Poplar Island is an artificial creation rising out of the Bay's waters, 3.5 miles long and a half-mile wide. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed and built it in partnership with the state of Maryland. Starting in 1998, workers placed tons of sand and rock in a circle on the Bay's bottom. Then they began filling up the interior with sediment dredged from the Bay's shipping channels, a job that is still underway. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Editors, Michael W. Fincham and Jeffrey Brainard; Science Writer, Daniel Strain; Production Editor and Art Director, Sandy Rodgers.
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Bird lover Jan Reese has counted important species on Poplar Island. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Editors, Michael W. Fincham and Jeffrey Brainard; Science Writer, Daniel Strain; Production Editor and Art Director, Sandy Rodgers.
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Only 27 years old, Pritchard is already used to leading men on science missions. When he was 22, he waded ashore on Omaha Beach on D-Day-plus-two to lead a squad of soldiers to the bluffs above the beaches of the Normandy invasion. His mission on the cliffs: figure out a daily forecast for sea swell and surf conditions so all those American and British ships floating out there in the English Channel could keep offloading tanks and trucks and soldiers. In the photos from that war, he was wiry, black-haired, and bespectacled, already a pipe smoker, a good leader, said one of his team, an outgoing guy who got things done. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Editors, Michael W. Fincham and Jeffrey Brainard; Science Writer, Daniel Strain; Production Editor and Art Director, Sandy Rodgers.
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