An Island Out of Time (2019) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2019-09-25 | This half-hour documentary features Mary Ada and Dwight Marshall, whose lives personify the Chesapeake Bay’s seafood-harvesting culture and history, and their four children — who chose to break with that tradition. The film, like Horton's 1996 book, An Island Out of Time, is both a celebration and elegy for a place beset with erosion, dwindling population and vanishing economic opportunities. A film by Tom Horton, Dave Harp, and Sandy Cannon-Brown.
Electrofishing for invasive blue catfish Chesapeake Bay Journal 2024-10-01 | Invasive blue catfish are spreading through the Chesapeake Bay region. In Virginia, a few commercial fishers are permitted to harvest blue catfish by using electrofishing.
Saltwater Intrusion on Marylands Eastern Shore Farmland Chesapeake Bay Journal 2024-09-04 | Rising water and more frequent flooding are dousing farm fields with salt. Plants struggle to grow, and farmers struggle to make up for lost income.
Gravestones return to Poplar Island (July 2024) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2024-07-08 | A family rescued gravestones from a severely eroding island in the Chesapeake Bay. Sixty years later, they returned to the reborn island.
About the Chesapeake Bay Journal Chesapeake Bay Journal 2024-07-01 | Learn about the Bay Journal and how to engage with us.
Planting mussels in the James River (2024) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2024-06-11 | Mussels are being restored to the James River in Virginia.
Saving marsh habitat on Deal Island, MD (2023) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2023-12-19 | Dredged sediment is being sprayed on marsh habitat to prevent its conversion to open water.
A Passion for Oysters (2023) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2023-10-26 | Oysters once populated the Chesapeake Bay’s bottoms in massive numbers, inspiring shooting wars, piracy, social and environmental conflict, and libraries of legislation.
A Passion for Oysters (2023 Trailer) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2023-09-22 | A Bay Journal film coming in October 2023.
Restoring Barren Island (2023) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2023-08-22 | Work is underway to rebuild this eroding island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Seeking Sturgeon (2022) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2022-11-07 | Researchers seek the endangered sturgeon on Maryland's Marshyhope Creek.
Pops Old Place (2022) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2022-10-17 | A small livestock farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore relies on pasture-grazing to improve the soil, raise healthy animals and reduce runoff. A film by Dave Harp and Tom Horton.
A fish defies climate change (2022) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2022-09-27 | Scientists look in on the checkered sculpin, which continues to thrive in the 'last cold places' of the Chesapeake Bay's headwater streams.
Conowingo Dam (2018) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2022-09-06 | A look at Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River in operation on Sept. 18, 2018, after several weeks of heavy rain.
Invasive Water Chestnuts (July 2022) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2022-08-10 | A team works to remove a huge mat of invasive water chestnuts from a Virginia lake, warning of the plants spread.
Hazel the tunnel boring machine (July 2022) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2022-07-26 | Christening of the new tunnel boring machine that will create a tunnel under Alexandria, VA, to collect sewage-tainted stormwater and divert it to a treatment plant. Video by Bay Journal reporter Whitney Pipkin.
Chesapeake Dolphins (2022) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2022-06-23 | The Chesapeake Bay Journal hosts a conversation with scientists who are studying the presence of dolphins in the Bay. (June 22, 2022)
Defensores de la Cuenca (Watershed Defenders) (2022) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2022-04-11 | Spanish-speaking volunteers are training to become community leaders in watershed protection efforts.
Fones Cliffs, Virginia (2022) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2022-04-01 | A section of Fones Cliffs along the Rappahannock River in Virginia. (Footage by Jeff Allenby/Chesapeake Conservancy; edited by the Chesapeake Bay Journal)
Waters Way: Thinking Like a Watershed (2021) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2021-10-02 | How the watery world of the Chesapeake Bay region once functioned and how natural elements, like beavers and trees, could help clean the water again.
Saving San Domingo (2021) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2021-03-03 | An African American community on Maryland's Eastern Shore celebrates its unique history and works to preserve its values and traditions. By Tom Horton, Dave Harp and Sandy Cannon-Brown. (Note: Addition to the credits under Archival Photos - Donna L. Cole and Getty Images)
Mighty Thundercloud Edible Forest (2020) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2020-10-20 | Black farmers like Thelonius Cook of Virginia are embracing sustainable farming practices found in their African cultural heritage.
Blue crab worker shortage (2018) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2020-03-03 | A shortage in visas for temporary workers is causing problems for businesses that process Chesapeake Bay blue crabs.
Crab pot study on the Patuxent River (2020) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2020-02-04 | Researchers work hope to inject some science into what heretofore has been an art: determining how far apart crab pots should be placed from one another.
Moving poultry manure out of the Chesapeake watershed (2020) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2020-01-28 | Ray Ellis makes a living hauling chicken poop — tons of it, often across state lines. That's good for the Chesapeake Bay, because nutrients from animal manure are a major source of water pollution. Here's a look at the process, along with thoughts from Ellis about the ongoing challenge of managing manure.
Nassawango Legacy (2019) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2019-12-12 | A look at one family's multi-generational efforts to protect a Chesapeake Bay stream and The Nature Conservancy's work to assure that it continues to flourish as an 11,000-acre preserve.
Roundabout Meadows Farm (2019) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2019-12-05 | Roundabout Meadows is a farm operated by the Piedmont Environmental Council in Northern Virginia. In a multi-year effort, the group preserved the land from development and established a community farm where volunteers help grow crops that are donated to local food banks. Other areas of the property include trails and wetlands that are open to the public.
Snakehead Derby (2019) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2019-12-05 | Invasive snakeheads are spreading throughout the Chesapeake region. But many anglers, like those at this Maryland fishing tournament, love to catch them. Fishery managers are hoping those anglers will help keep the snakehead population in check.
Beautiful Swimmers Revisited (2016) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2019-10-22 | Forty years after William W. Warner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Beautiful Swimmers, introduced us to the Chesapeake Bay blue crab, the Bay Journal presents Beautiful Swimmers Revisited, a journey around the Bay to look in on those who catch, study and eat blue crabs. A film by Tom Horton, Dave Harp and Sandy Cannon-Brown.
Fox Island loses battle with a rising Bay (2019) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2019-10-17 | The Chesapeake Bay Foundation announced the closure of its beloved education center on Fox Island, as rising water has eroded the land and threatened the center itself. Bay Journal reporter Jeremy Cox joined one of the last student groups to visit the island in October 2019.
High Tide in Dorchester (2018) Chesapeake Bay Journal 2019-09-25 | If the consequences of global warming and higher sea levels are distant concepts for you, come on down to Dorchester County, ground zero for sea level rise along the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Observe the dying forests, sunken tombstones and waterlogged home foundations of vanished communities, and hear warnings from scientists and the stories of residents who may soon need to retreat because of higher water. A film by Tom Horton, Dave Harp and Sandy Cannon-Brown.
