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Chesapeake Bay

The United States' largest estuary, a drowned valley of the Susquehanna River. The Chesapeake Bay is a grand highway - a highway for migratory fish and fowl, a highway for transportation and commerce, and a highway of our Nation's history. It is also home to indigenous marine species, watermen, farmers, military, and folks who love the quiet beauty of the Bay.

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Pepper Langley Fishing Pier at Solomons Island
Bay Scenes
Female blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) on beach
Beautiful Swimmer - The Blue Crab
A middle school field trip at Camp Riverview
Conserving and Learning
A female Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, puts the final touches onher freshly laid nest of eggs
Critters
NWS employee Sarah Roy faces an onslaught of cabin cruisers and an impendingstorm as she nears the end of a 25-mile trek down the Patuxent River
Fun and Suns
Erosion along a Patuxent River marsh area has created a series of arches
Problems
A Patuxent River sunset
Sunrise and Sunset on the Bay
Arrow arum (the broadleaf plant) and saltmarsh cordgrass (spartina alternaflora)
Wetlands

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Holding a soft-shell peeler crab (female)

Holding a soft-shell peeler crab (female)

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Holding a soft-shell peeler crab (female)

Holding a soft-shell peeler crab (female)

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A peeler crab (female)

A peeler crab (female). It will shed its shell within an hour.

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Dome of the U

Dome of the U. S. Capitol Building.

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Oil containment boom placed in Swanson Creek, tributary to the Patuxent River,after oil spill at power generating plant

Oil containment boom placed in Swanson Creek, tributary to the...

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Clean-up area in Benedict as a result of the April 7th oil spill in SwansonCreek, a tributary of the Patuxent River

Clean-up area in Benedict as a result of the April 7th oil spill...

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A small flock of domestic ducks near the area of the April 7th Swanson Creek oil spill

A small flock of domestic ducks near the area of the April 7th...

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A dead fish floats on the surface after the April 7th Swanson Creek oil spill

A dead fish floats on the surface after the April 7th Swanson...

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