"The Voices of the
Chesapeake Bay Interview Project is created to help
us further develop our 'sense of place.' The Voices Project is ongoing, inherently
'inclusive' and well-rounded, giving us the ability to see our bio-region, the
Chesapeake
Bay watershed, from a variety of perspectives
and points of view. With this
ability we can fully and truly appreciate this incredible place called the
Chesapeake Bay."
Michael Buckley, Project Director
(Read
the full interview)
Voices
of the Chesapeake Bay™
Voices
of the Chesapeake Bay
Selected
Interviews 2008-10
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"part" to listen in
Sailing Champion Chris Larson 2009
Part
One Part Two
Plein
Air Easton Outdoor Painting
Competition 2009
Part One Part
Two Part Three
o
Director Ellie
Altman leads us on a walk through
this amazing natural preserve...
Adkins
Arboretum 2009
Part
One Part Two Part Three
Curator
Pete Lesher on Chesapeake Bay Steamboats
Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum
Part One Part Two
Part Three
Harriet Tubman
biographer Kate Larson 2009
Part One
Part
Two Part Three
Artists
John Ebersberger and Sharon Littig
Part
One Part
Two Part Three
Listing of 2010 Interviews (first quarter):
1-3-10 Buddy
Harrison, Harrison's Chesapeake House and Oysterback Tales author
Helen Chapelle
Just ten years after the Civil War fell silent, we entertained our first guests.
In those wonderfully Victorian days, enormous paddle wheelers crossed the
Chesapeake Bay to bring ladies and gentlemen seeking relief from the heat and
humidity of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. This was know as
"Summering on Tilghman"...and Captain Levin Harrison's reputation for
hospitality, fine sportfishing, and fabulous country cooking quickly spread.
Excerpt from Harrison's
Chesapeake House website
"Helen Chappell - native of Dorchester County, resident of Bellevue, in Talbot County, author of more than 20 or more romance novels - has written 40 short tales that satirize the mores and manners of some of her Eastern Shore brothers and sisters... Chappell's stories get high marks all around... Her three dozen line drawings in Oysterback Tales are perfect illustrations." - Baltimore City Paper
1-10-10 Howard Rodgers, maritime artist and woodworker
The Raven Studio, a gallery of fine art, is a tribute to Howard L. Rogers, artist, illustrator and woodcarver for 45 years. Browse in a working studio, offering products from fine art, design and layout to woodcarving. The latter involves yacht nameboards, house and business signs, trophies, eagles, plaques, half-models, scrolls and capitals. The art entails water color paintings and pen-and-ink drawings including accurate representations of maritime craft, private and commercial, heraldic representation of family crests, letterheads, ship and aircraft insignia, business card design, logos and flyers. Visit the Raven Maritime Gallery and the Raven Art Gallery to view a limited sample of original work. Mr. Rogers creates handmade hardwood frames, gold-leafing, matting and bas-relief carving. The Studio, located at the corner of Severn Avenue and Second Street in Annapolis, Maryland, is a working studio with samples of the artist's work on display.
1-17-10 Michael Fincham - Oyster Film “Who Killed Crassostrea Virginica?"
Michael W. Fincham filmed Who Killed Crassostrea virginica: The Fall and Rise of Chesapeake Bay Oysters. Fincham is a science writer and a documentary producer who focuses on the environment, science, social justice and sports. He currently develops film and television projects through the University of Maryland Sea Grant College.
1-23-10 Tom Wisner
Chesapeake
Bay environmentalist, educator, artist, storyteller and songwriter Tom Wisner is
an award-winning writer of the songs “Chesapeake Born,” and "Made of
Water" and "Dredging is my Drudgery." (Read The Capital news
story, Celebrating a True Voice of the Bay by Michael Buckley, pub. 1-28-10)
1-30-10 Md DNR Secretary John Griffin
John R. Griffin was
appointed Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) by
Governor Martin O’Malley in January 2007. Griffin held the same position under
Governor Parris N. Glendening from 1995 to 1999, after having served as the
department's deputy secretary for 11 years.
As Maryland’s top natural resources official,
Griffin leads a State cabinet agency with a $500 million annual budget and 1,400
employees charged with the management, restoration and protection of
Maryland’s vast natural resources -- including the Chesapeake Bay, 17,000
miles of waterways, nearly 450,000 acres of parks, forests and other public
lands, and the state’s diverse fishery and wildlife species.
2-7-10
Don Boesch, President, University
of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Don Boesch is a Professor of Marine Science and President of
the University
of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES).
The Center is one
of two research and service institutions in the 13-institution University
System of Maryland.
It conducts comprehensive research, trains graduate students, contributes to
public education, and advises public agencies and others on environmental and
natural resource management from its three laboratories distributed across the
state:
Appalachian Laboratory, Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory, and Horn
Point Laboratory. In addition
the Center administers Maryland
Sea Grant.
