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Log rafts and raftmen once ruled the Susquehanna River

Log rafts and raftmen once ruled the Susquehanna River

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Log rafts and raftmen once ruled the Susquehanna River
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E-bikes raise management concerns in some parks, public forests

E-bikes raise management concerns in some parks, public forests

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  • Mar 13, 2023
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Electric bikes, one of the hottest trends in recreation, can be a godsend for people getting on in years or with medical impairments, helping … Read StoryE-bikes raise management concerns in some parks, public forests

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation leader calls for shifts in Bay cleanup

Chesapeake Bay Foundation leader calls for shifts in Bay cleanup

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Mar 6, 2023
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A little over a year ago, Hilary Harp Falk took over as president and CEO of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, becoming only the third leader of … Read StoryChesapeake Bay Foundation leader calls for shifts in Bay cleanup

Delaware picks first environmental justice coordinator

Delaware picks first environmental justice coordinator

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Feb 16, 2023
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Delaware’s environmental agency has hired its first environmental justice coordinator, elevating an official within the department who had bee… Read StoryDelaware picks first environmental justice coordinator

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Options for ‘green’ burials grow in Chesapeake region

Options for ‘green’ burials grow in Chesapeake region

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Jan 25, 2023
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As a recently retired surgeon, Howard Berg has always had an uneasy relationship with death. But the four-year process of opening a cemetery a… Read StoryOptions for ‘green’ burials grow in Chesapeake region

Chesapeake Bay Commission names James River advocate as new director

Chesapeake Bay Commission names James River advocate as new director

  • Karl Blankenship
  • Jan 9, 2023
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The Chesapeake Bay Commission, a panel that represents state legislators from across the Bay region, has named Anna Killius as its new executi… Read StoryChesapeake Bay Commission names James River advocate as new director

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‘Witness trees’ signal hope in flood-prone MD community

‘Witness trees’ signal hope in flood-prone MD community

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Dec 13, 2022
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On a chilly, sunny morning in mid-November, community leaders of Turner Station, MD, grabbed shovels to finish planting the last of 140 “witne… Read Story‘Witness trees’ signal hope in flood-prone MD community

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Virginia loses Congressman, environmental champion, in McEachin

Virginia loses Congressman, environmental champion, in McEachin

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Dec 5, 2022
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Donald McEachin, a U.S. Congressman who fought for environmental justice and clean water for Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, died unexpectedl… Read StoryVirginia loses Congressman, environmental champion, in McEachin

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Chesapeake loses a champion, Nick DiPasquale

Chesapeake loses a champion, Nick DiPasquale

  • Karl Blankenship
  • Nov 29, 2022
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Nicholas A. “Nick” DiPasquale, who as director of the Chesapeake Bay Program oversaw creation of the agreement that guides today’s restoration… Read StoryChesapeake loses a champion, Nick DiPasquale

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Chesapeake National Recreation Area, after decades in discussion, heads to Congress

Chesapeake National Recreation Area, after decades in discussion, heads to Congress

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Nov 16, 2022
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A formal proposal to create a Chesapeake National Recreation Area is ready to move forward, according to advocates in Congress. Read StoryChesapeake National Recreation Area, after decades in discussion, heads to Congress

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After 35 years, Chesapeake Bay Commission director hands off the baton

After 35 years, Chesapeake Bay Commission director hands off the baton

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Nov 16, 2022
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Not long after Ann Swanson began working to restore the Chesapeake Bay, she found herself speaking about it to a group of grade school student… Read StoryAfter 35 years, Chesapeake Bay Commission director hands off the baton

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Chesapeake Conservation Corps delivers results – and expands

Chesapeake Conservation Corps delivers results – and expands

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Oct 24, 2022
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A Chesapeake Bay workforce training program borne out of the Great Recession is expanding its footprint — and focus — to address emerging challenges. Read StoryChesapeake Conservation Corps delivers results – and expands

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Virginia outdoor education program receives national award

Virginia outdoor education program receives national award

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Oct 13, 2022
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Students attending Hampton City Schools in Virginia live on a peninsula bounded by the James and York rivers that juts into the Chesapeake Bay… Read StoryVirginia outdoor education program receives national award

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New Bayfront nature center amplifies Hispanic outreach at popular Maryland park

