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How much fresh water flows into the Bay from the Susquehanna River?

How do I report illegal or unsafe activities on our waterways?

What is BayStat?

Which communities along the Bay are most at risk due to sea level rise?

What is a dead zone?

How many species of plants, fish and wildlife live in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries?

Will all the rain this spring have an effect on the bay’s health this summer?

How are fees for fishing and hunting licenses spent?

How do trees benefit the Bay?

If I don’t live on or near the waterfront, what’s the best thing I can do to help the bay?

What are the most harmful pollutants to the Bay?

How can we get rid of abandoned boats in our waterways?

What is the deepest part of the Chesapeake Bay? Does anything live there?

Are compact fluorescent light bulbs safe to use? How can I recycle them?

How does a growing coyote population affect Maryland?

Where do blue crabs go during the winter?

What is GreenPrint?

Are there opportunities and facilities to recycle electronic devices?

Why did the leaves change color?

What is Maryland doing to prepare for the effects of climate change?

What is Marylanders Grow Oysters?

What is urban tree canopy and what does it have to do with Maryland’s bay restoration strategy?

Are the recent black bear sightings on the Eastern Shore unusual or cause for concern?

What is the Atlantic Flyway and how is it important to the Chesapeake Bay?

What is aquaculture and how is it important to the Chesapeake and coastal bays?

How do bay grasses help the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem?

What is Didymo?

What is an invasive species?

What is DNR doing to restore American Shad populations in the Chesapeake Bay?

What are oyster reefs?
Why are they important to the Chesapeake Bay?

What is a Wade-in?

What are bay grasses?
What restoration efforts are taking place in the Bay?

Who are Maryland Stream Waders?
What do they do?

What is the Critical Area Protection Act?

What is environmental education?

What is an aquifer?

Which invasive species is most established in the Bay?

What is an Estuary?

How do Oysters Help Improve Water Quality in the Bay?

What is Sustainability?

What is the Bay-wide Winter Crab Dredge Survey?

What is a Watershed?

Why Do We Need to Protect the Soil?

What Exactly is a Riverkeeper?

What is an Urban Heat Island?

What is a Clean Marina?

How do Recent Rains Compare to Hurricane Agnes in 1972?

What is Dissolved Oxygen and Why is it Important?

How does Salinity Affect the Chesapeake Bay?

How do Excess Nutrients Harm the Chesapeake Bay?

What has Happened to Maryland’s Population of Soft-shell Clams?

What Causes Algae Blooms?

What’s the Difference between Non-native and Invasive species?

What are Fish Ladders?

What is Maryland's Tributary Strategy?

Is it True that When a Line is Cut on a Deep-hooked Fish,
the hook rusts out in a few days and the fish lives to fight another day?

What are Wetlands and Why are they Important?

What Exactly is Aquaculture?
Could it be the answer to restoring some
of the Bay’s declining fish populations?

How is Sea Level Rise Measured?
Is sea level rise impacting the Chesapeake Bay?

Do Some Species of Waterfowl Really Mate for Life?

How is Technology Used to Help Monitor the Bay?

What is Plankton and is it Important to the Bay?

How was the Chesapeake Bay Created?

What is a Rain Barrel?

What are the Benefits of Constructing a Living Shoreline?

What’s a Rain Garden?

Where and When do Striped Bass Spawn?

How Many Kinds of Fish Live in Maryland’s Freshwater Streams?
Which ones are most common, and which ones are rare?

What are Artificial Reefs?
What is the Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative?

What is Phragmites?
What can be done to control Phragmites?

How do Citizens Help Monitor Bird Populations?

What is the National Estuarine Research Reserve System?

What is Project Wet?