The National Geospatial-Intelligence (NGA) Maritime Safety Office is seeking comments and suggestions for the next release of The American Practical Navigator, Pub. 09. Commonly known as “Bowditch”, The American Practical Navigator was first published by Nathaniel Bowditch in 1802. The … Continued
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 … Continued
The Conservation Fund has released A Sustainable Chesapeake: Better Models for Conservation, a new book that provides a conservation resource for government agencies, community groups, businesses and others involved in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. A Sustainable Chesapeake profiles … Continued
The Chesapeake Watershed: A Sense of Place and a Call to Action has just received a national book award. The book was the 2010 Winner of the Best Book on Environmental and Natural Resources, given by The American Society for … Continued
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has announced the release of the tenth publication in its habitat management series, entitled “Living Shorelines: Impacts of Erosion Control Strategies on Coastal Habitats.” Living shorelines, or soft shorelines, are an approach to shoreline … Continued