Programs organized by topic

To explore all htmlects of living in the watershed, Watershed Radio programs address topics in the following categories: General Science & Environmental concerns Animals in the watershed Plants and habitats Special people Special places Living memory (Natural History) Watershed organizations Opportunities, and events Tips for living in the Watershed General ChesSIE (March 8, 2002) Eastern Wilderness (July 11, 2001) Ecosystem Defined (April 8, 2002) Fifteen Million Times One (February 6, 2002) Forgotten Watershed (August 14, 2001) Lag Time (January 30, 2002) Paradise Lost (January 16, 2002) Series Overview: About Watershed Radio (May 1, 2001; November 20, 2001; February 28) Series Overview (July 1, 2001) Watershed Geology (August 6, 2001) What is a watershed_ (January 21, 2002) Science and environmental concern Scientific Research | Invasive Species | Pollution and Human Health | Air Pollution and Energy Use | Understanding Ecosystems | Ecosystems out of Balance | Geology and large-scale processes | Erosion and Stormwater Runoff | Scientific Research Algae: Sunscreen (September 3, 2001) Bird Oracles (December 27, 2001) Blue Crab Breeding (March 5, 2002) Estuarine Sentinels (March 18, 2002) Forest Canopy (October 11, 2001) Hitchhikers (May 4, 2001) Neighborhood Nestwatch (May 7, 2001) Non-Point Sources (February 15, 2002) Old Trees (November 7, 2001) Rusty Roots (February 8, 2002) Satellite Maps (August 23, 2001) UV and the Bay (May 29, 2001) Water Quality (February 25, 2002) Invasive species Asian Long-Horned Beetle (September 19, 2001) Chestnut Restoration (November 23, 2001) Japanese Worms (May 30, 2001) Hitchhikers (May 4, 2001) Mute Swans (October 19, 2001) Nutria Invasion (December 12, 2001) Oriental Bittersweet (December 10, 2001) Purple Loosestrife (November 14, 2001) Water Chestnuts (January 25, 2002) Zebra Mussels (April 24, 2002) Pollution and human health Acid Rain: Brook Trout (December, 3, 2001) Acid Rain: Trout Fishing in Virginia (June 25, 2001) Arsenic (August 9, 2001) Animal Feeding Operations: Chicken Hormones (October 29, 2001) Bye Bye Birdie (October 10, 2001) Brownfields (September 18, 2001) Chicken Hormones (October 29, 2001) Coliform: Tale of Two Cities Flood of 1996 (January 9, 2002) Freshwater Use in Maryland (February 26, 2002) Herbicides in the Air (July 17, 2001) Insect Sticky Traps (July 30, 2001) Just Say NO to Water (May 17, 2001) Low Flow Blues (March 14, 2002) Mountain Top Removal (July 23, 2001) Mud Pollution (July 25, 2001) Pollution Prevention (February 7, 2002) Rain Drains (February 11, 2002) Salty Roads (January 14, 2002) Sprawl and Human Health (February 27, 2002) Urban sprawl: Green Space (November 6, 2001) West Nile Virus (October 3, 2001) Air pollution and energy use Acid Rain: Trout Fishing in Virginia (June 25, 2001) Air pollution: Car sense (September 6, 2001) Car emissions (June 26, 2001) Carbon sink: Old Trees (November 7, 2001) Convection (October 31, 2001) Fossil and renewable fuels: Convection (October 31, 2001) Haze: Skyline Drive (November 1, 2001) Oil Spill Connection (June 20, 2001) Saving energy: Convection (October 31, 2001) Skyline Drive (November 1, 2001) Solar Energy (June 22, 2001) Solar Library (July 6, 2001) Telecommuting (August 16, 2001) Understanding ecosystems Advancing Fall Colors (October 16, 2001) Biodiversity (May 21,2001) Deciduous Diary (October 5, 2001) Drought and Dissolved Oxygen (April 23, 2002) Eastern Wilderness (July 11, 2001) Nature Unbalanced (October 19, 2001) Nitrogen Cycle: Nature Unbalanced (October 19, 2001) Old Trees (November 7, 2001) Salinity & Diversity (July 27, 2001) Salt and Fish (April 19, 2002) Wilderness Defined (July 10, 2001) Ecosystems out of balance Algae: Mahogany Tides (August 15, 2001) Geology and large-scale processes Ancient Blue Ridge (November 15, 2001) Earthquakes (September 25, 2001) Evolution: Birds in Winter (December 6, 2001) Fall Lines (August 10, 2001) Geology: The Beginning (September 12, 2001) Hurricanes (September 14, 2001) Sideling Hill Cut (October 26, 2001) Summer Solstice (June 21, 2001) Watershed Geology (August 6, 2001) Erosion and stormwater runoff Flood of 1996 (January 9, 2002) Muddy Waters (December 4, 2001) Mud Pollution (July 25, 2001) Rain Drains (February 11, 2002) Shoreline Erosion (May 30, 2001) Shoreline erosion: Biologs (August 27, 2001) Stormwater Runoff (July 30, 2001) Coliform: Tale of Two Cities Animals in the watershed General | Mammals | Birds | Fish | Insects | Oysters | Other See also Invasive Species. General Biodiversity (May 21,2001) Extinctions (July 31, 2002) Mammals Bats: Indiana Bat (September 17, 2001) Bats Return (May 9, 2001) Bears Awake (March 26, 2002) Bears: Backyard Bears (August 13, 2001) Chessie (June 11, 2001) Chessie's Return (February 19, 2001) Cougars Return (November 21, 2001) Coyotes (January 2, 2002) Deer in the Forest (September 24, 2001) Delmarva Fox Squirrel (January 17, 2002) Elk: Elk State Forest (May 24, 2001) Groundhog Day (February 1, 2002) Leave it to Beavers (June 8, 2001) Manatee: Chessie (June 11, 2001) Mountain Lion: Nittany Lion (May 18, 2001) Muskrat Ramble (July 26, 2001) Nutria Invasion (December 12, 2001) Red Foxes (March 19, 2002) Wolves: Watershed Wolves (December 17, 2001) Birds Barred Owl (November 19, 2001) Bald Eagles (July 9, 2001) Bald Eagles: Eagles Return (July 25, 2002) BirdCast (March 21, 2002) Bird Oracles (December 27, 2001) Blue Heron (February 14, 2002) Brown Pelicans (September 13, 2001) Cedar Waxwing (August 2, 2001) Cormorant (January 7, 2002) Eastern Bluebird (April 10, 2002) Falcon Trak (February 5, 2002) Kingfisher (October 1, 2001) Mockingbirds (June 14, 2001) Migratory birds: Coffee and Orioles (December 5, 2001) Migratory birds: Migratory Bird Day (May 11, 2001) Migratory birds: Night Flying Birds (June 4, 2001) Migratory birds: What if... (September 10, 2001) Mute Swans (October 19, 2001) Neighborhood Nestwatch (May 7, 2001) Night-Flying Birds (June 4, 2001) Osprey (May 29, 2001) Peregrine Falcons (February 4, 2002) Rare and Elusive Birds (March 7, 2002) Red-Tailed Hawk (May 2, 2001) Robin: Sign of Spring (March 20, 2002) Tundra Swans (December 31, 2001) Turkey Vultures (May 15, 2001) Fish All the President's Fish (February 22, 2001) American Eels (April 2, 2002) Brook Trout (December 3, 2001) Cownose Rays (May 25, 2001) Eel, American: American Eels (April 2, 2002) Eel, American: Japanese Worms (May 30, 2001) Father's Day Fish (June 15, 2001) Fish in the Flood: How do fish breathe_ (October 18, 2001) Fishway: James River Passage (January 18, 2002) Largemouth Bass: Father's Day Fish (June 15, 2001) Menhaden (April 16, 2001) Menhaden: Loons and Menhaden (November 2, 2001) Ocean Fish (September 20, 2001) Rockfish Return (June 6, 2001) Seahorses (September 6, 2001) Shad Return (January 23, 2002) Sharks in the Bay (July 20, 2001) Trout Fishing in Virginia (June 25, 2001) Insects Asian Long-Horned Beetle (September 19, 2001) Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (July 26, 2002) Fireflies (July 2, 2002) Insect Sticky Traps (July 30, 2001) Isabella tiger moth: Woolly Caterpillar (November 5, 2001) Monarch Butterflies (August 29, 2001) Tiger Beetle Beaches (April 4, 2002) Woolly Caterpillar (November 5, 2001) Oysters Civil War Oysters (July 4, 2001) Foreign Oysters (February 18, 2001) Oysters (January 28, 2002) Oyster Man (August 1, 2001) Oyster Survey (October 23, 2001) See also: Algonquin Oyster Harvest (October 4, 2001) Skipjacks (June 28, 2001) Worms in Mud (November 12, 2001) Other Blue Crab Blues (July 12, 2001) Box Turtles (January 24, 2002) Copepods (February 21, 2001) Copperheads (October 2, 2001) Dinosaurs: Maryland's Dinosaurs (September 27, 2001) Horseshoe Crabs (May 22, 2001) Salamanders (August 8, 2001) Terrapins (December 26, 