New Bayfront nature center amplifies Hispanic outreach at popular Maryland park

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Aug 16, 2022
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Inside Sandy Point State Park’s newly renovated nature center hangs a map of the body of water that laps onto the shoreline just a few dozen p… Read StoryNew Bayfront nature center amplifies Hispanic outreach at popular Maryland park

Longtime director of Chesapeake Bay Commission to retire

Longtime director of Chesapeake Bay Commission to retire

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Jul 14, 2022
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Ann Swanson, the longtime executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, is retiring in November after more than 34 years managing the t… Read StoryLongtime director of Chesapeake Bay Commission to retire

Kandis Boyd, federal scientist and manager, tapped to helm Chesapeake Bay Program

Kandis Boyd, federal scientist and manager, tapped to helm Chesapeake Bay Program

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Jun 3, 2022
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Kandis Boyd, a former federal scientist and agency senior manager who most recently advised the National Science Foundation on diversity, equi… Read StoryKandis Boyd, federal scientist and manager, tapped to helm Chesapeake Bay Program

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How a Werowocomoco internship helped connect a Native youth with his heritage

How a Werowocomoco internship helped connect a Native youth with his heritage

  • Jeremy Cox
  • May 11, 2022
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Growing up near the shipyards that snake along Norfolk’s waterfront, Kalen Anderson pictured himself working there some day as a welder. He pu… Read StoryHow a Werowocomoco internship helped connect a Native youth with his heritage

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Volunteers needed in Pennsylvania to help maintain trails strained by record use

Volunteers needed in Pennsylvania to help maintain trails strained by record use

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  • Apr 28, 2022
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With seven volunteers gathered around him in Pennsylvania’s Michaux State Forest, Tom Moutsos apologized in advance for ruining the group’s fu… Read StoryVolunteers needed in Pennsylvania to help maintain trails strained by record use

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‘Defensores’ broadens Bay watershed work – in Spanish

‘Defensores’ broadens Bay watershed work – in Spanish

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 11, 2022
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“Bienvenidos al Rio Anacostia!” Read Story‘Defensores’ broadens Bay watershed work – in Spanish

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Historically Black beach to be saved as Annapolis parkland

Historically Black beach to be saved as Annapolis parkland

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 1, 2022
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Time was running out to save the last vestige of a rollicking African American getaway on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Read StoryHistorically Black beach to be saved as Annapolis parkland

Pennsylvania updates environmental justice policy

Pennsylvania updates environmental justice policy

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  • Mar 30, 2022
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Pennsylvania is updating its 21-year-old environmental justice policy to include communities located near natural gas drilling and those dispr… Read StoryPennsylvania updates environmental justice policy

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Nonprofit steps into gap for DC woodland stewardship

Nonprofit steps into gap for DC woodland stewardship

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Feb 24, 2022
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Taking a walk in the woods isn’t as simple as it should be for residents of Ward 8 in the District of Columbia. Read StoryNonprofit steps into gap for DC woodland stewardship

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Trout Unlimited group keeps fish habitat going for 36 years

Trout Unlimited group keeps fish habitat going for 36 years

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  • Jan 31, 2022
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Every week for almost 36 years, a group of mostly older adults with a Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited chapter have performed an unheralded but vi… Read StoryTrout Unlimited group keeps fish habitat going for 36 years

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Community volunteers breathe new life into Potomac River island

Community volunteers breathe new life into Potomac River island

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Jan 26, 2022
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On a stretch of the Potomac River flanked by multimillion-dollar homes is an 8-acre island featuring a rustic cabin — and a lot of potential. Read StoryCommunity volunteers breathe new life into Potomac River island

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Bernie Fowler, tireless Maryland advocate for clean water, dies

Bernie Fowler, tireless Maryland advocate for clean water, dies

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Dec 20, 2021
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Those sneakers are going to be hard to fill. Read StoryBernie Fowler, tireless Maryland advocate for clean water, dies

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After 45 years, CBF's Baker reflects on the Bay at a crossroads

After 45 years, CBF's Baker reflects on the Bay at a crossroads

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Dec 13, 2021
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Will Baker never intended to become an environmental activist. He studied art in college and planned to become an architect, like his older br… Read StoryAfter 45 years, CBF's Baker reflects on the Bay at a crossroads

