Peter Turcik
Through Chesapeake Gateways, the NPS Chesapeake Gateways Office inspires and helps people discover, experience, and connect with the natural and cultural heritage and recreational opportunities of the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers, landscapes, and communities across its watershed. We work with people and partners to conserve and steward special places important to communities, visitors and the nation, for this and future generations.
Chesapeake Gateways is a network of places and their partners, providing opportunities to enjoy, learn about and help conserve the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Included in the network are diverse natural, cultural, historical and recreational sites, trails, museums, parks, refuges and interpretive and orientation facilities. These places serve as entry points and the key guide for experiencing the Chesapeake watershed. Definitions can be found in Section H2.
Chesapeake Gateways recognizes the watershed's heritage is a living history played out over a large landscape. Sustaining livelihoods while conserving resources is a core component of our work. As a network, we employ interpretive themes at multiple scales, communicating from the local level at a particular site, to community-wide programing, to sharing regional and watershed-wide stories.
Background
Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails Network (Chesapeake Gateways) is a system of places providing opportunities to enjoy, learn about and help conserve the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Included in the Network are diverse natural, cultural, historical and recreational sites, trails, museums, parks, refuges, interpretive and orientation facilities and associated programmatic partners. These places and the Network as a whole, serve as entry points and the key guide for experiencing the Chesapeake watershed.
Chesapeake Gateways is coordinated by the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Office (NPS Chesapeake). For more, go to: Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network
Chesapeake Gateways is coordinated by the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Office (NPS Chesapeake). For more, go to: Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network
The Chesapeake Bay Initiative is Title V of the Migratory Bird Reform Act of 1998. Read the text of Title V by clicking this link.
The deadline for application is 11:59pm on November 4th, 2027. Proposals submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Notification of awards is expected in early Summer 2027.
Last updated: August 27, 2026