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Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary on the upper Patuxent River. This was one of the overnight stops on the annual Patuxent Sojourn paddle.
Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary
Muskrat lodge along the upper Patuxent River during the annual Patuxent Sojourn paddle
Muskrat lodge
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) nest on the upper Patuxent River. Seen while kayaking with the annual 4-day Patuxent Sojourn paddle
Osprey nest
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) nest on the upper Patuxent River. Seen while kayaking with the annual 4-day Patuxent Sojourn paddle
Osprey nest
Paddlers on the upper Patuxent River during the annual Patuxent Sojourn paddle.
Paddlers
Paddlers on the upper Patuxent River during the annual Patuxent Sojourn paddle.
Paddlers
Kayaks awaiting their paddlers on the morning of the final day of the 4-day Patuxent Sojourn paddle
Paddling
Jane Thomas from IAN paddling with the Patuxent Sojourn, an annual four-day paddling trip along the Patuxent River
Paddling
View over the upper Patuxent River from the observation tower at Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary. This stretch was paddled during the last day of the 4-day Patuxent Sojourn paddle.
Patuxent River
View over the upper Patuxent River from the observation tower at Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary. This stretch was paddled during the last day of the 4-day Patuxent Sojourn paddle.
Upper Patuxent River
View over the upper Patuxent River from the observation tower at Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary. This stretch was paddled during the last day of the 4-day Patuxent Sojourn paddle.
Upper Patuxent River
Conceptual Diagram illustrating the general requirements for seagrass and clam aquaculture. These both include sandy sediment and shallow water.
Habitat requirements of seagrass and hard clams
Conceptual diagram illustrating the differences in how barrier islands are formed along the shore. The structure of the island depends mainly on the balance between wave and tide energy.
Morphology of different barrier islands
Conceptual diagram illustrating how sea-level rise creates mainland-fringing marshland, as well as how it affects existing marshes.
Sea-level rise & marshes
Illustration of tsunami sensor and transmitting buoy
Tsunami sensor and transmitting buoy
Illustration of intertidal seagrass habitat
Seagrass habitat: intertidal
Illustration of subtidal seagrass habitat
Seagrass habitat: subtidal
Illustration of person clamming
Clammer
Agriculture adjacent to the Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area on the eastern shore of Maryland
Agriculture and the Pocomoke Sound Wildlife…
Beach Island (foreground) on the eastern shore of Virginia. Shoals and seagrass are also visible.
Beach Island
Beach Island (foreground) on the eastern shore of Virginia. Shoals and seagrass are also visible.
Beach Island
Big Marsh on the eastern shore of Virginia. Deep Creek is in the background
Big Marsh
Cherry Point on the southern shores of the Piankatank River, Virginia
Cherry Point
Cherry Point on the southern shores of the Piankatank River, Virginia
Cherry Point
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