2001) Snakes: Copperheads (October 2, 2001) Worms in Mud (November 12, 2001) Zebra Mussels (April 24, 2002) Plants and habitats Catch-fly Grass (October 29, 2001) Chestnut Restoration (November 23, 2001) Ginseng (April 17, 2002) Indoor Plants  (June 7, 2001) Purple Loosestrife (November 14, 2001) Spring Wildflowers (March 25, 2002) Switchgrass Miracle (February 12, 2002) Underwater Grasses (January 4, 2002) White Oak: Wye Oak Tree (July 5, 2001) Wilderness Defined (July 10, 2001) Wilderness: Eastern Wilderness (July 11, 2001) Wildflowers: Spring Wildflowers (March 25, 2002) See also Invasive Species. Algae Algae: Mahogany Tides (August 15, 2001) Algae: Sunscreen (September 3, 2001) Plankton (January 22, 2002) Wetlands Blackwater Disappearing (July 19, 2001) Catch-fly Grass (October 29, 2001) Glen Burnie Bog (August 24, 2001) Vernal Pools (January 31, 2002) Vernal pools: Whale Wallows (August 22, 2001) Wetland plants: Wetland Home (June 13, 2001) Whale Wallows (August 22, 2001) Why Wetlands? (July 18, 2001) See also: Special places. Special people Alexander Shepherd: Shady Character (September 4, 2001) Amish Farmers (April 15, 2001) Eagle Lady (January 1, 2002) Ernie Dickerman Wilderness (October 17, 2001) Harriet Tubman (January 15, 2002) Oyster Man (August 1, 2001) Patapsco River Swim (February 20, 2001) Rachel Carson (March 22, 2002) Rare and Elusive Birds (March 7, 2002) Watermen (October 15, 2001) Watershed Visionary (March 4, 2002) See also the topic: 'Natural History: Native Americans' Special Places General | Delaware | District of Columbia | Maryland | New York | Pennsylvania | Virginia | West Virginia General Eastern Wilderness (July 11, 2001) Fall Lines (August 10, 2001) National Wildlife Refuges (June 19, 2001) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (November 29, 2001) Delaware Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) (March 11, 2002) Nanticoke River (August 17, 2001) Wetlands: Whale Wallows (August 22, 2001) District of Columbia Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (November 29, 2001) Livable Cities (September 28, 2001) Washington, D.C.: Urban Swamp (April 4, 2002) Maryland Battle Creek Cypress Swamp (April 3, 2002) Blackwater Disappearing (July 19, 2001) Calvert Cliffs (December 24, 2001) Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) (March 11, 2002) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal-1 (November 29, 2001) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal-2 (January 29, 2002) Chesapeake Bay Bridge (August 29, 2001) Glen Burnie Bog (August 24, 2001) Green Building (January 3, 2002) Liberty Tree (January 8, 2002) Montgomery County: Green Space (November 6, 2001) Potomac Gorge (March 6, 2002) Savage River State Forest (March 1, 2002) Sideling Hill Cut (October 26, 2001) Sideling Hill Creek (May 16, 2001) Tangier Island (November 8, 2001) Wye Oak Tree (July 5, 2001); Farewell Wye Oak (July 4, 2002); Wye Oak Lives On (July 5, 2002). Susquehanna River (December 11, 2001) New York Forgotten Watershed (August 14, 2001) Solar Library (July 6, 2001) Susquehanna River (December 11, 2001) Pennsylvania Bear Meadows (July 3, 2001) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (November 29, 2001) Elk State Forest (May 24, 2001) Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania (May 8, 2001) Rodale Institute (June 18, 2001) Sideling Hill Cut (October 26, 2001) Susquehanna River (December 11, 2001) Virginia Huntley Meadows Park (October 9, 2001) James River Passage (January 18, 2002) Jefferson, VA: Ghost Town (August 20, 2001) Mount Vernon Trees (September 21, 2001) Potomac Gorge (March 6, 2002) Roanoke Island (May 3, 2001) Virginia Coast Reserve (November 30, 2001) Virginia's High Priest (September 5, 2001) Walkerton's High Tides (May 10, 2001) York River (November 28, 2001) West Virginia Blackwater Canyon (April 11, 2001) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (November 