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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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The beach at Port Isobel looking towards the Chesapeake Bay

The beach at Port Isobel looking towards the Chesapeake Bay.

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A sand bar in the marsh at Port Isobel

A sand bar in the marsh at Port Isobel.

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Flag Pond covered with green algae

Flag Pond covered with green algae.

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Which way is up?  The leaves are in the water and not on the trees

Which way is up? The leaves are in the water and not on the trees...

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Trees have fallen into the marsh - victims of erosion

Trees have fallen into the marsh - victims of erosion.

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Groundsel bushes displaying silver-bristled seeds following flowering in latesummer

Groundsel bushes displaying silver-bristled seeds following...

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Canoers and kayakers enjoying an idyllic early fall afternoon on a quiettree-lined stretch of the upper Patuxent River

Canoers and kayakers enjoying an idyllic early fall afternoon on...

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Sunset over the marsh at Cardinal Cove

Sunset over the marsh at Cardinal Cove

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