Bay Journal

• Learn how your state plans to meet Chesapeake Bay cleanup goals
  Want to know how your state intends to help with the next — and ostensibly final — stage of the long-running Chesapeake Bay... - Timothy B. Wheeler | 05/02/19

• Bald eagles are nesting in Baltimore’s restored Masonville Cove
  Who loves Baltimore these days?  Bald eagles, that’s who.  A white-headed adult pair has set up housekeeping at Masonville... - Timothy B. Wheeler | 03/27/19

• Find your climate-altered future on a new interactive map
  Ever had trouble picturing how climate change could alter the quality of life in your community? Now there’s a map for that. Using a... - Timothy B. Wheeler | 02/12/19

• New Bay cleanup plans on schedule despite federal shutdown
  Despite a 35-day government shutdown that sidelined federal agency involvement, Chesapeake Bay restoration leaders say they are committed... - Karl Blankenship | 02/07/19

One last look is rewarded with an unexpected blue-headed vireo

The sun was finally low enough that the heat of the day was starting to ease. We were just about to head home after a pleasant afternoon at the always popular Lake Artemesia Park in College Park, MD. There had been resident...
Michael Burke | On the Wing 09/06/19

• Common gallinule uncommonly delightful in any landscape - Michael Burke | On the Wing 08/15/19
• In a flash, nature’s night lights add sparkle to summer nights - Kathy Reshetiloff | Bay Naturalist 08/02/19
• Eating on the fly - Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 06/28/19
• The ruby-throated hummingbird - Kathleen Gaskell | Bay Buddies 06/21/19
• Plants & pollinators: Can’t have one without the other - Kathy Reshetiloff | Bay Naturalist 06/14/19
• Fed-ag partnership helps dickcissel to keep to cropping up in fields - Michael Burke | On the Wing 06/07/19
• Rock-a-bye-birdie: Bird nests may vary, but each is home tweet home - Kathy Reshetiloff | Bay Naturalist 05/24/19
• Cape May warbler has its own part to play in spring’s avian orchestra - Michael Burke | On the Wing 05/15/19
• It’s time to ruffle feathers again – seek actions to protect birds - Michael Burke | On the Wing 04/19/19

Promise to protect fully Rappahannock site still a cliffhanger

I first saw Fones Cliffs in spring 1997. I was in the company of the renowned author and naturalist John Page Williams, and I was there to help celebrate the establishment of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife...
Joe McCauley | Forum 09/13/19

• Delmarva Oasis protects what we see and what we may yet see - Rob Etgen | Forum 09/05/19
• Alliance to honor environmental champions at Taste of the Chesapeake - Kate Fritz | Message from the Alliance 08/30/19
• Here’s a word to the wise on Chesapeake Bay: Full - Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 08/21/19
• Chesapeake continues to be a classroom for its retired iconic educator - Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 08/19/19
• Time’s running out to meet Bay cleanup goals, especially in PA - William C. Baker | Forum 08/14/19
• Chesapeake Week is over but simple, everyday actions are important - Lucy Heller | Message from the Alliance 08/08/19
• Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights will grow a healthier, happier generation - Chris Ryer & Reginald Moore | Forum 08/01/19
• Come on in, the water’s fun! And new access sites make it even easier - Rachel Felver | Forum 07/25/19
• Wall Street, government need to put more stock in Bay’s economic value - Joel Dunn | Forum 06/26/19

Paddle through past landscapes along remote Cat Point Creek

Early morning light beckoned me upstream into the green, marshy world of Cat Point Creek, a tributary of Virginia’s Rappahannock River. I paddled the creek’s narrow path through pastures of arrow arum, past tight...
Leslie Middleton | Bay Journeys Article 09/12/19

• Ponder history, explore trails at Maryland’s Fort Frederick - T.F. Sayles | Bay Journeys Article 08/30/19
• Eastern Shore skipjack dredges up maritime past - Jeremy Cox | Bay Journeys Article 08/06/19
• Snorkel, paddle or fish at RiverPalooza summer events - Whitney Pipkin | Bay Journeys Article 07/15/19
• Water Ways exhibit brings impact of local rivers to light - Ad Crable | Bay Journeys Article 06/12/19
• Hole lot of fun: Natural swimming pools in the Blue Ridge - Leslie Middleton | Bay Journeys Article 06/06/19
• Harboring a desire to see Baltimore waterfront from another perspective? Paddle up! - Timothy B. Wheeler | Bay Journeys Article 05/17/19
• Old Wye Grist Mill still grinding after all these years - T.F. Sayles | Bay Journeys Article 04/18/19
• White Horse Mountain worth the millions paid to protect it - Whitney Pipkin | Bay Journeys Article 04/03/19
• Tiptoe through the trilliums at Thompson WMA - Leslie Middleton | Bay Journeys Article 03/15/19