On the Bay

Eric Buehl knows all the breakfast specials at D & R’s Restaurant in Greensboro. As much an indoor town hall as a diner, the restaurant has hosted many a morning meeting between Buehl and Rich Covert, president of the Greensboro Volunteer Fire Company on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Read more...

Some of you like Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's magazine, just the way it is. Others would like more graphics and photos. Here are highlights from our recent survey of the magazine's subscribers.

The Horn Point Laboratory Oyster Hatchery is conducting research to help Maryland oyster growers figure out what type of equipment best suits their business needs. Interns at the hatchery in Cambridge, Maryland, helped to anchor new types of oyster-growing gear along the Choptank River in the summer of 2016. Read more...

On a hot summer day north of Elkton, Maryland, seven trainees in the Cecil County Watershed Stewards Academy reached an important milestone. They were finally going to install their first stormwater management project or “practice” — a rain garden full of native plants — to improve local water quality and help protect the Chesapeake Bay.

People living in socially and economically stressed communities in Maryland don't feel prepared to deal with the expected effects of global climate change, like increased coastal flooding and heat waves.