there are so many ways you can get involved in the Save the Bay movement.

• All Events & Opportunities
• Volunteer
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• Join Our Clagett Farm CSA
• More Things You Can Do
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Membership & Giving

Be a part of our mission to save the Bay! Take a look at all the various options to give and benefits you receive as a member.

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