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  • ICE CREAM AND PUPPIES?!

    You need a show that is nothing but goodness during these pandemic times. This week we bring you:

    The first documented occurrence of ice cream in America. 

    The story of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

    17 min
  • Is the Water Level Rising or Are We Just Sinking?

    Headlines about Oysters, the James River award and the EPA getting sued over E. Coli. 

    How much of a role does the land sinking play in the sea level rising and why is the Bay going to be one of the worst affected areas. 


    Major Conclusions • Land subsidence and global sea-level rise combine to cause relative sea-level rise in the southern Chesapeake Bay region. • Land subsidence causes more than half of the observed relative sea-level rise. • Aquifer-system compaction causes more than half of the land subsidence.

    https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1392/pdf/circ1392.pdf

    http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/25/8/pdf/i1052-5173-25-8-4.pdf

    https://augustafreepress.com/james-river-selected-as-2019-thiess-international-riverprize-winner/

    https://www.bayjournal.com/article/court_rules_that_dcs_daily_e._coli_limit_is_inadequate

    https://www.mdsg.umd.edu/topics/coastal-flooding/rising-sea-level

    https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/environment/bs-md-oyster-harvest-limits-0917-20190917-a5745vhtmzgg5efiutncej4iwu-story.html

    https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html

    27 min
  • :Maryland Legislative Session Recap: Oysters are protected, Forest are kinda protected

    Everything that happened this legislative session that affects the Bay. 


     https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/environment/bs-md-oyster-veto-override-20190408-story.html 

     https://www.cbf.org/news-media/newsroom/2019/maryland/cbf-statement-on-senate-override-of-oyster-bill-veto.html?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=en-news 

     https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/baybulletin/2019/4/8/md-oyster-sanctuary-bill-becomes-law-after-veto-override 

     

    27 min
  • If it Weren't for the Bay You'd Be British

    If it weren't for the Battle of the Chesapeake during the Revolutionary War, there would have been no Yorktown siege and surrender. If it weren't for that, America wouldn't exist as a United States. Thank the Bay next time you see it! A quick history of the Naval Battle in the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay

    19 min
  • 16-News to be Thankful For? November 2018
    Oyster population models, Deal Island getting a bad deal, the next big environmental fight in the general assembly of Maryland, and more run on sentences. Guaranteed!
    https://www.capitalgazette.com/opinion/our_say/ac-ce-our-say-20181125-story.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/model-chesapeake-bay-oyster-population-half-of-1999-count/2018/11/21/c5152ed2-eda1-11e8-8b47-
    bd0975fd6199_story.html?utm_term=.74d4b134f126
    http://www.dbknews.com/2018/11/16/deal-island-chesapeake-bay-shore-erosion-sand-dunes-umd-research-mdnr-gmu/
    https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/baybulletin/2018/11/19/md-approves-74-million-in-bay-pollution-projects
    http://www.dbknews.com/2018/11/16/deal-island-chesapeake-bay-shore-erosion-sand-dunes-umd-research-mdnr-gmu/
    15 min
  • 15-What the Watkins Point!? Old Maps, New Science and the Feud between Maryland and Virginia
    In an attempt to discover the true route of Captain John Smith on his voyage up the Chesapeake Bay in 1608, Dr. Michael Scott and his team of geographers at Salisbury University accidentally stumbled into a major historical controversy. This presentation will discuss the processes John Smith used to map the Bay in the early 17th century, the methods used by modern geographers to unravel the true nature behind historical maps, and how the links between the two can help history come alive for modern-day explorers of the Chesapeake.
    43 min
  • 14-Fresh To Death
    The Farm Bill and Cover Crops, Why Drones aren't just for jerks anymore and what implications the fresher Chesapeake Bay has on the ecosystem.
    20 min
  • Cownose Rays Are Poor Aquatic Scapegoats
    Why the Cownose Ray gets a bad rap and the new research that finally shows what they do all winter. Plus headlines about Skipjack racing, Baltimore heat waves, Stormwater permits gone wrong, and Oysters in Harris Creek sucking up lots of nutrients!
    https://www.bayjournal.com/article/md_tells_3_power_plants_to_reduce_toxic_wastewater_discharges?utm_source=Bay+Journal+Weekly+News&utm_campaign=9ba6356a25-Newsltr_2018_Aug27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bde9036159-9ba6356a25-126590005
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/study-suggests-maligned-cownose-ray-could-be-vulnerable-to-overfishing/2018/08/29/c6706d6e-a724-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9c7c552e04c0
    http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/weather/weather-blog/bs-md-heat-island-research-20180827-story.html
    https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2018/09/03/ida-may-dominates-59th-skipjack-race/1172744002/
    28 min

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All about the history, culture, ecology, and headlines of the Chesapeake Bay. Each episode explores one topic that makes the Bay and its watershed so special; From Skipjacks and the Oyster Wars to…