Mark your calendar! 📍 🗓️ 📍 Summer is here! We have many fun events coming up in the watershed through July including multiple free boat tours, fishing nights, and a major trash cleanup at Pope Branch Park. Learn more: anacostiariverkeeper.org/events-calenda…

Draft recommendations on the future of the Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Agreement is now available for feedback! Learn more about how you can help chart the next phase of Bay restoration⤵️ ow.ly/L1mg50Syg4A

The Chesapeake Bay watershed spans more than 64,000 square miles, encompassing parts of six states—Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia—and the entire District of Columbia. Learn more: ow.ly/swAG50Sye6e #WatershedWednesday #WordOfTheWeek

#DidYouKnow There are 12 known species of shark that have been sighted in the Chesapeake Bay, and 5 species are considered a common occurrence! Happy #SharkWeek🦈 📸Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program

The Chesapeake Bay scored a C+ in health this year, the highest score since 2002! Find out how you can help make a difference in the Bay by clicking the link in our bio. Learn more about the report card⤵️ ow.ly/L44r50SyNL4 📸Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program

It's easy to participate in #PlasticFreeJuly everyday of the year when you embrace these easy habits.

#DidYouKnow that there are nearly 80,000 acres of underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries? Blue crabs rely on these grass beds for protection from predators🦀 Learn more about the importance of underwater grasses⤵️ ow.ly/wCVF50SJs7y

This week is National Marine Week! 🌊 Over the past 35 years, average temperatures in the Bay have been trending upward faster than the oceans at large. Learn more: cbf.org/blogs/save-the… 📷: Jaime Elko 📍: Diggs, VA

Excited for the Olympics? We know we are! @potomacconservancy is celebrating by hosting their own Potomac River Olympics, vote for your winners at the link below!🥇 ow.ly/5iIL50SL5iP 📸Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program

⚠ TAKE ACTION NOW: Our leaders need to recommit to #ChesBay restoration and set bold new goals for the future. Speak up by the August 30 deadline! p2a.co/BSysVku?p2asou…

Happy #NationalOysterDay! The Chesapeake Bay Program is spearheading the world's largest oyster restoration project, with the goal to restore oyster reef habitat in 10 tributaries by 2025🦪🏆 Learn more ⤵️ ow.ly/S4qK50SRxG8 📸Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program

Hey Maryland! We’re hosting two trash cleanups this weekend in Montgomery County. Saturday morning we’ll be at New Hampshire Estates Neighborhood Park and Saturday afternoon at Dale Drive Neighborhood Park. Join us: anacostiariverkeeper.org/events-calenda…

There are many issues the Bay faces, from excess nutrients and sediment that pollute waters, to invasive species that crowd out native plants and animals, to a changing climate that is affecting our land, air and water #WaterQualityMonth Learn more⤵️ ow.ly/w67C50T2biF

You've heard of a watershed but have you heard of an airshed? The Chesapeake Bay's airshed is even bigger than the watershed and can have a significant impact on our land and water. Learn more ➡️ow.ly/PShq50T23cE #WordOfTheWeek #EnvironmentalLiteracy

Working through Chesapeake Research, The C-StREAM program advises and mentors college students from populations who have been historically excluded from the environmental field. Learn about their summer projects⤵️ ow.ly/LYoQ50T2bWA

Today the U.S. EPA announced Khesha Reed as the Deputy Director for the Chesapeake Bay Program Office, where she has been the Acting Deputy Director since April. Khesha has been with the agency for more than twenty years, holding several leadership positions. Congratulations, Khesha!

A watershed – the land area that drains to one stream, lake or river – affects the water quality in the water body that it surrounds. Healthy watersheds provide many benefits to ecosystems: 💧 nutrient cycling 💧 erosion control 💧 water storage and filtration 💧 flood control

Recognizing the power of living shorelines, Elizabeth River Project has designed and constructed 87 residential shoreline projects since 2014, with more are on the way. Learn about the benefits of natural shorelines and about ERP's projects at the link below⤵️ ow.ly/VfK150T7Rq1

Last year, National Park Service contributed a record high of $55.6 Billion to the U.S. economy, and supported 415,000 jobs 🎉 Learn more about how NPS-managed lands and programs provide economic benefits⤵️ ow.ly/jox850Teo8U

The trees and plants that grow next to waterways are critical to the health of the watershed. These buffers prevent pollution from entering waterways, stabilize stream banks, provide food and habitat to wildlife and keep streams cool during hot weather. ➡️ow.ly/4FbM50T23Jj