Turning the Tide, Saving the Chesapeake Bay

CBF President Will Baker and Senior Naturalist John Page Williams welcome the return of osprey to the Chesapeake Bay.

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

Follow the return of Nick and Quin to two of our education sites.

Listen to osprey calls and watch video on allaboutbirds.org.

Find out more about these wonderful creatures and become an osprey watcher on the Center for Conservation Biology websites ccbbirds.org and osprey-watch.org.

Keep an eye on the ospreys at the Chesapeake Conservancy's Osprey Cam.

Photo by Joel Boches

CBF President Will Baker and Vice President for Litigation Jon Mueller applaud the Supreme Court's historic decision to uphold the legality of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint.

CBF President Will Baker talks with CBF's Clagett Farm Manager Michael Heller about the benefits of rotational grazing and soil management.

Learn more about Clagett Farm at cbf.org/clagettfarm and how you can get at involved.

CBF President Will Baker talks with CBF's Senior Scientist Dr. Beth McGee about the effects of road salt on the Bay and its rivers and streams.

For more about road salt and the Bay, watch our video, Road Salts and the Bay.

Photo courtesy city of Frederick, Maryland

CBF President Will Baker talks with Chris Moore, CBF's Senior Scientist in Virginia, about flooding and the effect it has on our communities, our rivers and streams, and the Bay as a whole.

Photo by Geoffrey Thulin

CBF President Will Baker talks with Maryland Executive Director Alison Prost about a win-win plan the chicken industry could follow to combat the negative effects of excess manure on our waterways.

CBF President Will Baker talks with staff educators Jocelyn Tuttle, of the Baltimore Harbor program, and Sam Eckert, from the residential program at Port Isobel near Tangier Island, about some of the exciting things they’re seeing out on the water with students.

-Photo by Pete McGowan/USFWS

Find out more about how students explore local waters with CBF's education program.

CBF President Will Baker talks with Maryland Eastern Shore farmer Trey Hill about farmers working with local environmental groups to solve problems.

Learn more about progress Chesapeake Bay region farmers are making in reducing polluted runoff into local waterways.

Photo: Trey Hill

CBF President Will Baker talks with John Arway, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, about the health of the Susquehanna River.

Join CBF and our partners in urging Governor Wolf and DEP to push for the Lower Susquehanna River to be on DEP’s Impaired Waters list. Sign the petition.

Learn more about the Susquehanna River and its challenges at cbf.org/susquehanna.

Photo © Jay Fleming/iLCP

CBF President Will Baker talks with Dr. Don Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, about the plan to stabilize climate change and the gains it would bring to air and water quality.

Find out more about the impact of climate change on the Chesapeake Bay.