The Chesapeake Bay
Location: Tangier Island, Maryland
Project Date: Jun 19, 2020
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Sunrise, Cape Charles, Virginia. The boats are always surrounded by seagulls waiting for the opportunity of their takeaway.
Size: 3744h x 5616w
Project Text
The Chesapeake Bay's watershed comprises the states of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and New York.
Sparrows Point in Dundalk, Maryland used to be one of Bethlehem Steel's largest plants, today, it is working at 20% capacity. The problem for the Blue Crabs of the Chesapeake Bay is told by the watermen who catch this Maryland delicacy, it is lifestyle pollution.
Virgil Shockley is a chicken farmer on the Eastern shore and he describes what the EPA regulations are to tackle the plight of the Chesapeake Bay while Tom Walter describes what the city of Baltimore is doing to curb city rubbish going into the Bay.