Back home on their Range: Quail find Refuge on Restored Grassland by Tim Wheeler
It’s a little past dawn on a foggy spring morning, but already the field on Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore is wide awake. From the cover of tall grass and a few shrubs, a multilingual chorus of birds greets the new day with a cacophony of chirps, warbles and whistles, like a symphony tuning up before […]
Ecosystem Highlights
Man-Made Oyster Reef Near Key Bridge is Thriving
A man-made oyster reef finished a year ago next to Fort Carroll in the middle of the Patapsco River is in excellent condition. Recent monitoring … [Read More...]
- Facing a Finite Future, Smith Islanders put Their Faith in Jetties and God By Jeremy Cox
- Chesapeake Bay’s Dead Zone to Grow this Summer; Breaks with Wave of Good News
- Chesapeake Region Unlikely to Meet 2025 Bay Cleanup Goals, Unless it Picks up Pace
- Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Population Remains Stable
- Environmental Concern Holds 18th Annual Spring Native Plant Sale
- Lake Bonnie’s Once-owner Wins Legal Point, Not Damages in Court
- Horn Point’s Chesapeake Champion Jerry Harris Takes a Bow
- The Best Kind of News: The Bay’s Underwater Grasses Surge Beyond 100,000 Acres for First Time in Ages
- A Chesapeake Portrait, Painted by Almost a Thousand Words by Tom Horton
- ShoreRivers Hosts “State of the Rivers” Series Across the Shore
Ecosystem Notes
ShoreRivers Adds Three to Staff
ShoreRivers is pleased to announce three new additions to its staff. Josh Biddle is ShoreRivers’s new Agricultural Specialist. Biddle is an Eastern … [Read More...]
- ShoreRivers Awarded 2.2 Million Dollar Grant
- New Native Garden in Bloom!
- Cambridge is for Clean Water
- Are Our Waters Safe for Swimming?
- WC Environmental Science Students Embark on Collaborative Groundwater Study
- Maryland Governor Hogan Proclaims 2018 the Year of the Bird
- ShoreRivers Honored with Prestigious Environmental Award
- Graphite Drawings and Watercolors by Lee Boulay D’Zmura at Adkins Arboretum
- Horn Point Laboratory’s Ian Morris Scholar in Residence to Give Public Talk
- Outdoor Sculpture Invitational—Artists in Dialogue with Landscape at Adkins Arboretum
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Cambridge is for Clean Water
With all of the recent rain this spring, a lot of water is running off the land. This runoff picks up pollution, and fouls our local streams and the … [Read More...]
- Man-Made Oyster Reef Near Key Bridge is Thriving
- CBF experiment: a large man-made oyster reef that revives the dead zone
- Former Riverkeeper Tom Leigh to Help Eastern Shore Localities
- CBF Annual Photo Contest Gets Under Way
- CBF Notes: How About Home-Grown Oysters and Wine?
- Exelon’s Share for Mitigation on the Conowingo Dam by Tom Zolper
- CBF Introduces New Financing Tool to Help Bay Communities Reduce Pollution
- Diversity matters in this different kind of fishing tournament
- CBF on the Shore: Harris Creek Update and Rod and Reef Slam
- The Most Important Fish in the Bay Needs Help
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Celebrates Spring with family-friendly LANDJAM Event
The Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC) proudly invites residents of all ages to its inaugural LANDJAM event – a family-friendly gathering held on … [Read More...]
UM Horn Point Laboratory
Horn Point’s Chesapeake Champion Jerry Harris Takes a Bow
For the 6th year in a row, the folks from Horn Point Laboratory gathered at Waterfowl Festival Headquarters on Harrison Street last Friday to once … [Read More...]
- New Solar Field and Sustainability Take Center Stage at Horn Point
- Outstanding Day of Exploration at Horn Point Laboratory’s Open House
- Open House at Horn Point Laboratory October 14
- Horn Point Laboratory Breaks Ground on 10-Acre Solar Field with Standard Solar
- Kenny Rose Joins UMCES Faculty as Professor in Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration
- Discover the Chesapeake Bay this Summer with Scientists from UMCES
ShoreRivers
ShoreRivers Adds Three to Staff
ShoreRivers is pleased to announce three new additions to its staff. Josh Biddle is ShoreRivers’s new Agricultural Specialist. Biddle is an Eastern … [Read More...]
- ShoreRivers Awarded 2.2 Million Dollar Grant
- Are Our Waters Safe for Swimming?
- ShoreRivers Honored with Prestigious Environmental Award
- ShoreRivers and St. Michaels Students Complete Environmental Action Project
- ShoreRivers Hosts First Annual State of the Chester, Wye, and Eastern Bay
- Tour the Shore: ShoreRivers’ Guided Kayak Paddles
- ShoreRivers Needs Some Help: Development and Event Coordinator Position Available
- Senator Van Hollen to Speak at Inaugural ShoreRivers Event April 20
- ShoreRivers seeks an Agricultural Specialist
- Op-Ed: Hydraulic Dredging for Clams on the Rise as is the Damage by Jeff Horstman
Adkins Arboretum
Adkins Arboretum Awarded Funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded funding in the amount of $25,000 to Adkins Arboretum to upgrade and increase the … [Read More...]
- Adkins Arboretum’s Summer Nature Camps Begin June 19
- Call for Artists: Adkins Arboretum to Sponsor 2017 Juried Art Show
- Adkins Arboretum Hosts Author Andrea Wulf for “The Invention of Nature”
- Tom Horton and Dave Harp Present Choptank Odyssey Oct. 27
- Author and Environmental Scientist Joan Maloof to Speak at Adkins Arboretum
- Adkins Arboretum’s Fairyfest is Oct. 22
- Adkins Arboretum Partners with Pickering Creek and Phillips Wharf to Offer Maryland Master Natural Training
- Adkins Arboretum Offers Oct. 4 Trip to Duke Farms
- Adkins Arboretum Offers Free Admission, More on Sept. 24 for Smithsonian Museum Day
- Fall Homeschool Programs Begin Sept. 20 at Adkins Arboretum
