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The Nature of Learning: Environmental Education for the Next Generation

Environmental science education equips students with tools to understand the world and shape their future. Engaging research institutions in K-12 learning can forge innovative programs—in this issue, programs on aquaculture, amphibians, and more.

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Fellowship Experiences: A Students' Blog

Key bridge under construction, 1920

Lessons in Supporting the Bay’s Next Seven Generations

Ebram Victoria
The next generation of environmentalists is an interdisciplinary coalition of ecologists, biologists, geologists, hydrologists, engineers, and designers of the built environment, all committed to the protection and preservation of natural resources. Together, they combat the hard lessons of natural resource exhaustion.
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On the Bay: Chesapeake Quarterly's Blog

A gloved hand holds a transparent baggie with a salamander resting inside it among a frothy water bath; the bag is illuminated by a headlamp in the dark

Scientists Investigate a Salamander’s Defense Against Deadly Fungal Disease

Ashley Goetz
On a cold night in March 2024, a team of Smithsonian researchers set out to unearth salamander secrets. Could the clue to the spotted salamander’s resistance to a deadly fungal disease reside in its skin microbiome or mucus secretions?
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News Releases

October 24, 2025
Finfish aquaculture experts gathered in Baltimore for the third conference of the Sustainable Aquaculture Systems Supporting Atlantic Salmon (SAS2) project.
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Coloring Pages

A detailed coloring page of a cross-section of a marshland with wildlife

Wildlife of the Maryland Salt Marshes Coloring Page

Get to know the wildlife of a Chesapeake Bay marshland in this downloadable coloring page. Download and print the coloring page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A coloring page of crabbers on a boat pulling up crab pots

Catching Blue Crabs in the Chesapeake Bay Coloring Page

Blue crabs are a popular catch in the Chesapeake Bay. Download and print the coloring page.

Program Announcements

  • Knauss legislative fellowships in Congress help build careers — and they're fun and educational. See our video and fact sheet for details.

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Sea Grant Film Explores a Diminishing Smithville

Smithville is a community on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, on the edge of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. A century ago, Smithville had more than 100 residents. Today, it has four, in two homes: an elderly couple, and one elderly woman and her son, who cares for her.

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The Blue Crab: Callinectes Sapidus

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