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Blog focusing on the Chesapeake Bay & the charming towns surrounding it including things to do, best restaurants, yummy recipes & how you can help SAVE THE BAY!

Maryland, USA
Joined January 2019
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Although blue crabs are abundant in shallow waters and bay grass beds during warm weather, they hibernate in the deep trenches of the Bay in winter. chesapeakebay.net/discover/f…
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Valentine’s Day is only days away but there’s still time to bake up a batch of my Sweetheart Cookies for your sweetheart! ❤️👩🏼‍🍳 Find the recipe for these special little cookies here bit.ly/sweetheartcookies #cookies #cookierecipe #ValentinesDay2019 #valentines
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An easy, delicious and fairly healthy dinner option! I use beautiful salmon fillets and pantry staples to get to the YUM! #southerninfluenced1 southerninfluenced1.com/hone…
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Creole Crock-Pot Lasagna - taking Lasagna to a whole new level of delicious goodness thespicysoutherncook.com/cre… #crockpot #thespicysoutherncook
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If you're looking for things to do here in St. Mary's County and Southern Maryland, pick up some literature about regional attractions at the brochure racks when visiting our museum sites!
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What can we learn from measuring a marsh? Plenty, and in the #chesbay, we're looking at lots of of them. Our sentinel site coordinator explains the work in this article for our magazine. She's also been putting together #marshummit2019! chesapeakequarterly.net/V17N…
Drum Point Lighthouse in the snow never gets old! ❄️😍 #DidYouKnow that in February of 1895, part of the river iced over... A floe hit the station so hard that the entire structure shook, overturning several chairs! 😱 #LoveCMM #LoveWinter #DrumPointLighthouse #MaritimeHistory – at Maryland, USA
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Did you notice hazy air the last few days? That's due to a temperature "inversion" trapping bad air near the ground. Good news: weather conditions look to improve tomorrow to allow the inversion to break down and improve air quality. For air forecasts: mde.maryland.gov/air.
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Teachers! Take advantage!
Educators—Our Summer 2019 Chesapeake Classrooms registration is now open! Join us for a five-day professional learning adventure on the Chesapeake Bay or one of its tributaries! cbf.org/join-us/education-pr…
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Could #septic systems in residential areas of Calvert County be contributing to nitrogen #pollution in streams? Environmental chemist Michael Gonsior is developing chemical tracers to track septic wastewater in streams to find out. #FacultyFriday umces.edu/news/science-first…
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Now Open! 2019-2020 Chesapeake Conservation Corps Applications due 3/14/19 at 4 pm. Learn more about this dynamic green jobs training program here: bit.ly/2CqOUxk
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This fall, UMCES scientists helped complete the first #oyster assessment in 135 years. While oyster abundance is less than it was in 1999, there is the potential for population and fishery to come back. #ChesapeakeBay
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Do you want to know what the winds, tide, or water temperature are before heading out on the water? Check out our environmental monitoring system for the Patuxent River. #ChesapeakeBay cblmonitoring.umces.edu/