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Delaware’s Chester-Choptank Watershed Report Details Wetland Health and Management Recommendations

September 10, 2021Across Our Desk

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has finalized a report card on the health of wetlands within the Delaware portion of the Chester-Choptank watershed, with the wetlands earning an encouraging B grade but with recommendations for improvement. Published by the DNREC Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program (WMAP), the report card covers the Chester-Choptank […]

ShoreRivers Hires Annie Richards as Chester Riverkeeper

January 14, 2021Across Our Desk

EASTON, MD – Annie Richards joins the ShoreRivers team as the new Chester Riverkeeper in January. As Riverkeeper, Richards will be the primary voice for the Chester River and its tributaries, working through the core, science-based strategies of advocacy, enforcement, outreach, and water quality monitoring to achieve cleaner waterways. ShoreRivers Riverkeepers regularly patrol their rivers […]

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD — It wouldn’t be Fall Family Weekend at Washington College without the annual Cardboard Boat Race, which is set to take place Sept. 21 during the Center for Environment & Society’s “CES at 20: Celebration on the Waterfront.” This year CES is marking its 20th anniversary, and we encourage the community to come […]

ShoreRivers Announces Tour the Shore Public Paddle Series

July 1, 2019Across Our Desk

EASTON, MD – ShoreRivers’ Tour the Shore summer kayak series begins this month, with a monthly paddle on one of four rivers through September. Tour the Shore gives novice and experienced paddlers alike an opportunity to explore creeks and rivers with small groups led by ShoreRivers’ experienced, certified staff. Paddle routes are chosen to highlight […]

Delmarva Scenes’ Photo of the Week: A Peaceful Spot – Cloudy Day in March at Chester River

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019Steve Atkinson

March has come in like a lion this year with a snow fall on the first. The 2nd day of March wasn’t much better with clouds and temperatures just above freezing. Even on a day like this, so long as you are dressed for the weather, one can still find that sitting on a bench […]

Delmarva Scenes – Photographs by SG Atkinson

January 27, 2018January 27, 2018Across Our Desk

One of the advantages of being the Publisher, Editor and Photographer of this publication is my opportunity to travel over much of the Delmarva Peninsula. As a photographer, I began the Photographic Project, Delmarva Scenes, in 2015. The project is simple, “Photographing the Usual, Unusual, Beautiful and No So Pretty scenes of the Delmarva Peninsula”. […]

Work to be Done to Chester River Bridge on February 19, 2018

January 25, 2018January 26, 2018Across Our Desk

The State Highway Administration’s Office of Structures, as a part of the State’s Bridge Preservation Program, will have a contractor performing routine maintenance operations on The Chestertown Drawbridge, MD 213 over Chester River, on Monday, February 19, 2018. Work will be done from 9am -3pm and may consist of test openings of the bridge that […]

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