Questionable conditions on the Potomac River caused a delay of the 2011 Potomac River Ramble. The make-up date is set for Sunday October, 16 2011. Start time: 8:00 a.m. End time: 5:00 p.m. Where: Meet at Shepherd University (shuttle service to just below Dam 4) What: The 2011 Potomac River Ramble The October make-up paddle [...]
BluHaven Piers is the newest Maryland Clean Marina to be certified by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The marina is the 145th facility to adopt a significant portion of recommendations from the Maryland Clean Marina Guidebook and pass a site inspection. BluHaven Piers is a small marina with that offers boat repair, covered [...]
The Chesapeake Conservation Corps, a program that provides career and leadership training for young people interested in environmental careers and Chesapeake Bay protection will be receiving 21 new participants. This initiative, established by the Maryland Legislature in 2010, matches young people, ages 18-25, with organizations throughout the state for paid, one-year terms of service. In [...]
As of August 26, 2011, residents of the Chesapeake Bay region remained on high alert as hurricane warnings were in effect for parts of the bay. The forecast for Hurricane Irene includes heavy winds, rain, storm surge, flooding and possible storm damage. A state of emergency was in effect for both Maryland and Virginia and [...]
A Boater’s Guide to the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, a new free resource, introduces boaters as well as armchair travelers to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers. Author John Page Williams expertly weaves practical information for today’s boaters with the historical context of the Chesapeake’s waters, allowing readers to envision the [...]
Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner Steven G. Bowman has temporarily lifted the time-of-day restrictions on the commercial harvest of crabs, in order to give crabbers plenty of time to get their gear out of the water before Hurricane Irene hits Virginia. The powerful storm is expected to make landfall in Virginia on Sunday. Commercial crabbing hours [...]
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Artificial Reef Program joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) on August 11 to place 306 oyster spat-laden reef balls on a two-acre site near Cooks Point in the Choptank River using CBF’s oyster research vessel Patricia Campbell. Volunteers from CBF and the Dorchester County chapter of the Maryland [...]
A new NOAA “smart buoy” deployed near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel will help boaters and fishermen in the Chesapeake to check conditions at the mouth of the Bay. The highly sophisticated buoy is the newest addition to NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS), a network of buoys that transmit multi-use oceanographic and meteorological data [...]
The Maryland Lighthouse Challenge will be held September 17-18, 2011 from 8:00 am – 6:00 pm, both days. Join the U.S. Lighthouse Society Chesapeake Chapter and the lighthouse organizations of Maryland as they host this educational and fun-filled weekend celebrating the lighthouses of Maryland. Tour any number of the lighthouse attractions along the Challenge route and [...]
Maryland is implementing a new streamlined and centralized aquaculture permitting process for growing oysters and other shellfish in Maryland waters. Thanks to a realignment of State requirements approved by the General Assembly earlier this year and a cooperative effort between the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, qualifying [...]
