• The working watermen community of Tangier Island VA at sunset. Photo by Starke Jett.

    Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network

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The National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Office released the report “2009 Year in Review”. The report summarizes in detail the activities and projects associated with these programs: Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network, Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, and Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. In addition, the report provides the key strategies of the NPS Chesapeake Treasured Landscape Initiative developed in response to the executive order issued for the protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.

 

For a report on National Park Service milestones for the trail and other programs of the NPS Chesapeake Bay Office, see the year in review.

Did You Know?

Satellite image of the Bay

Did you know that the Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in North American and the second largest in the world?