VMRC: Despite signs of blue crab recovery, catch restrictions to continue
Chesapeake Bay blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) caught in the James River below Hopewell, Va. (Copyright © 2009 David M. Lawrence) MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Following a substantial recovery in Chesapeake...
View ArticleHormone may link fish kills, intersex fish in western Virginia rivers
Redbreast sunfish with Aeromonas salmonicida lesion above pectoral fin. MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — The mysterious fish kills that have afflicted the waters of western Virginia the past few years have...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Today is World Oceans Day
Sunrise over Cape Lookout, N.C. (Copyright © 2009 David M. Lawrence) MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Today, June 8, 2009, is the first official World Oceans Day. Canada proposed holding a World Oceans Day in...
View ArticleReview: Shooting in the Wild
Chris Palmer Shooting in the Wild: An Insider’s Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2010 ISBN: 978–1-57805–148-91. 223+xxiii pp. $24.95 (US) MECHANICSVILLE,...
View ArticleSafe Haven: The Delmarva Fox Squirrel and Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Md. — A Delmarva fox squirrel poses on the root ball of a fallen tree. MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Back in March 2012, I took part in the American University Center for...
View ArticleThe GOP War on the Environment: An Update
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Over the last few years I hear more and more people claim that the Democrats and Republicans are essentially the same. To them, I have a reply: BULLSHIT! Elections have...
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