1. The Chesapeake Bay could get helped by a new antipollution expert: farmed oysters.

2. President Bush will be in a retreat on Chesapeake Bay today to meet with GOP lawmakers.

3. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in United States and its drainage basin includes parts of six states and Washington, DC.

4. The skipper of a sinking boat out of Chesapeake Bay , radioed for help.

5. "Dead Zones" occur around the world, from the Chesapeake Bay to the Baltic Sea.

6. Chesapeake Bay Candle has created 50 jobs, with another 50 likely next year,[sentencedict.com] since it invested in US production.

7. To survive, the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers must endure an array of assaults from air, water and land.

8. To understand the significance of that gesture, it is useful to understand something about the nature of Chesapeake Bay.

9. It is a model of the 48 foot long vessel known as an "Oyster Pirate, " which was operated by poachers who dredged the Chesapeake Bay at night.

10. A city of northern Maryland on an arm of Chesapeake Bay northeast of Washington, D. C. It has been a busy port since the 18th century. Population, 736,014.

11. Gazetteer Western Atlantic: Nunavut, Hudson Bay to James Bay and Labrador in Canada to New Jersey in USA; rarely to Chesapeake Bay in USA and Bermuda.

12. The Canada geese know this place, as do the white swans and the ducks who ride an inch above the waves of Chesapeake Bay as they skim their way into harbor.

13. Winds are rising now along the coast of Virginia, with sustained winds of 56 mph, gusting to 62 mph observed at 10 am EDT at Chesapeake Bay Light.

14. Fort Monroe, Va., a fishhook-shaped spit of land near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, had been a military post since the time of the first Jamestown settlers.

15. An independent city of southeast Virginia opposite Norfolk on Hampton Roads, the outlet of three rivers into Chesapeake Bay.

16. When the London Company landed three tiny vessels at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in 1607, 105 people disembarked to found the Jamestown Colony.

17. At the Philip Merrill Environmental Center in Annapolis, one can admire views of the Chesapeake Bay from inside a LEED -certified building.

18. The Canada geese know this place, as do the white swans and the ducks who ride an inch above the waves of Chesapeake Bay as the skim their way into harbor.

19. Add frogs, turtles, deer and the endangered Delmarva fox squirrel, and you have a great Chesapeake Bay experience awaiting you.

20. DON MERITT: "Our real goal here is to try to restore healthy oysters to the Chesapeake Bay so that we can help restore a healthy Chesapeake Bay."

21. By comparison, all 600 slots for Sunday's 4.4-mile Great Chesapeake Bay Swim sold out in 36 hours.

22. The capital of Maryland, in the central part of the state on an inlet of Chesapeake Bay south-southeast of Baltimore.

23. Many DC residents head to the Eastern Shore of Maryland for seaside trips, or other spots along the Chesapeake Bay.

24. The talks would be held at a Union fort on the Chesapeake Bay.