Welp. I was hoping to participate in a bird walk hosted by the Baltimore bird club so I could write a travel story about wildlife at Fort McHenry tomorrow but #governmentshutdown.
Jeremy Cox
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Reporter for the Chesapeake Bay Journal. Adjunct communications & environmental prof at Salisbury University. Not sorry about the baseball card posts.
We ran 7 miles from Rumbley to Frenchtown and back again this morning and at no time were we more than 4 feet above sea level, per Strava. Encountered about 100 feet of flooded road. Houses carved into the Delmarva saltmarsh. Beautiful and foreboding.
Another poetry reading, featuring …. this guy! If you find yourself in the Baltimore area this Saturday, drop on by the Pratt library at 3 o’clock. 
Me reading poetry. If not cleansing your timeline then at least providing a change of pace. youtu.be/cZY2MI67t_4
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Gardening with natives FTW: viburnum, goat’s beard, Solomon’s seal, coral bells, creeping phlox
Life hack: When @rkobell.bsky.social leads a headline with the word “yes,” read that story. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cl...
Yes, Baltimore County recycles everything in your bin — even glass bottles
Baltimore County is trying to get people to understand that it does actually recycle our trash and wants more people to believe it, and to put out their bins.
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Scores of communities in the Bay watershed are reeling after the Trump administration clawed back millions of dollars in Biden-era funds aimed at helping them become more resistant to disasters. Here are where the biggest losses hit. www.bayjournal.com/news/climate...
FEMA cancels $1 billion for flood prevention projects in Chesapeake Bay region
As Crisfield Mayor Darlene Taylor sees it, the low-lying Maryland town has no future unless it can hold back rising water. Computer models suggest that the adjacent Chesapeake Bay could
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Folks! The new season of our podcast Chesapeake Uncharted is almost here (live on May 21). Our theme this time is migrations. I’m excited for you to hear the trailer for season 4! chesapeakeuncharted.libsyn.com/season-4-tra...
Chesapeake Uncharted: Season 4 Trailer: Chasing Migrations
Migrations shape life in the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Follow along with Chesapeake Bay Journal filmmakers David Harp, Tom Horton and Sandy Cannon Brown as they track the journeys of monarch b...
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Spotted this fellow today out on the reporting trail: a lovely king snake. All he needed was a crown.
I have kicked off a new series for the Bay Journal. Called “Our Waterways,” it explores the health of the watershed’s tributaries. First up: Solomon’s Harbor and adjoining creeks. www.bayjournal.com/news/polluti...
Chesapeake region’s growth woes embodied at Solomons Island
Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series examining the health of smaller streams and sections of rivers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. If you would like to
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A preview of my travel story for the April edition: paddling Cocktown Creek in Calvert County.
Folks who until recently worked for EPA, NRCS, NOAA or other environmental agencies in the Chesapeake Bay Area: I am eager to hear about the work you were doing for an upcoming story. Anonymous or not. On Signal: bayjournal.36 Email: jcox@bayjournal.com
Can native switchgrass give Eastern Shore farmers a commodity to grow on lands too salty from sea level rise? My story and video. #climatechange www.bayjournal.com/news/climate...
Saltwater intrusion leads farmers near Chesapeake Bay to ponder ‘switch’
As winter turned to spring, Wendell Meekins planted his corn crop and prepared for the stalks to shoot up tall and green, just as they always had. That didn’t happen.
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Could use travel story suggest for Southern MD. Something environmental. A park, trail system, kayak route, museum.
a bob 's burgers movie poster with a cartoon character
ALT: a bob 's burgers movie poster with a cartoon character
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You can share your Chesapeake Bay-related and environment-related news tips with me now on @signal.org
I wrote up a little something if you care to learn more. www.bayjournal.com/news/growth_...
State park added to last Maryland county without one
All but one of Maryland’s 23 counties contains at least one state park. But that is poised to change soon.
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Jeremy Cox@jeremy-cox.bsky.social · 2y agoMaryland’s newest state park is poised to arrive in the last county without one. It will be called Wetipquin Creek State Park. I paddled there a few years ago. Winding, surprisingly strong tidal current. The old house is breathtaking.
My latest: if you care to travel to Delaware and have a little non-beach time, boy, do I have the place for you! www.bayjournal.com/travel/for-u...
For ‘unfettered’ nature near the beach, have a run at Delaware’s Redden State Forest
It was midday. But with the winter solstice drawing near, the sun was close to its most southerly track and could only manage to produce a steady twilight beneath the
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Maryland’s newest state park is poised to arrive in the last county without one. It will be called Wetipquin Creek State Park. I paddled there a few years ago. Winding, surprisingly strong tidal current. The old house is breathtaking.
A cool story from my colleague Lauren Hines-Acosta: Once trained to seek out large invasive rodents, conservation dogs have a new target: rare orchids. www.bayjournal.com/news/wildlif...
This dog will hunt — for rare flowers in Bay watershed
In a sea of trees and shrubs, detector dog Encore doesn’t need his eyes to pick out a rare green orchid in Fort Walker, VA. All he needs is his
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Finally back from Florida visiting family over the break. As you can see, I participated in the official state sport of alligator dodging.
Got a special tour of the Salisbury University campus with my sustainability class. The green roof on the library may not look very green right now, but it lives up to the name in other ways.
Time is running out on the bill to create a Chesapeake Bay National Recreational Area. My story. www.bayjournal.com/news/policy/...
Clock ticks down on Chesapeake National Recreational Area bill
Time is running out for supporters of a bill creating a Chesapeake National Recreational Area to get the measure across the finish line before the next Congress is seated in
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Yeesh. Had to grab some floor here at the MD Water Monitoring Conference this morning. Must be a popular event.
Hello, world. I hear this is Twitter’s lifeboat. Did anyone bring margaritas?