MD environmental group to drop ‘Audubon’ from name

MD environmental group to drop ‘Audubon’ from name

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Nov 17, 2021
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The Audubon Naturalist Society, one of the oldest independent environmental groups in the Chesapeake Bay region, announced it will be changing… Read StoryMD environmental group to drop ‘Audubon’ from name

Hilary Harp Falk named new president of Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Hilary Harp Falk named new president of Chesapeake Bay Foundation

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Nov 2, 2021
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Hilary Harp Falk, a top executive with the nation’s largest conservation group, has been tapped to be the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s next pre… Read StoryHilary Harp Falk named new president of Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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Progress on environmental justice draws criticism in Maryland

Progress on environmental justice draws criticism in Maryland

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Oct 12, 2021
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In Virginia, the state environmental agency this spring created an environmental justice office, tasking it with developing a plan to address … Read StoryProgress on environmental justice draws criticism in Maryland

Tayloe Murphy, a champion of Virginia’s environment, dies

Tayloe Murphy, a champion of Virginia’s environment, dies

  • Karl Blankenship
  • Updated Sep 20, 2021
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William Tayloe Murphy, Jr., a towering figure in Virginia’s environmental protection efforts who spearheaded the passage of numerous pieces of… Read StoryTayloe Murphy, a champion of Virginia’s environment, dies

Chesapeake cleanup partners seek input on diversity, inclusion

Chesapeake cleanup partners seek input on diversity, inclusion

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Sep 3, 2021
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The state-federal partnership overseeing the Chesapeake Bay cleanup has released details on how it plans to increase diversity and inclusion w… Read StoryChesapeake cleanup partners seek input on diversity, inclusion

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Machicomoco State Park puts Virginia Indians at center of story

Machicomoco State Park puts Virginia Indians at center of story

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Jun 14, 2021
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When Machicomoco State Park opened April 16, it was ordained as Virginia’s 40th state park. But in Stephen Adkins’ eyes, it was the first — th… Read StoryMachicomoco State Park puts Virginia Indians at center of story

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Phillips Wharf Center closes after pandemic saps its bottom line

Phillips Wharf Center closes after pandemic saps its bottom line

  • Jeremy Cox
  • May 7, 2021
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The Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, the Talbot County, MD, nonprofit that rose from the ashes of a family tragedy to become a leader in e… Read StoryPhillips Wharf Center closes after pandemic saps its bottom line

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Harriet Tubman historic site discovered at Blackwater wildlife refuge

Harriet Tubman historic site discovered at Blackwater wildlife refuge

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Apr 23, 2021
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The homesite where famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman likely spent time with her father before escaping slavery and leading others to freedom h… Read StoryHarriet Tubman historic site discovered at Blackwater wildlife refuge

Mapping environmental justice just a few clicks away

Mapping environmental justice just a few clicks away

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 14, 2021
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In the neighborhood straddling MD Route 26 in West Baltimore, just north of the Mondawmin Mall, residents grapple daily with dirty air, vehicl… Read StoryMapping environmental justice just a few clicks away

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Former Shenandoah Valley railway could become 50-mile trail

Former Shenandoah Valley railway could become 50-mile trail

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Updated May 20, 2021
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A railroad running through the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia was once the lifeblood of a string of small towns along a winding fork o… Read StoryFormer Shenandoah Valley railway could become 50-mile trail

EPA Chesapeake Bay Program director to step down

EPA Chesapeake Bay Program director to step down

  • Karl Blankenship
  • Mar 19, 2021
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Dana Aunkst, who has served as director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Office since December 2018, announced tha… Read StoryEPA Chesapeake Bay Program director to step down

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Baltimore church converts neglected urban forest into ‘peace park’

Baltimore church converts neglected urban forest into ‘peace park’

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Mar 3, 2021
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Nature has a way, it seems, of getting people to shed their cares for a spell and relate both to it and each other. Read StoryBaltimore church converts neglected urban forest into ‘peace park’

In the shadow of an incinerator, Carlos Sanchez-Gonzalez works for a cleaner world

In the shadow of an incinerator, Carlos Sanchez-Gonzalez works for a cleaner world

