Chesapeake Bay Ecological Services Field Office

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Habitat Restoration

USFWS and NFWF announce $7.4 million in new grants to restore and protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed habitats

Nov 13, 2023

Habitat Restoration

Growing habitat for the frosted elfin butterfly

Jul 31, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes protections for green floater mussel

Jul 25, 2023

Monarch caterpillar on milkweed leaf and adult monarch butterfly on butterflyweed flower

Protecting Our Nation; Conserving Our Pollinators

Jun 20, 2023

Various birds perched including a black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens), summer tanager (Piranga rubra), spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus), and northern parula (Setophaga americana). Photo Credit: Jake Bonello/USFWS

Migratory Species

Birds and Birders Flock to Baltimore

Jun 16, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Understanding red knot surveys in Delaware Bay

May 15, 2023

Endangered Species Act

It’s their whorled, we’re just living in it

May 4, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for threatened rufa red knot

Apr 20, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service announces revised proposed critical habitat for the rufa red knot

Apr 12, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Rufa red knot revised proposed critical habitat FAQs

Apr 12, 2023

Climate Change

Partnering with vulnerable communities to plan for climate change

Jan 18, 2023

Large building with glass windows and tan siding; angled roof; sign that says "visitor center"; interpretive panels near building; stone paved ground

Migratory Species

Threats to Birds: Collisions-Buildings & Glass

Dec 6, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Northern long-eared bat reclassified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 29, 2022

Wildlife Crime

Joining forces to combat turtle trafficking

Nov 22, 2022

Migratory Species

Naval bases help tag and monitor monarch butterflies

Nov 7, 2022

Our Partners

Baltimore Residents Flock to Masonville Cove to Connect with Nature

Sep 24, 2022

A furry, beaver-like animal perches in the mud of a coastal wetland. It uses its paws to gather marsh grass roots to eat.

Habitat Restoration

Good riddance to bad rodents

Sep 16, 2022

Wildlife Management

Decades-long Partnership Eradicates Destructive Nutria Rodents from Maryland

Sep 16, 2022

A hand holds a dime for size comparison with a tiny amphipod

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for endangered amphipod found only in D.C.

Aug 19, 2022

Get Involved

Volunteers Make our Year

May 12, 2022

Endangered Species Act

The amphipod who wasn't there

Apr 12, 2022

Proposal to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered

Mar 22, 2022

Recreation

On Urban Wildlife Conservation Day, Find Nearby Nature

Jan 7, 2022

Wildlife Wonders

Hidden Urban Nightlife

Jan 6, 2022

Eroding sand cliffs above shoreline of Chesapeake Bay

Wildlife Wonders

Puritan Tiger Beetles of the Chesapeake Bay

Dec 16, 2021

Climate Change

An Effort to Conserve the Delmarva Peninsula’s Wetlands Gathers Momentum

Nov 23, 2021

Migratory Species

Knot an easy journey

Aug 3, 2021

Habitat Restoration

Marshmaker, marshmaker, make me a marsh

Mar 29, 2021

Wildlife Management

Reconnecting American Eel Migrations

Jul 18, 2018

Habitat Restoration

USFWS and NFWF announce $7.4 million in new grants to restore and protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed habitats

Nov 13, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes protections for green floater mussel

Jul 25, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for threatened rufa red knot

Apr 20, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service announces revised proposed critical habitat for the rufa red knot

Apr 12, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Northern long-eared bat reclassified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 29, 2022

Our Partners

Baltimore Residents Flock to Masonville Cove to Connect with Nature

Sep 24, 2022

Wildlife Management

Decades-long Partnership Eradicates Destructive Nutria Rodents from Maryland

Sep 16, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for endangered amphipod found only in D.C.

Aug 19, 2022

Proposal to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered

Mar 22, 2022

Habitat Restoration

Growing habitat for the frosted elfin butterfly

Jul 31, 2023

Protecting Our Nation; Conserving Our Pollinators

Jun 20, 2023

Migratory Species

Birds and Birders Flock to Baltimore

Jun 16, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Understanding red knot surveys in Delaware Bay

May 15, 2023

Endangered Species Act

It’s their whorled, we’re just living in it

May 4, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Rufa red knot revised proposed critical habitat FAQs

Apr 12, 2023

Climate Change

Partnering with vulnerable communities to plan for climate change

Jan 18, 2023

Migratory Species

Threats to Birds: Collisions-Buildings & Glass

Dec 6, 2022

Wildlife Crime

Joining forces to combat turtle trafficking

Nov 22, 2022

Migratory Species

Naval bases help tag and monitor monarch butterflies

Nov 7, 2022

Habitat Restoration

Good riddance to bad rodents

Sep 16, 2022

Get Involved

Volunteers Make our Year

May 12, 2022

Endangered Species Act

The amphipod who wasn't there

Apr 12, 2022

Recreation

On Urban Wildlife Conservation Day, Find Nearby Nature

Jan 7, 2022

Wildlife Wonders

Hidden Urban Nightlife

Jan 6, 2022

Wildlife Wonders

Puritan Tiger Beetles of the Chesapeake Bay

Dec 16, 2021

Climate Change

An Effort to Conserve the Delmarva Peninsula’s Wetlands Gathers Momentum

Nov 23, 2021

Migratory Species

Knot an easy journey

Aug 3, 2021

Habitat Restoration

Marshmaker, marshmaker, make me a marsh

Mar 29, 2021

Wildlife Management

Reconnecting American Eel Migrations

Jul 18, 2018

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