Firearms Instructors PSA

A safety related Public Service Announcement for my fellow shooting sports instructors.  

Orchid Loss Blamed on Deer

Orchid Loss In Maryland Blamed on Deer: An Article from the Baltimore Sun June 20, 2014 http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/blog/bs-hs-vanishing-orchids-20140619,0,7961033.story

Chicamuxen 5-Pounder!

Steve Kolbe and I launched out of Fort Smallwood on the Mattawoman and fished the mouth of the Chicamuxen on the Potomac, with Steve catching a nice catfish on a spinnerbait.  We then… Continue reading →

Timber Rattlers

I have a friend that sent me these three photos of timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) that he took from a den site in the Catoctin Mountains in Frederick County. He said that he… Continue reading →

Holly Shelter Game Land

The Nature Conservancy’s Holly Shelter Game Land, Pender County, NC Mark, Jeb and I took a hike along a portion of Conservancy land, located near Topsail, NC. This ecological community ecotype is known… Continue reading →

Holly Shelter Hike

Holly Shelter Game Land, Pender County, NC Mark and I took a morning hike along the fresh-tidal Cape Fear River, between Topsail and Wilmington.  The river occurs within the 87,000-acre Holly Shelter Game… Continue reading →

Exploring Topsail Island

We beached at the southern tip of Topsail Island, where the inter-coastal waterway opens into the ocean.  Jeb sets the anchor, so that we can get out and explore. I’ve never seen so… Continue reading →

Inter-Coastal Flats Fishing

Mike, Tammy, Michelle and I spent the afternoon on a falling high tide fishing the grass flats of the inter-coastal waterway. Dolphins followed our boat for a while and they were a treat… Continue reading →

Fishing the Susquehanna Flats

A beautiful day on the water, but I suspect this heron may have had a better day of fishing than we did. We fished the mouth of the Susquehanna River at the fresh… Continue reading →

American Ginsing

Back on May 12, 2014, I found a population of American Ginsing (Panax quinquefolius), which is a MD DNR Natural Heritage Program watchlist species (S3), meaning that the plant is rare to uncommon with the… Continue reading →

Grasses of Washington DC

Smithsonian Institution, 2014 A vegetative key, descriptions, and illustrations for the identification of 182 native and naturalized grasses that occur in Washington, D.C., are presented. In addition, we provide a glossary of terms… Continue reading →

The Capital Wheel at National Harbor

Dan and I went fishing today, launching out of the Fort Washington Marina.  We fished the Piscataway and Swan Creek.  We stopped by Washington Harbor, near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (I-95 over the… Continue reading →

Piscataway Creek

Dan Betz and I launched out of the Fort Washington Marina, which has been going through improvements as of late. We fished the upper portions and south banks opposite the marina. We fished… Continue reading →