GivingTuesday Recap
This year, on GivingTuesday, we raised $2,675. All of this money goes to supporting the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center and our work to encourage, educate, and engage Chesapeake Bay stewards…
What’s Going on with Blue Crabs in the Bay?
We get this question a lot on the Fishmobile. Since our Executive Director, Dr. Kristen Lycett, worked with blue crabs as part of her Ph.D. research, we thought this would…
Get Out and Explore: Wye Island NRMA
On a gorgeous fall day, I headed up to Wye Island to explore the Natural Resources Management Area. It’s been many years since I last set foot on Wye Island,…
GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday began in 2012 as a day to encourage people to do good. Since then, GivingTuesday has evolved into a standalone nonprofit that promotes year round giving, with a special…
Get Out and Explore: Patuxent Wildlife Refuge
On a gorgeous day in mid-September, I ventured across the bridge to the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge. When I lived on the Western Shore, during my first few years in Maryland,…
Get Out and Explore: Salisbury Zoological Park
Having lived in Salisbury for a number of years, the City Park and Salisbury Zoo were always a favorite for outdoor activities. I spent many hours walking through the park,…
Get Out and Explore: Terrapin Nature Park
After the heatwave we experienced through most of July, I finally had a chance to get up to Terrapin Nature Park in Stevensville, Maryland. This has been my go to…
Life and Times of the Chesapeake Bay Osprey
During nine or ten years my wife Helen and I had the opportunity to observe the behavior of the ospreys that nested on navigation daymark #8, just fifty feet or…
Invasive Species Spotlight: Catfish
In the Chesapeake Bay, there are several different species of catfish, some of which are native and some of which are introduced species that have become invasive. The first thing…