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When he was a teenager packing for a family vacation in the Maine woods, Rich Batiuk brought along some light reading.

Among the stack were William Warner’s epic blue crab story, Beautiful Swimmers; Rachel Carson’s wake-up call about pesticides, Silent Spring; and James Michener’s classic, Chesapeake — nearly 2,000 pages of reading in all, mostly describing a waterbody hundreds of miles from his home in Massachusetts. Nonetheless, during rainy days, he would perch in the cabin’s loft, flipping pages.

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Karl Blankenship
September 12, 2018
People + Society
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Alliance to honor environmental leaders at annual Taste gala

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s annual Environmental Awards and Taste of the Chesapeake are just around the corner! This year, our hallmark community gathering takes place Sept. 13 on the Belcher Pavilion’s rooftop Conference...

Kate Fritz
August 09, 2018
People + Society
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Baltimore area community looks to dredge up a better park

When Larry Bannerman was a kid, he and his friends used to go crabbing in a cove off Bear Creek, a tidal tributary of the Patapsco River that bordered their Baltimore County neighborhood. That was more than five decades ago. These days, you...

Timothy B. Wheeler
August 01, 2018
People + Society,Wildlife + Habitat
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As the tide rises against them, Deal Islanders hold their ground

A small country road, ambitiously designated a state highway, branches off U.S. Route 13 in the town of Princess Anne, MD, and meanders out into the marsh of the Eastern Shore. For 19 miles, the road travels through forests of loblolly pines...

Caitlyn Johnstone
July 19, 2018
People + Society
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People + Society: Archives

Army Corps commander retires from Baltimore District with a legacy of oyster and island restoration (Blog)

By his own admission, Col. Edward P. Chamberlayne didn’t know that much about oysters or what it took to get a permit for an oyster farm when he assumed command three years ago of the Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of...

Timothy B. Wheeler
July 18, 2018
People + Society
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Ellicott City officials reflect on how to weather future storms

As repair crews labored to clear mud and debris from Ellicott City’s Main Street in late May, Jonathan Dillow led a team of scientists through the woods searching for clues to quantify the devastating flash flooding that had just ravaged...

Timothy B. Wheeler
July 10, 2018
Climate Change,Conservation + Land Use,People + Society
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Amid rising waters, Smith Island puts faith in jetties, God

Only on Smith Island would someone get choked up about a jetty, a constructed wall of stones that functions like a bulwark against waves and water currents. Eddie Somers, a civic activist and native of the island in the middle of the...

Jeremy Cox
June 28, 2018
Climate Change,People + Society
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Awareness Week offers a variety of activities to get Back to the Bay (Opinion)

When I sit back and think about my career — the things I’ve learned, opportunities that presented themselves and work that I’ve done — there is one thing that has been a constant driving force and focus —the...

Nissa Dean
May 29, 2018
People + Society
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You can own the Chesapeake’s riches without acquiring property (Opinion)

I grew up middle class but land rich: roaming hundreds of acres of woods and marsh, hunting properties owned by my dad’s poultry company and his best friend. And I always dreamed that someday I’d be wealthy enough to afford my own...

Tom Horton
May 22, 2018
People + Society
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Wade into fun and get your feet wet at RiverPalooza

More than 6 million people live in the Potomac River watershed, but relatively few get the chance to wade into its waters on a regular basis. That’s why the Potomac Riverkeeper Network started RiverPalooza, a two-month-long series...

Whitney Pipkin
May 17, 2018
People + Society
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Retired PA forester’s 37-year career with trees bore much fruit

When you spend nearly 40 years working for the same employer, you are bound to experience change. Dan Devlin, Pennsylvania’s state forester and director of the Bureau of Forestry, retired in March with four decades’ worth of...

Donna Morelli
May 02, 2018
People + Society
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B4B members continue to grow their environmental impact (Opinion)

Two years ago, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay kicked off the new Businesses for the Bay Membership Association. Its mission is to encourage businesses to take voluntary, innovative and measurable actions that improve water quality and the...

Corinne Stephens
April 24, 2018
People + Society
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African Americans have navigated Bay’s waters since Jamestown (Opinion)

Men of African descent have had a relationship with the navigation and economic trade of the Chesapeake since indentured servants arrived in Jamestown in 1619. From the American Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 and the Civil War, black...

Darius A. Stanton II
April 03, 2018
People + Society
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Orth’s work with Bay’s grass has led to high expectations for its recovery (Opinion)

An important Chesapeake Bay paper was published in March in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Written by Jonathan Lefchek, his mentor Robert Orth and a host of Bay scientists, the paper delivers good news that...

Donald Boesch
March 29, 2018
People + Society
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