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Looking across the marina to Fisherman's Wharf which juts into Monterey Bay.
Fisherman's Wharf
City Dock in downtown Annapolis, Maryland
City Dock in Annapolis
Oysters in bags hang off the side of the Horn Point Laboratory dock on the Choptank River on the Chesapeake Bay
Sitting off the dock on the Bay
A view of a frozen Choptank River from the dock at Horn Point Laboratory, in Cambridge, Maryland.
Frozen Choptank River
The Horn Point Laboratory dock, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, juts out into a frozen Choptank River.
Winter at the Horn Point dock
Residential development and salt marsh alongside Monie Creek, a tributary of Monie Bay, a sub-estuary of Chesapeake Bay.
Residential development and marsh along Monie…
Sailboats fill the City Harbour in Annapolis
Sailing in Annapolis
The Robert Lee is docked at the Horn Point Laboratory
Rober Lee docks at Horn Point Lab
ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina
Trawler
Marina dock building in Annapolis. View from Compromise St. drawbridge.
Building docks
Bags holding oysters hang off the Horn Point Laboratory dock under a layer of ice in the Choptank River
Oyster bags under a frozen river
The R/V Rachel Carson, the newest research vessel at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
R/V Rachel Carson
Illustration of piling with solar powered light
Piling with solar powered light
Conceptual Diagram illustrating the elements of a soft shoreline and how they can benefit a habitat, versus the elements of a hard shoreline that offer few benefits towards a habitat, and in some cases can be damaging.
Soft vs. hard shorelines
Illustration of person chicken necking for crab off pier
Chicken necking
Illustration of a jetty
Jetty 3
A commercial floating pile driver provides services for waterfront properties that have docks, boat lifts, or riprap.
Commercial pile driver
Laughing Gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla) on a dock and pilings in Monie Creek, part of the Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Laughing Gulls
Residential development reliant on septic systems can be found along portions of Monie Creek, which enters the Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Waterfront residential development
A walkway through the salt marsh connects this dock on Little Monie Creek to the poultry farm in the background.
Dock on Little Monie Creek at poultry farm
Monie Creek wends along, emptying into Monie Bay. Much of its length is surrounded by Spartina marsh and forest, along its flat topography.
Monie Creek
Monie Creek wends along, emptying into Monie Bay. Much of its length is surrounded by Spartina marsh and forest, along its flat topography. Pilings from an old dock can be seen across from a shallow boat launch.
Monie Creek
Residential homes and docks are situated close to the water in an upstream area of Monie Creek.
Residential development along Monie Creek
This private residence presents a hard shoreline, which offers little benefit to wildlife.
Hard Shoreline
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