The Nature Conservancy works across six states to protect the Chesapeake Bay.

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The Nature Conservancy works with local partners across the Chesapeake Bay to preserve large, landscape-scale conservation areas that protect the country's extraordinary biological diversity. Find a nature preserve near you.
Nassawango Creek
Nanticoke River
Nanjemoy Creek
Potomac Gorge
Allegany Forests/Sideling Hill Creek
Headwaters of the Susquehanna River
West Branch Wilderness
South Mountain (Yellow Breeches Creek)
Allegheny Forest Landscape
Lower Susquehanna River
Bald Eagle
Kittatiny Ridge
Virginia Coast Reserve (Bayside component)
Chesapeake Rivers
Rivanna River
Rappahannock River
Allegheny Highlands Program
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