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From Farm to Forest

In Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, partners are trying to address the health of the Chesapeake Bay, the country's largest estuary. There's a lot of pollution in the Bay and solutions along the shores of the Bay are obvious. What's not so obvious are solutions 105 miles inland, but that's where there's a real success story.

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USDA Forest Service Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program

Visit the homepage of the USDA Forest Service's Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry Program to learn more about what the government is doing to help improve conditions in the Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Program: Nutrients

This page, from the Chesapeake Bay Program, discusses the impact that nutrients have on the Bay.
Virginia Department of Forestry

Visit the website of the Virginia Department of Forestry, which is involved in the monitoring of the progress at Quail by the Creek Farm.
Quail by the Creek Farm

Visit the homepage of the farm featured in the piece.

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The original barn still stands on the property.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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