Historic Win For the Chesapeake Bay TMDL
Chesapeake Bay TMDL Wins in Court Five years of court battles are over. Today, a leap day that will never be forgotten in watershed restoration, the Chesapeake Bay, with over 10,000 streams and all its inhabitants won in the Chambers of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).
Bobby’s Free ebook: Selling Riparian Forest Buffers
How do we accelerate the planting of riparian forest buffers?
The Queen Bean, Tofu and Dead Zones
Soil Saturated With Phosphorus? – Don’t Apply Anymore Manure
Maryland: The newly elected republican governor, Larry Hogan repealed the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s “Phosphorus Management Tool”. Read my rant here.
Leaves from Native Trees – The Foundation of Freshwater Ecosystems
Lake Erie Heat Attack
This is an OPED piece I wrote for the Bay Journal News Service which was published on 8/19/2014. I have added photos and links. Here’s a link to the Downstream Project’s Amy Matthews Amos blog about it. Surviving a heart attack is a huge wake-up call that usually warrants a...
Swoope Almanac – Summer 2014: Tomatoes, Bobwhites and Middle River Flowing Like Chocolate Milk
Poague Run – Sterling Example of Watershed Restoration
I watched the children carry their jars with native Brook Trout fingerlings to the edge of Poague Run. They carefully stepped close to the water and tipped the jars over releasing the fish into the stream. This simple act is a conservationist’s “Mount Everest”. Together, we climbed the mountain. Together...
Progressive Farmer Magazine Features Valley Farmer, Conservation and CBF
Deborah Huso, Free Lance Writer for the Progressive Farmer Magazine called me back in July. “I’d like to do a story on stream fencing, the Farm Bill and conservation. Do you have any farmers in mind that I could interview”, she said. This was music to my ears.
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