Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative Achievement Report

Sophie Stern, right, of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay leads a water quality monitoring training session for Bowie State University students near a tributary of the Patuxent River in Bowie, Md., on Feb. 6, 2021. Stern led the training as part of the Cheapeake Monitoring Cooperative, which serves to connect volunteer monitoring groups across the region to better understand the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)