Maryland’s Oyster Sanctuaries Show Promising Signs by Joe Zimmermann
At first, oyster biologists were concerned. Monitoring efforts at some restoration sanctuary reefs in 2022 weren’t pulling up many oysters, even though the sites had previously been performing well. So divers with the Oyster Recovery Partnership went into the water to investigate. What they found there wasn’t a shortage of oysters, but such a dense and mature population that the shellfish had ... [Continue Story]
Ecosystem Highlights
The Eagle’s Owl Nest: After Years of Teasing, This Great Horned Owl Couple Finally Delivers
In 2020, the Spy published a story about Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) that began like this: This was supposed to be a story about eagles. ... [Continue Story]
- Mid-Shore Ecosystem: Record Breaking Farm Land Saved by QAC but Future Funding Looks Bleak
- Md. Offshore Wind Project Loses Energy: Developer Announces ‘Repositioning’ Of Project
- The Challenge of Solar Farms on the Shore: A Chat with Eastern Shore Land Conservancy’s Steve Kline
- A Conservation Journey From Cordova to Palaka and Back to Delmarva by Norman Greenhawk
- Environmental Reclamation and Sustainability for the Bay: The Poplar Island Project
- Washington College’s Natural Lands Project Creating More Wildlife Habitat
- Study: Lawn Mowers and Leaf Blowers in MD Produce as much Pollution as Long Car Trips
- Adkins Mystery Monday: Whose in the Garden?
- Meet the 572-megawatt Gorilla of the Chesapeake Bay
- Tree Cover Declines, Pavement Spreads across Chesapeake Watershed
Mid-Shore Science by Al Hammond
Mid-Shore Science: Wetlands and Climate Resilience with Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier
Ariana Sutton-Grier is a distinguished scientist with expertise in coastal ecosystems. In particular her research has focused on the role these ... [Continue Story]
- The Future of Finance…and much Else by Al Hammond
- By the Way, How Do You Predict the Behavior of Rockfish or Crabs? By Al Hammond
- Why Farming Data, Not Soybeans, Might Be the Future by Al Hammond
- Minding a Big Gap: Digital Divide Leaving Students Behind by Al Hammond
- The Transportation Revolution by Al Hammond
- Saving the Choptank…and the Bay? By Al Hammond
Ecosystem Notes
Environmental Education Comes Home for Students During COVID-19 Pandemic
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) has launched a new online environmental learning series designed to be a resource for teachers, parents, and ... [Continue Story]
- Stewards for Streams Seeks to Engage Queen Anne’s County Faith Community
- Impacts of Ocean Warming, Sea-Level Rise, and Coastline Management for Chesapeake Bay
- ShoreRivers Presents Lawn Fertilizer Awareness Campaign
- Hillsboro Recognized as Maryland’s Newest Sustainable Community
- Imagine, Draw, Discover New Birds
- ShoreRivers Announces Teacher Training “Academy”
- ShoreRivers Announces Cancellations, Postponements
- ShoreRivers Gears up for Spring with River-Friendly Yards
- Meet the Scientists Behind the Science at Horn Point Laboratory’s Science Bytes
- Bird Lecture: Helping Birds Adapt to a Changing World