A scene along the Washington coast.

A scene along the Washington coast.

A scene along the southern Oregon coast.

A scene along the southern Oregon coast.

The harbor at Solomons Island.

Epeira or orb spider on shed

A skff in a quiet Chesapeake Bay cove.

A sandbar and various grasses protect the entrance to a creek entering the Potomac River.

Illegally set poundnets entrapped and killed horseshoe crabs.

Illegally set poundnets too close to shore.

Illegally set poundnets too close to shore.

A ghost fishing net still captures and kills many aquatic animals.

Panorama of Solomons Island Harbor.

The fishing boat Stella Maris at Solomons Island.

A camouflage-painted hunting skiff along the Patuxent River.

Barnacle-encrusted driftwood tree trunk in the Patuxent River.

Large piece of driftwood adorned with flowerpots in a Patuxent River area garden

Commercial Chesapeake workboats docked on still day.

A tidal creek at low tide. This creek is part of the Chesapeake Bay system.

Clagett Farm barn. Clagett Farm is owned and operated by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Home-made pram apparently having seen better days.

Driftwood adrift in a sea of grass.

Clouds over bow of Maryland skipjack ELSWORTH along the Chester River.

Tidal pond near the Chester River.

Art from driftwood. A driftwood sailboat.

Reflections of a Patuxent River pier on a calm winter's day. Note high tide line as delineated by ice on pier pilings.

Driftwood and a Patuxent River pier.

Ice in the Patuxent River below the Thomas Johnson Bridge.

Must be time to go to the beach. Old-style clock at North Beach.

The public fishing pier at North Beach.

A tidal creek along the Patuxent River.

A Chesapeake Bay area farm on a bright fall evening.

A late summer bright sunny day over a tidal pond along the Patuxent River.

Public boat landing 2 on the Patuxent River.

A boat house (garage for floating vehicles) along the Chesapeake Bay.

Private pier extending into the Patuxent River.

A homemade Chesapeake crabbing skiff.

Hardwood reaches along the tidal Parkers Creek. A canoe and kayak tour group enjoys an early fall day.

Naiad (Najas sp.) submerged aquatic vegetation in the Patuxent River.

Naiad (Najas sp.) submerged aquatic vegetation in the Patuxent River.

Post Hurricane Isabel shoreline saved from erosion by grasses.

Post Hurricane Isabel shoreline saved from erosion by grasses.

Curly pondweed in a Patuxent River marsh.

Eurasian watermilfoil in a Patuxent River marsh.

Wild rice along the Patuxent River.

Wild rice along the Patuxent River.

Horned pondweed washed up on the beach.

Poke berries

Wild dogwood flowers

Prickly pear cactus along the Patuxent River Beach.