By Tim Junkin, Director, Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy So many of us yearn for some degree of intimacy with the natural world, with the earth and her waters, with the sky and her stars, hoping perhaps to get close enough to study marvelous creatures wild and untamed, creatures who survive winters without clothes or who migrate [...]

The Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy released its third annual report card for the Choptank, Miles and Wye Rivers, and Eastern Bay to an audience of well over 150 people in Easton, Maryland at our State of the Rivers Spring Party. During 2012, with our partners Midshore Creekwatchers, we sampled water quality more than 500 times at [...]

In this edition: *Notes on the River- Kayaking Hunting Creek by Tim Junkin *RIVERKEEPER’S Logs-by Drew Koslow and Tom Leigh *We thank our 2012 contributors and recognize Bay Businesses Spring 2013  

Don’t fertilize your lawn. If a soil test suggests your lawn requires a fertilizer application, only fertilize early in the fall, adhere to quantity guidelines, and be sure to avoid storm drains, waterways and ditches. Reduce your lawn size. Plant native grasses, trees and shrubs. This will reduce mowing and watering requirements, create natural habitat, [...]