By admin on July 28, 2009
786-acre Sandy Point State Park is located along the Northwestern shore of the majestic Chesapeake Bay. The park’s beaches and picnic areas are well known for their breathtaking scenic water views that overlook one of Maryland’s true treasures, the Chesapeake Bay. The park was first opened on June 25, 1952 and has provided its guests [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Parks Tagged boating, Chesapeake Bay, chesapeake bay bridge, crabbing, fishing, park, Parks, sailing, swimming
By admin on January 7, 2008
The mission of the Oyster Recovery Partnership is to restore the ecological and economic benefits of oysters to Chesapeake Bay by creating habitat through the rehabilitation of historically productive oyster bars and seeding those bars with hatchery disease-free oysters produced at the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Lab.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Nature, Water Tagged Chesapeake Bay, environmental science, university of maryland
By admin on December 30, 2007
In 1883 the Sandy Point Shoal caisson with a 37-foot Empire-style eight-sided, red brick tower with a white roof and black lantern housing a 4th order Fresnel lens was built. This caisson replaced an earlier Sandy Point Light that had been built on land where Sandy Point State Park is located now. It was an [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, History, Water Tagged Chesapeake Bay, History, lighthouse
By admin on December 28, 2007
Podickory Point is a privately owned yacht and beach club on the Chesapeake Bay, two miles northwest of the Bay Bridge, near the mouth of the Magothy River and is surrounded by the state-owned nature preserve of the Sandy Point State Park.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Sports, Water Tagged beach, Chesapeake Bay, magothy river, sandy point state park, yacht club
By admin on December 22, 2007
The Upper Bay Charter Captains Association (UBCCA) is an organization whose members hold both United States Coast Guard captain license and a Maryland Fishing Guide license. The Association is dedicated to the promotion of the Upper Chesapeake Bay. Its primary focus is to offer world class Striped Bass fishing plus great opportunities for Black Drum, [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Water Tagged boating, Chesapeake Bay, fishing, striped bass
By admin on December 14, 2007
The Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc. (CRC) is a non-profit corporation chartered by the State of Maryland. It is an association of six institutions, each with a long-standing involvement in research on problems affecting the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The Chesapeake Research Consortium supports scientific and technical activities (including research) in the tidal Chesapeake Bay, its [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Nature, Water Tagged Chesapeake Bay, research, science
By admin on December 13, 2007
The Chesapeake Bay Commission is a policy leader in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. As a tri-state legislative assembly representing Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, the Commission’s leadership covers a full spectrum of Bay issues: from managing living resources and conserving land, to protecting water quality. By combining its unique access to both the legislative [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Government, Nature, Water Tagged bay restoration, Chesapeake Bay, water quality
By admin on December 13, 2007
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is a regional nonprofit organization that builds and fosters partnerships to protect and to restore the Bay and its rivers. The Alliance does not lobby or litigate. Instead, we do the slow, hard work of bridging dialogue between groups that don’t see eye-to-eye, forming strategies for joint solutions, and [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Nature, Water Tagged Chesapeake Bay, rivers
By admin on December 9, 2007
Founded in 1974, MRSA is one of the largest and most active sailing clubs on the Chesapeake Bay. Our member-run activities include racing, cruising, junior training, and a variety of interesting programs in conjunction with monthly dinner meetings, parties and picnics.
Posted in Community Groups, Sports, Water Tagged Chesapeake Bay, clubs, magothy river, sailing
By admin on December 6, 2007
Chesapeake Quarterly online is the web adaptation of Maryland Sea Grant’s quarterly magazine, which explores scientific, environmental, and cultural issues relevant to the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Education, Media, Nature, Water Tagged Chesapeake Bay, magazine
By admin on November 14, 2007
The South River Federation, Inc is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to restore, protect, preserve and celebrate the South River and its ecosystem. Behind this mission is growing movement to create a new mindset about the behavior and involvement of every individual who impacts the South River. The Federation is a growing, healthy, [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Community Groups, Nature, Water Tagged Chesapeake Bay, river, riverkeeper
By admin on November 14, 2007
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is a 2,800-acre environmental research and educational facility operated by the Smithsonian Institution located in Edgewater, MD on the Rhode and West Rivers. SERC has 3,000+ acres of wildlife conservation area along 14 miles of pristine shoreline. There are two trails open to everyone, each approximately 1.5 miles long. They [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Education, Nature, Parks, Water Tagged Chesapeake Bay, conservation, smithsonian, trails, wetlands, wildlife
By admin on November 1, 2007
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is the only independent 501(c)(3) organization dedicated solely to restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers. Since our founding 40 years ago, our goal has been to improve water quality by reducing pollution.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Nature Tagged Chesapeake Bay, rivers
