Episode 18: Snow Hill to Shelltown
Billy Weiland of Assateague Coastal Trust is a long-time friend of the podcast, and I’m happy to welcome him back for this third visit. We spoke in ACT’s spacious new…
Episode 17: Meghan’s Garden
Meghan Rhode, Assateague State Park’s assistant manager, hadn’t given much thought to pollinator habitats until she was put in charge of one. Since then, she and the habitat have blossomed.…
Episode 16: The Biggest Little Program
In this episode we meet Sandi Smith, marketing and outreach coordinator for The Maryland Coastal Bays Program. MCBP celebrates 25 years of education, restoration, and collaboration this year, and Sandi…
Episode 15: Living Shoreline, Living Bay
In this episode we meet Kevin Smith, Executive Director of the Maryland Coastal Bays Program. Kevin takes us through the history of the Assateague State Park shoreline resiliency and wetland…
Assateague Video: Walking In
I shot this video on my iPhone in early June, as my stepdaughter Haley was setting up her walk-in campsite in Assateague Island National Seashore. I’m not the world’s best…
Episode 14: Dynamic Living Shorelines
In this episode we meet Chris Becraft of Underwood & Associates. Chris designs and builds ecological restoration projects. Chris fills us in on his Assateague State Park Shoreline Resiliency and…
Episode 13: Telescope Night
In this episode, we go back in time to October 21, 2017, and visit Telescope Night at Assateague Island National Seashore. We talk with three volunteers from the Delmarva Space…
Episode 12: My Ever-Changing Dunes
Angela Baldwin manages one of my favorite spots on earth — Maryland’s Assateague State Park. ASP is nestled inside Assateague Island National Seashore, at the north end just before the…
Episode 11: The Beach Beyond
In this episode, I talk with Gretchen Knapp of the National Park Service. Gretchen runs the Visitors Center in Tom’s Cove at the Virginia end. Gretchen and Assateague Island have…
Episode 10: Welcome Visitors
In this episode, I talk with Kelly Taylor of the National Park Service. Kelly manages the Assateague Island National Seashore Visitors Center in Maryland, which sits at the foot of…