2-14-10 Jim Clark, Annapolis poet
J. Wesley Clark, an Annapolis-born poet, has been a soldier, journalist, and educator. He has published more than four hundred poems in many magazines and reviews including Bogg, Chiron Review, Gargoyle, Notus, Passager, Red Rock Review, RiverSedge and the Texas Observer. Among his books of poetry are Daughter of the South County, Asleep With Whippoorwills, and I Am Paraguay (published by Bogg Publications--a second edition will appear later this year).
2-21-10 Eric Michaelson, Executive Director, South River Federation
2-28-10 Laurence Hartge, Hartge Yacht Yard
Laurence Hartge, who spent a life involved in virtually all aspects of
boating - including his family's legendary Galesville boatyard, boat design,
racing and lastly maritime history and painting - died Monday at home from
complications of cancer. He was 93.
Laurence Hartge, who contributed greatly to the
area’s maritime history and his family’s legendary Galesville boatyard, died
Monday from complications of cancer. He was 93 years old. He’s shown above at
the Annapolis Maritime Museum, which recently exhibited a collection of
paintings by Hartge along with memorabilia and photos from his family.
3-7-10
Ospreys Return – Jennifer Curtis &
Pete McGowan, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Green Author Jennifer Keats Curtis’ new illustrated children’s book, Baby Owl’s Rescue (Sylvan Dell Publishing). Known for diligently researching her topic and interviewing real experts, including children working to help preserve and protect local wildlife, Curtis has developed a knack for teaching young children about important ecological issues and what they can do to help. In addition to Baby Owl’s Rescue, the long-time journalist’s informational and educational books include the award-winning Oshus and Shelly Save the Bay; the Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award Finalist Turtles in My Sandbox (Sylvan Dell, 2006); and last year’s Osprey Adventure (Tidewater Publishing, 2008). Saving Squeak: A River Otter’s Tale (Schiffer Publishing) is scheduled to debut in 2010. Jennifer serves as editor-at-large for Maryland Life Magazine. She is currently working on a nonfiction book about seahorses. She resides in the Annapolis area, with her family, amidst several animals, most of them small.
3-14-10 Jeff Campbell, Hungry for Music
Hungry For Music is
a grassroots volunteer-driven 501 (c)(3) charity organization with a nationwide
and international outreach. Hungry for Music’s mission is to inspire
underprivileged children (and others) by bringing positive musical and creative
experiences into their lives. Since becoming a non-profit in 1994, Hungry for
Music has brought the healing quality of music to thousands of people through
its musical instrument donations, concerts, and workshops. We support our
programs through memberships, benefit concerts and events, raffles, and the sale
of Hungry for Music produced compact discs. "Hungry for Music’s purpose
is to embrace the positive qualities of music: its ability to create community,
to express a talent, to unify various races, and most importantly to heal.”
Jeff Campbell
3-21-10 Jim Gracie, Md Trout Unlimited Lucie Snodgrass, Dishing Up Maryland
Mr. Gracie, during the past twenty-five years, has developed expertise in overall watershed management techniques for stream and wetland protection, stream restoration, and fisheries management. His experience includes developing water quality monitoring efforts throughout the country, advancing the science of stream restoration in conjunction with Maryland State Highways projects, and private development plans providing more than two dozen restoration designs and supervising construction on fifteen of them. As twice chairman of the Board of Trout Unlimited, he provided leadership for an international conservation organization of 50,000 members and 350 local chapters in the United States interested in stream and fisheries management. He also served as Director and Executive Committee member of the Maryland Wildlife Federation from 1979 through 1981.
3-28-10
DNR Dir of Fisheries Tom O’Connell
Peter O’Brien, Exec Director,
DC Environmental Film Festival
Tom O’Connell is a respected 15-year Md. DNR veteran who serves as director of the Fisheries Service. “Tom O’Connell has the vision, the conviction and the expertise to guide our efforts to ensure sustainable fishery populations remain a birthright for future generations of Marylanders,” said Gov. Martin O'Malley.
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Voices
of the Chesapeake Bay
The book
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Fifty-three
life stories. Amazing people from all walks of Chesapeake Bay
life.
Includes: former Maryland Governor Harry R. Hughes, "Presidential Medal of Honor"
recipient
Russell Train, Univ. of Maryland Center for Environmental Science president Donald Boesch, ESPN
Chief Sailing Commentator Gary Jobson, farmer & mayor Russell
Brinsfield of Vienna, MD, Queenstown historian Harry Rhodes, author/ fisherman Bill Burton,
author Tom Horton,
Chesapeake Bay Foundation V.P. of Education Don Baugh, Maryland
Watermen's Association president
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