Algae Blooms Destroying the Bay

ANNAPOLIS – From brown and mahogany tides to slick surface masses of blue-green scum, stretches of unnaturally abundant algae drift through the Chesapeake Bay

University of Maryland Professor Named Ninth Poet Laureate

ANNAPOLIS – Stanley Plumly has flowing gray hair, a full gray beard and brown-rimmed glasses that hang from a cord around his neck

Hog Farmers Worried People Will Infect Their Swine

ANNAPOLIS – Since last spring’s detection of the H1N1 virus, hogs have gotten a bad rap

Saving the Chesapeake Means Saving the Watermen, Too

ANNAPOLIS – For some, the recent wave of Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts has left out a crucial component of the watershed – watermen, who depend on the bay for their livelihoods, and who have suffered as it has declined

Early Warning, Frugal Nature Help Demolition Specialist Get by

BALTIMORE – Pete Peterson walks to work