Volume 14, Issue 29 ~ July 20 - July 26, 2006

Features:

Will Maryland’s only woman in the U.S. House stand just four-foot-ten? interviewed by Sandra Olivetti Martin

Wine drinkers toast Maryland’s new law. by Maria Bellos

Way Downstream ~ Maryland League of Conservation Voters gets a new director … Newspeak on the state of Virginia rivers … A Clean Sweep sends developers out of Crisfield … Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuary in China and crusader castles in Syria join UNESCO’s World Heritage list … And last but not least, this week’s Creature Feature, At Cape Canaveral, Roadkill Roundup keeps Discovery and other shuttles safe from vultures.

Departments:

Editorial • Reflection • Letters to the Editor

Dr. Gouin’s Bay Gardener ~ Attack Bagworms Early: Wait much longer, and you’ll have to bring in the big guns.

Bill Burton ~ Heroes for the Century: Maryland’s top 20th century conservationists.

Earthtalk ~ Making Cents of Recycling: States with bottle bills get more for their money.

The Sporting Life ~ Right-Sizing Your Fish: The size perch I wanted would suit a keeper rockfish. by Dennis Doyle

Tidelog® • Sky Watch ~ Milk in the Heavens: Hera’s wrath comes full-circle. by J. Alex Knoll

Earth Journal ~ Mosquito-hawk: The Official Insect of my back yard. by Gary Pendleton