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Feb 16, 2021
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He wants to shut down a trash incinerator, reduce his city’s waste to zero, increase the amount of affordable housing and get abandoned mattre… Read StoryIn the shadow of an incinerator, Carlos Sanchez-Gonzalez works for a cleaner world

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Fighting the plastics plague, one canoe-full at a time

Fighting the plastics plague, one canoe-full at a time

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  • Feb 16, 2021
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John Naylor eased his 16-foot fiberglass canoe into the Susquehanna River near a small archipelago of forested and ever-changing mudflat islan… Read StoryFighting the plastics plague, one canoe-full at a time

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Virginia students take on solar energy challenge

Virginia students take on solar energy challenge

  • Tamara Dietrich
  • Updated Feb 16, 2021
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Growing threats to the environment — from warming temperatures to melting icecaps, rising seas to more intense storms and floods — have increa… Read StoryVirginia students take on solar energy challenge

Pennsylvania ranks 6th in nation for its outdoor recreation economy

Pennsylvania ranks 6th in nation for its outdoor recreation economy

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  • Updated Feb 16, 2021
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Pennsylvania was one of the top 10 states receiving the most dollars from outdoor recreation in 2019, ranking sixth in the nation with $13 bil… Read StoryPennsylvania ranks 6th in nation for its outdoor recreation economy

Chesapeake Bay Foundation leader Will Baker retiring after 40 years

Chesapeake Bay Foundation leader Will Baker retiring after 40 years

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Jan 27, 2021
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Will Baker, who’s led the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for the last 40 years, announced last week that he plans to step down at the end of 2021 a… Read StoryChesapeake Bay Foundation leader Will Baker retiring after 40 years

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Dozens of ancient eel weirs uncovered in Susquehanna

Dozens of ancient eel weirs uncovered in Susquehanna

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  • Updated Jan 28, 2021
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As a kid growing up on Bald Top Mountain above the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, Van Wagner would look down during times of low water to … Read StoryDozens of ancient eel weirs uncovered in Susquehanna

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‘Naturally Latinos’ conference fights for the environment – and against stereotypes

‘Naturally Latinos’ conference fights for the environment – and against stereotypes

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Jan 8, 2021
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During its long and storied history, the Audubon Naturalist Society has counted among its active members such environmental luminaries as form… Read Story‘Naturally Latinos’ conference fights for the environment – and against stereotypes

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African American history focus of Bay mapping effort

African American history focus of Bay mapping effort

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Dec 14, 2020
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What isn’t known about the 400-year history of African Americans and the Chesapeake region could fill the Bay itself to overflowing. Read StoryAfrican American history focus of Bay mapping effort

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Former U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, early and tenacious Bay champion, dies

Former U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, early and tenacious Bay champion, dies

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Updated Dec 7, 2020
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The Chesapeake Bay has lost one of its most vociferous advocates with the Dec. 6 death of former U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes. Read StoryFormer U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, early and tenacious Bay champion, dies

New recipe: Fish consumption advisory substitutes safety for scare

New recipe: Fish consumption advisory substitutes safety for scare

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Nov 19, 2020
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Despite longstanding government alerts about the potential dangers of eating fish caught in the Anacostia River, some anglers aren’t getting t… Read StoryNew recipe: Fish consumption advisory substitutes safety for scare

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‘We have to pivot’: Environmental ed during COVID-19

‘We have to pivot’: Environmental ed during COVID-19

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Nov 16, 2020
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With a deadly pandemic racing across the country and beginning to surface in the surrounding community last spring, the tiny Maryland nonprofi… Read Story‘We have to pivot’: Environmental ed during COVID-19

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Baltimore naturalist transforms neglected land into ‘BLISS’

Baltimore naturalist transforms neglected land into ‘BLISS’

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Nov 9, 2020
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Growing up in Newark, NJ, Atiya Wells didn’t really connect much with nature. Read StoryBaltimore naturalist transforms neglected land into ‘BLISS’

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Shadows of a bustling past haunt Appomattox’s quiet shores

Shadows of a bustling past haunt Appomattox’s quiet shores

  • Tamara Dietrich
  • Oct 28, 2020
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In 1612, Capt. John Smith became the first European to produce a detailed map of the Chesapeake Bay region. He used the same mode of transport… Read StoryShadows of a bustling past haunt Appomattox’s quiet shores


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