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A Tribute to Paul Sarbanes
December 8, 2020
Author: Charlie Stek
This week the Chesapeake Bay lost a giant in the history of watershed-restoration efforts with the passing of Paul …
Fueling an Ecosystem
May 26, 2020
Author: Tucker Birmingham, Upstream Alliance
It is 450 million years ago, the end of the Ordovician Period. Planet Earth is unrecognizable. There are no trees, algae is the most…
Island of Discoveries
October 11, 2019
Author: Dave Brown
I told myself I wouldn’t bring anything back from Mockhorn Island. It was part of my new commitment to deaccessioning that…
Changing Climate & Changing Islands
October 1, 2019
Author: Judy Olson
As people from around the nation flocked to Washington, DC, urging action on climate change we quietly slipped five…
Clean Water & Public Access to Waterways
June 14, 2019
Author: Erica Baugh
On May 3 & 4, 2019, UA co-hosted two paddles promoting clean water and public access to the Delaware River and its…
To Another 450 Million Years
June 10, 2019
Author: Alexis Weaver
Nature can be such a delightful curiosity, and the role we play as humans is ever more intriguing after spending the …
Learn from the Fish
November 7, 2018
Author: Nick Carter, Retired Biologist
Don wrote that this was to be an expedition to promote environmental education by fishing for striped bass…
A Delaware Float Through Ghost Waters
October 31, 2018
Author: Doug O’Malley, Environment New Jersey
We sat motionless for what felt like minutes. Fifteen kayaks waited on the flat muddy waters of the undammed Cooper …
25,000 Miles of Swimming & Great Fishing
October 11, 2018
Author: Nathan Boon, William Penn Foundation
The Delaware River watershed encompasses an amazing network of 25,000 miles of flowing rivers and streams…
Islands Under Siege
October 10, 2018
Author: Jason M Fehrer
The isolation and solitude of living in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay on Smith or Tangier Islands always intrigued …