29, 2001) Dolly Sods (December 25, 2001) North Fork Mountain (August 7, 2001 Living memory Native Americans Algonquin Oyster Harvest (October 4, 2001) The First Americans (December 13, 2001) Native American Legacy (June 5, 2001) Rocks in the Woods (August 28, 2001) Susquehanna Indians: Misnamed River (October 12, 2001) Trees in 1609 (December 19, 2001) Virginia, The (February 13, 2002) Other Watershed Radio stories will also include information about Native Americans in the Chespeake Bay watershed. You can find them by searching the archive. Other Bay Freezes (December 14, 2001) Civil War Oysters (July 4, 2001) Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) (March 11, 2002) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal-1 (November 29, 2001) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal-2 (January 29, 2002) Depression Flowers (August 29, 2001) Eastern Wilderness (July 11, 2001) Elk State Forest (May 24, 2001) Fall Lines (August 10, 2001) Garden of Eden (July 16, 2001) Ghost Town (August 20, 2001) Groundhog Day (February 1, 2002) Harriet Tubman (January 15, 2002) Liberty Tree (January 8, 2002) Nittany Lion (May 18, 2001) National Wildlife Refuges (June 19, 2001) Paradise Lost (January 16, 2002) Ram Schooners (March 12, 2002) Roanoke Island (May 3, 2001) Skipjacks (June 28, 2001) St. Patrick's Day Flood (March 15, 2002) Tangier Island (November 8, 2001) Urban Swamp (April 4, 2002) Watermen (October 15, 2001) Wilderness Defined (July 10, 2001) Watershed organizations ALLARM: Mully Grub (April 12, 2002) Alexandria Seaport Foundation: Wetland Plant Rescue (May 23, 2001) Anacostia Watershed Society (May 14, 2001) Chesapeake Bay Trust (September 26, 2001) Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage (July 13, 2001) National Wildlife Refuges (June 19, 2001) Wetland Plant Rescue (May 23, 2001) Opportunities & events Earth Day (April 22, 2002) Great Herp Search (June 1, 2001) Migratory Bird Day (May 11, 2001) Neighborhood Nestwatch (May 7, 2001) Summer Solstice (June 21, 2001) Tips for living in the Watershed Biologs (August 27, 2001) Birds in Winter (December 6, 2001) Car emissions (June 26, 2001) Car sense (September 6, 2001) Christmas Trees (December 28, 2001) Coffee and Orioles (December 5, 2001) Composting (August 21, 2001) Feeder Watch (December 20, 2001) Fifteen Million Times One (February 6, 2002) Frogwatch (March 28, 2002) Gardening: In Our Backyards (October 8, 2001) Gardening: Composting (August 21, 2001) Gardening with Insects: Gardener's Heroes (September 11, 2001) Gardening: Native Plants (March 29, 2002) Gardening: Summer Gardening (July 24, 2001) Gardening: Time to Prune (June 12, 2001) Gardening: Vermiculite (November 9, 2001) Going Organic (November 22, 2001) Great Herp Search (June 1, 2001) Green Building (January 3, 2002) Indoor Cats (December 6, 2001) Leave No Trace (April 18, 2002) Mass Transit Rising (June 27, 2001) Native Plants (March 29, 2002) Livable Cities (September 28, 2001) Oil Spill Connection (June 20, 2001) Oriental Bittersweet (December 10, 2001) Pennsylvania Senior Environment Corps (March 13, 2002) Pollution Prevention (February 7, 2002) Preventing Shoreline Erosion (May 30, 2001) Rail Transit Results (November 16, 2001) Rain Bath (October 24, 2001) Rain Gardens (March 27, 2002) Saving water: Rain Bath (October 24, 2001) Saving energy: Convection (October 31, 2001) Saving energy: Light Bulbs (November 27, 2001) Septic Systems (October 25, 2001) Solar Energy (June 22, 2001) Storm Drains (December 18, 2001) String of Pearls (April 9, 2002) Summer Gardening (July 24, 2001) Telecommuting (August 16, 2001) Time to Prune (June 12, 2001) Trust the Land (June 29, 2001) Urban Forests (November 26, 2001) Urban Runoff: Forgotten Watershed (August 14, 2001) Watershed Cleanup (April 1, 2002) West Nile Virus (October 3, 2001) .		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