Bay Journal
Elizabeth River chemical cleanup continues to make progress
For almost 70 years, the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, VA, was the final destination for multiple streams of the oily, tarlike liquid known as creosote. A key ingredient used in wood preservation, the toxic chemical was as much a part of life in Norfolk as the industry that once relied on it to function: shipbuilding.
And nowhere was it found in greater concentrations than at the former Atlantic Wood Industries site, an old wood-processing center that began operating in 1926 and backed directly up to the river’s southern branch.
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Sarah Vogelsong-
July 22, 2019 
Pollution
Bacterial monitoring goes mobile in and around the District - Whitney Pipkin | 07/17/19
Report: ‘Sunny day’ floods a rising threat in Chesapeake region - Jeremy Cox | 07/15/19
Chesapeake states grapple with ‘forever chemical’ contaminating drinking water - Timothy B. Wheeler | 07/15/19
Oyster hatcheries struggling as lower Bay salinity hampers production - Jeremy Cox | 07/10/19
States’ latest Bay cleanup plans found lacking by EPA - Karl Blankenship | 07/09/19
Continued high river flows having mixed impacts on Bay and its resources - Karl Blankenship | 07/08/19
Snakeheads may be wreaking ecological harm, after all - Jeremy Cox | 07/06/19
Maryland, Virginia ease crabbing limits - Timothy B. Wheeler | 06/26/19
- 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
Eating on the fly
Ever been in such a rush that you said, “After I eat, I have to fly?” These birds have you beat. They capture and eat their prey on the fly. Here are the descriptions of an Acadian flycatcher, chimney swift,...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
- The wonderful, weird world of water-dwelling worms - Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 04/12/19
- Grounded! - Kathleen Gaskell | Bay Buddies 03/29/19
- Tricolored herons: Here today, but where tomorrow? - Michael Burke | On the Wing 03/22/19
Wall Street, government need to put more stock in Bay’s economic value
I was lucky enough to grow up in the 1980s catching frogs, hooking sunfish, and exploring the mossy banks of Walden Pond, which Henry Thoreau turned into a symbol of nature and the need to protect it. There, I found the...Joel Dunn | Forum 06/26/19
- Money doesn’t grow on trees; luckily you don’t need money to grow them - Nick Carter | Forum 06/20/19
- Leave it to beavers: Species’ ability to alter land should be revisited - Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 06/13/19
- PA program for inmates answers growing demand for green jobs - Rebecca Chillrud | Around the Watershed 06/12/19
- RiverSmart helps turn home sweet home into home sweet watershed - Laura Todd | Message from the Alliance 06/05/19
- Rolling back Clean Water rules would devastate the Potomac, Bay - Nancy Stoner | Forum 05/23/19
- Going native? Let experts help you find the best plants for your needs - Abbi Huntzinger | Message from the Alliance 05/22/19
- When it came to the Bay, Hughes was more than up to the challenge - Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 05/17/19
- Reopen CREP: Help a farmer and you help the Chesapeake - Beth McGee | Forum 05/10/19
- Bay Program’s 2017-18 Bay Barometer shows Chesapeake’s resilience - Rachel Felver | Forum 04/09/19
Snorkel, paddle or fish at RiverPalooza summer events
Taking a bridge across the Potomac River on the way to work isn’t the same as plunging a paddle into the water, seeing its beauty and benefits up close. But only a fraction of the more than 6 million people living in...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
- Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse illuminates life in a screwpile - T.F. Sayles | Bay Journeys Article 03/07/19
- Snow geese extravaganza hits home - Jeremy Cox | Bay Journeys Article 01/31/19
- A cabin waits for you along the Appalachian Trail - Wendy Mitman Clarke | Bay Journeys Article 01/10/19
