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Satellite image of Chesapeake watershed

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A satellite image of the Chesapeake Bay shows the Susquehanna River flowing in from the northwest. Pennsylvania waterways supply half of the Bay's freshwater flow, and the largest share of its agriculture pollution.  

Susquehanna River south of TMI

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Susquehanna River just south of Three Mile Island, where the Conewago Creek drains into the river. Mud plumes are eroded sediment washed into the river after a heavy deluge of rain.

Stream clean-up

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Volunteers in Lancaster County help to plant a riparian buffer on an Amish farm as part of Penn State’s Greening the Lower Susquehanna initiative.