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...
I love the smell of hay…and putting it away for the winter. It’s a good feeling; knowing all the winter feed for the cows is ready. Jeanne is now in the throws of bush hogging the pastures with her new fifteen foot wide “bat-wing” mower. We mow the pastures to...
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....
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. I didn't...
This is a landmark case for clean water! Judge Sylvia Rambo Rules On Friday, September 13, Judge Rambo ruled in favor of a restored Chesapeake Bay. Here's the link to an article from the Associated Press. This is wonderful news for all of us working for a restored Bay and for all...
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), the Bay states, the District of Columbia, federal agencies and thousands of volunteers including teachers and farmers have been working to restore the Chesapeake Bay since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972. There are many successes. For example many of the localities...
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