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Looking across Quaker Neck to Langford Creek, a tributary of the Chester River
Quaker Neck
Small tributary to the Chesapeake Bay showing forest riparian buffer which reduces sediment and nutrient run-off from adjacent farming.
Riparian Buffer
Farming on the Eastern Shore. Showing bare soil and a riparian buffer (grass and trees) used to reduce sediment and nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay.
Riparian buffer zone on the Eastern Shore
Looking towards the mouth of the Sassafras River. Turner Creek is on the left.
Sassafras River
In the foreground is Turner Creek, a tributary of the Sassafras River.
Sassafras River
Looking north across the Sassafras River. The Elk River is in the background.
Sassafras River
Looking north across the Sassafras River. The Elk River is in the background.
Sassafras River
The mouth of the Sassafras River. The Elk River is in the background (right), on the other side of Grove Neck. In the background (left) are the Susquehanna Flats.
Sassafras River
Looking across the mouth of the Sassafras River, across to the other side of Chesapeake Bay
Sassafras River
Looking towards the mouth of the Sassafras River
Sassafras River
Looking towards the mouth of the Sassafras River
Sassafras River
Looking west along Spaniard Neck, which separates the Corsica River (left) from the Chester River.
Spaniard Neck
The Susquehanna Flats in the upper Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. The Flats are an important habitat for underwater grasses (SAV). In the background is the Aberdeen Proving Ground Military Reservation
Susquehanna Flats
The Susquehanna Flats in the upper Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. The Flats are an important habitat for underwater grasses (SAV). In the background is the Aberdeen Proving Ground Military Reservation
Susquehanna Flats
The Susquehanna Flats in the upper Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. The Flats are an important habitat for underwater grasses (SAV). In the background is the Aberdeen Proving Ground Military Reservation
Susquehanna Flats
Looking down Swan Creek, towards the town of Gratitude. Eastern Neck is in the distance.
Swan Creek
The mouth of the Corsica River, where it joins the Chester River.
The mouth of the Corsica River
Looking across the upper Chesapeake Bay, towards the Aberdeen Proving Ground Military Reservation
Upper Chesapeake Bay
West Fork of Langford Creek, a tributary of the Chester River
West Fork
Farming on DelMarVa/Eastern Shore, MD. Showing patchwork of crops (corn, soybean, etc.)
Upper Eastern Shore Farming
Illustration of wheat kernels
Wheat kernels
Conceptual diagram illustrating the challenges that urban development creates on coastal/marine ecosystems.
Bay encroachment
Illustration of taro plantation
Taro plantation
A tributary of the Choptank River. Runoff from the heavy rains of June and July 2006 are visible
A tributary of the Choptank River
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