Bay Journal
New Bay Program director has worked on water quality, Bay issues for decades
When Dana Aunkst grew up in Northcentral Pennsylvania, he didn’t have to look far from home to see water quality problems.
He grew up in Watsontown, a small community along the West Branch of the Susquehanna, one of the state’s most troubled waterways, with vast stretches rendered largely lifeless by a legacy of acid mine drainage.
Watsontown wasn’t near the worst of the problems. Still, Aunkst recalled, “the fishing at that time was limited to what we called trash fish — carp and warmwater types of fish that were pollution-tolerant.”
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Karl Blankenship-
April 17, 2019 
People + Society, Politics + Policy
Coal ash contaminated groundwater at almost all monitored sites - Whitney Pipkin | 04/16/19
Conditions in James River lead to proposal for new chlorophyll levels - Jeremy Cox | 04/15/19
Community conversations aim to broaden visitor experience at Piscataway Park - Whitney Pipkin | 04/11/19
Court overturns permits for transmission line built over James - Sarah Vogelsong | 04/10/19
MD lawmakers override Hogan’s veto, protect oyster sanctuaries undergoing restoration - Timothy B. Wheeler | 04/08/19
CREP program interruptions hinder streamside tree planting efforts - Timothy B. Wheeler | 04/08/19
Trump, Congress make Land and Water Conservation Fund permanent - Sarah Vogelsong | 04/08/19
Hogan vetoes oyster sanctuary bill - Timothy B. Wheeler | 04/05/19
- 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
- Chesapeake falls to a D-plus in Bay Foundation’s annual report card
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation downgraded the health of the nation’s largest estuary Monday from a C-minus to a D-plus, blaming the... - Timothy B. Wheeler | 01/07/19
The wonderful, weird world of water-dwelling worms
The mud flats, waters and shores of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers are home to more than 100 species of benthic or “bottom-dwelling” worms. Here are five of those fascinating worms. Match them with their...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
- Look around for signs of the season springing up around the watershed - Kathy Reshetiloff | Bay Naturalist 03/08/19
- Reef sweet reef - Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 02/08/19
- Black scoter’s secretive ways part of this sea duck’s mystique - Michael Burke | On the Wing 01/17/19
- A cabin waits for you along the Appalachian Trail - Wendy Mitman Clarke | Bay Journeys Article 01/10/19
- Night Moves - Kathleen Gaskell | Chesapeake Challenge 12/28/18
- Beddy-Bye Beasties! - Kathleen Gaskell | Bay Buddies 12/21/18
- Saltmarsh sparrow needs tide to turn in its favor if it is to survive - Michael Burke | On the Wing 12/14/18
Bay Program’s 2017-18 Bay Barometer shows Chesapeake’s resilience
Pick up any article about the health of the Chesapeake these days and you are sure to see the term “resilient.” It’s become the trendy way of saying that despite pollution continuing to run off into the Bay...Rachel Felver | Forum 04/09/19
- Yorktown coffee roaster brews up support for the Bay in its community - Lucy Heller | Message from the Alliance 04/05/19
- Go big or ‘no home’: We need green amendments in state constitutions - Tamara Toles O’Laughlin | Forum 04/03/19
- How can we save oysters if we harvest them faster than they reproduce? - Alison Prost | Forum 03/27/19
- Your local Project Stream Cleanup needs you this spring! - Lucy Heller | Message from the Alliance 03/20/19
- Lure of mainland tugs at roots – and hearts – of Smith Islanders - Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 03/13/19
- Healthy trees, forests are great cure for what ails the Chesapeake Bay - Paul Solomon | Forum 03/08/19
- Trickle up effect: Reducing Bay’s nitrogen will lower greenhouse gas level - Tom Horton | Chesapeake Born 02/05/19
- Don’t let the bounty of the Chesapeake become only a memory - Bill Bartlett | Forum 02/01/19
- Bay crossing study needs to consider importance of Shore farms - John Piotti | Forum 01/16/19
Old Wye Grist Mill still grinding after all these years
It was 1682, the year that Delaware and Philadelphia were founded, and the year that French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle canoed into the lower Mississippi River basin, claimed the land for his king (Louis XIV), named...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
- Otsego Lake only a glimmer of great Susquehanna to come - Donna Morelli | Bay Journeys Article 12/06/18
- ‘Dig a little deeper’ at the Norfolk Botanical Garden - Jeremy Cox | Bay Journeys Article 11/15/18
- Western Maryland railroad turns on charm at every bend - T.F. Sayles | Bay Journeys Article 11/09/18
- Devil’s Marbleyard tempts hikers with rocky challenge - Jeremy Cox | Bay Journeys Article 10/05/18
- C&D museum sure to float the boat of any canal lover - Wendy Mitman Clarke | Bay Journeys Article 09/20/18
