Sipping Africa, Mandela and the Reality of Trump – Swoope Almanac 11/16
Restoring the Chesapeake Bay One Small Watershed at a Time
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).
Improve Herd Health with Abundant Clean Water
Livestock Drinking Dirty Water is Not Good For Herd Health Humans don’t drink dirty water and neither should your livestock. Aristotle recognized the value of boiling water and burying feces to prevent disease back in 350BC. We’ve been learning ever since. Just as with human health, herd health improves with...
Bobby’s Free ebook: Selling Riparian Forest Buffers
How do we accelerate the planting of riparian forest buffers?
Brook Trout – Environmental Refugees From the Middle River
Leaves from Native Trees – The Foundation of Freshwater Ecosystems
Every Person, Every Tributary
What is it going to take to restore the Chesapeake Bay? Every person and every tributary in the watershed. What will it take to restore the stream where you live? Every person and every tributary.
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...
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“If you want to understand the perspective of a dedicated cattle farmer, educated ecologist, and water-quality specialist, this is the book for you!
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George Ohrstrom II
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