Volume 14, Issue 16 ~ April 20 - April 26, 2006

8 Days a Week ~ Bay Weekly’s guide to good times; by Carrie Steele

Classified ~ Employment & More, Health & Fitness, Services, MarketPlace, Automotive, Marine, Real Estate

Features:

Riverkeepers: Lone Rangers in Powerboats

As water sleuths and anti-pollution warriors, Riverkeepers lead the fight for justice in Chesapeake waters. by Carrie Steele

Buying Nature’s Bounty

Local plant sales are gardeners’ wonderlands. by Carrie Steele

Riding with the Volvo Ocean Race

Led by ABN AMRO ONE, the fleet sailed up our Bay into Baltimore. by Kat Bennett

Way Downstream ~ See Chesapeake Bay’s fringe of urban development from space at www.whrc.org … The drought we’re sharing with Virginia kindles 4,000 acres in Patrick County near the North Carolina border … The National Park Service’s secret is out: Maryland park budgets will be cut … Pennsylvania’s General Assembly considers multi-thousand dollar impact fees … Plus, last but not least, this week’s Creature Feature: In Calvert County, Chesapeake Ranch Estate’s Lake Lariat has the dubious distinction of the highest concentration of mercury in fish in Maryland.

Departments:

Editorial • Reflection • Letters to the Editor

Dr. Gouin’s Bay Gardener ~ Want Fountains of Gold in Spring ’07? Prune forsythia now.

Bill Burton ~ Catch Them While You Can: Early rockfishing is at its short best; many other fish are coming our way.

Earthtalk ~Sizing Up Environmental Leaders: What shade of green is our new Interior Secretary?

The Sporting Life ~ Opening Day at the Tackle Shop: The Chesapeake is casting its spell again. by Dennis Doyle

Curtain Call ~ Anne Arundel Community College’s The Emperor’s New Clothes; reviewed by Carrie Steele

Tidelog® • Sky Watch ~ Hoping for a Shower of Sky Rockets: Lyrids mark first meteors of the year. by J. Alex Knoll.