Links to Important Web Sites
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation: (Save the Bay)
http://www.cbf.org/
A not-for-profit organization committed to reducing pollution, improving fisheries, and protecting and restoring natural resources along the Chesapeake Bay. It is the largest conservation organization dedicated to the bay.
St. Mary's River Project
http://smrpweb.smcm.edu/
This is the St. Mary's River Project website. This link contains useful data, charts, and information concerning the St. Mary's River. The information for the St. Mary's River Watershed Association is collected from this project.
Chesapeake Bay Field Lab
http://thebaylab.org/
Education focused nonprofit specializes in field trips for school groups. Features the historis skipjack, Dee of St. Mary's. (Also the host of the annual RiverFest.)
Maryland Department of Agriculture
http://www.mda.state.md.us/
The MDA activities include regulatory in nature, to assign a category of public service and some are educational or promotional in scope. All are intended to provide the maximum protection possible for the consumer as well as promote the economic well-being of farmers, food and fiber processors and businesses engaged in agricultural related operations.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
http://www.cbmm.org/
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering an understanding of the culture and history of the Chesapeake Bay. This museum is local to the St. Mary's River watershed.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
http://www.alliancechesbay.org/
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is a regional nonprofit organization that builds and fosters partnerships to protect and to restore the Bay and its rivers. This organization is similar to the Save the Bay Foundation but more of an advocate of the Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Bay
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cblife/
This is a kid-friendly site that allows kids to explore various equestrian plants and animals. It also has information on bay monitoring.
Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic from Space
http://chesapeake.towson.edu/
The principle purpose of this web site is to make remotely sensed data, and specifically impervious surface data of geographic contend, available to state and local government agencies.
US Fish & Wildlife Service- Chesapeake Bay field office
http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/
Chesapeake Bay Field Office biologists work to protect endangered and threatened species, migratory birds, freshwater and anadromous fish, and wildlife habitats in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. http://www.fws.gov/
Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
http://www.cbl.umces.edu/
The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) is a marine research facility of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). This laboratory is local to the St. Mary's River watershed.
Potomac River Associatioon
http://potomacriverassociation.org/
Founded in 1967, PRA continues to serve as advocate and watchdog for the land and waterways of Southern Maryland.
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