Veterans Give Back Through Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Veterans Give Back Through Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Nadia Marji / Friday, July 18, 2025 For Immediate Release: July 18, 2025 For Information Contact: Valerie DiMarzio, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, vdimarzio@cbf.org Alena Billingsley, Armed Forces Initiative, afimarketing@backcountryhunters.org ANNAPOLIS, MD—In a triumph for outdoor stewardship and clean water, roughly a dozen U.S. veterans and servicemembers joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) this week to restore oyster habitat in Maryland and Virginia. Both events were part of a larger Chesapeake Bay fishing ... Media Press Releases stewardship blog the campfire AFI Featured Stories press releases AFI armed forces initiative Maryland AFI Event Virginia event maryland event Read more