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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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Marsh at Port Isobel

Marsh at Port Isobel

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Muddy shoreline next to an abandoned shack

Muddy shoreline next to an abandoned shack

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Looking east away from the sun during  a sunset along the lower Patuxent River

Looking east away from the sun during a sunset along the lower...

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Pleasant homes grace the shoreline

Pleasant homes grace the shoreline

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A spring storm brewing near the mouth of the Patuxent River

A spring storm brewing near the mouth of the Patuxent River

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Crab pot on the dock at the end of the day

Crab pot on the dock at the end of the day

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Clam dredging - although maintaining the tradition of the Chesapeake waterman, this harvesting method further stresses submerged aquatic vegetation

Clam dredging - although maintaining the tradition of the...

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Erosion - ironically below a sign stating boat speed limit to minimize wake anderosion

Erosion - ironically below a sign stating boat speed limit to...

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