Highlights
The 200-mile-long Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary -- a body of water where fresh water rivers and ocean water meet -- in the United States. Estuaries are very fertile ecosystems that provide homes for countless species of plants and animals, but they can also be some of the most fragile environments as evidenced by the Chesapeake Bay's history. Environmental concerns about the Chesapeake Bay's health heightened in the mid-20th century when people began to notice oyster populations were dying off and the water quality began to decline because of pollution. Watershed groups formed in the 1970s after Congressional action helped to alleviate the problems, but maintaining and improving the...
The 200-mile-long Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary -- a body of water where fresh water rivers and ocean water meet -- in the United States. Estuaries are very fertile ecosystems that provide homes for countless species of plants and animals, but they can also be some of the most fragile environments as evidenced by the Chesapeake Bay's history. Environmental concerns about the Chesapeake Bay's health heightened in the mid-20th century when people began to notice oyster populations were dying off and the water quality began to decline because of pollution. Watershed groups formed in the 1970s after Congressional action helped to alleviate the problems, but maintaining and improving the Bay's overall health is still a struggle for environmentalists today. The Chesapeake Bay watershed includes parts of six states (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia) and all of the District of Columbia. This vast watershed means agencies and environmental groups in several states must collaborate on Bay issues.
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Poultry produced in unhealthy ways
Thank you for the article "Study ties chicken trucks to bacteria" (Nov. 27). If there is that kind of concentration of bacteria in the trucks hauling the chickens, one can only imagine what the concentration is in the chicken houses and in the chickens... -
Gambling blindly
A smart financier once remarked that investing was a matter of gambling with the odds tilted in your favor. Smart investors scrutinize and study; they learn from their mistakes, discover what works and doesn't work and gravitate to the winning strategies....Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Martin O'Malley, Employees, Tourism and Leisure, Accounting and Auditing
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Who's better at science? Heritage High clubs also teach responsibility and leadership
247-4758It's a battle of the sexes as two Heritage High School clubs in Newport News compete with their own and NASA challenge experiments. — The Men of Brilliance gathered on a recent Wednesday to tackle their latest challenge: coming up with plant...Tags: NASA, Environmental Pollution, Bodies of Water, Rivers, National Government
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Proud 'grass cops'
The commonwealth of Virginia is blessed with almost 1.5 million acres of water bottom in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, yet clam farmer George DeMarco (Nov. 22 letter, "Bay losers") complains because we won't let him use the tracts inhabited by...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Natural Resources, Clams, Natural Resource Industry, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
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Out on the Eastern Shore, an eagle flies
The Swampby Mark Silva ROCK HALL, Md. -- Out on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, up the windswept Maryland coast where Revolutionary War sea captains are memorialized -- "Lost at sea," reads the remote stone of one -- a Bald...... -
Maritime comeback
Special to The Baltimore SunThe Annapolis Maritime Museum in Eastport has learned a few lessons from the tropical storm that demolished its headquarters five years ago. Tropical Storm Isabel ripped off the piers and dock and tore gaping holes in the 90-year-old McNasby Oyster Co....Tags: History, Rivers, Bodies of Water, Tourism and Leisure, Budgets and Budgeting
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Deer season starts with a bang for local hunters
Note: With the exception of the author, this will be a turkey-free column. Tens of thousands of deer hunters took to the field yesterday under the skies we wish for when the Orioles first take the field. The opening day of firearms season started frosty...Tags: Biology, Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick County (Virginia), Glen Burnie, Retroviruses
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Anne Arundel Datebook
TODAY Community holiday The Linthicum Centennial Committee and the Linthicum business community will hold a Christmas in Linthicum celebration. Boy Scout Troop 447 will hold a breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Church at 6405 S....Tags: History, Linthicum, Santa Claus, Frank Capra Jr., National Government
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Community events
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Cold Call Boot Camp, 9-11 a.m. Dec. 3, at the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, 21 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 100, Hampton. Overcome call reluctance, and develop a fundamental and effective cold call...Tags: Newport News City, History, JC Penney Company Incorporated, Christmas, Dressing and Stuffing
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The Weather Page
Sun Reporter // Weather BloggerEd Stawinski writes from Perry Hall: "The Great Lakes give off 'lake-effect snow.' Why doesn't the Chesapeake Bay give off 'bay-effect snow?'" It can, and it has, but rarely. Ideally, lake-effect snows require cold winds across broad, open water, then...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Perry Hall
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Activities
activities events Baltimore Farmers' Market Open Sundays from 8 a.m. until sellout, usually noon, through Dec. 21. At Saratoga Street between Holliday and Gay streets, under the Jones Falls Expressway. Go to promotionandarts.com. Dinosaur Mysteries;...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Fort McHenry, Festive Event, National Aquarium Baltimore, Druid Hill
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Governors hanging in until Jan. 20
With congressional action on a fiscal stimulus package by year's end far from certain, Gov. Martin O'Malley and other state leaders are pinning their hopes for the economy and besieged state budgets on an Obama administration that takes over in January....Tags: State Budgets, Heads of State, Martin O'Malley, General Motors Corp., National Government
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