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Chesapeake Almanac

Join retired Chesapeake Bay Foundation Senior Naturalist John Page Williams every Wednesday for inside accounts of our Bay’s creatures and seasonal events. Follow the Bay through the seasons. Wi... Read more

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March: Early Spring Fish

March: Early Spring Fish

Welcome to our last episode of "Chesapeake Almanac." Cold weather is losing its grip on the Chesapeake, but though the w... Read more

23 Mar 2022

6mins

Ranked #2

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March: River Geography

March: River Geography

There is no other estuary in the world with a network of rivers like the one that feeds Chesapeake Bay. Every square inc... Read more

16 Mar 2022

6mins

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March: Barnacles and Springtime

March: Barnacles and Springtime

In March, you can see the tiny, wedge-shaped larvae of barnacles catching early spring plankton. They scull about with t... Read more

9 Mar 2022

5mins

Ranked #4

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March: Copepods - Keystones of Spring

March: Copepods - Keystones of Spring

Copepods. They are among the most abundant multicellular animals on earth and generally regarded as the most numerous in... Read more

2 Mar 2022

7mins

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February: Cold Water Brings a Quiet Season

February: Cold Water Brings a Quiet Season

While February is the shortest month of the year, to many anglers it can seem like the longest. What happens to the Bay'... Read more

24 Feb 2022

4mins

Ranked #6

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February: Sea Ducks Relish Winter on the Chesapeake

February: Sea Ducks Relish Winter on the Chesapeake

Winter brings several diving ducks from Canada and Alaska that thrive on the open Chesapeake. In this episode, John Page... Read more

16 Feb 2022

6mins

Ranked #7

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February: Otters Are Busy Now

February: Otters Are Busy Now

The Chesapeake has a healthy population of otters. In fact, every river system has at least one family. Otters are perha... Read more

11 Feb 2022

7mins

Ranked #8

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February: Eagles Nesting

February: Eagles Nesting

Did you know it's likely that most members of every population of bald eagles on the East Coast visit the Chesapeake at ... Read more

3 Feb 2022

8mins

Ranked #9

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December: Miocene Fossils

December: Miocene Fossils

Fossils put Bay time into perspective. Features of today's region were already recognizable when the Atlantic Ocean floo... Read more

22 Dec 2021

6mins

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December: Muskrats and Winter Marshes

December: Muskrats and Winter Marshes

In this episode, John Page introduces us to the Chesapeake's most abundant aquatic mammal and one of the few that are ac... Read more

15 Dec 2021

6mins

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