The Blue Ridge Mountains, famous for its cove and slope forests filled with biologically diverse flora and fauna, also contains the beginning of the Rappahannock River which stretches 195 miles east to the Bay. 
A Bobcat within a fog filled forest in Shenandoah National Park.  One of the most exciting, and thrilling, moments I've encountered while documenting the watershed was the morning I spent with this Bobcat.  Most people are not aware that B
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A newborn Whitetail Deer and mother.  After being born mothers lick their fawns to remove their scent and avoid predators such as Black Bear, Coyote, and Bobcat.  They instinctively will curl up and hide within the grass when left alone. &
Wave clouds over the mountains.
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A Balsam Fir stands in front of a snow covered mountain.  This conifer is more common in eastern and central Canada as well as the Northeastern United States.  However it is found in pockets in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed on high peaks of
In 2014, research from the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science showed that water quality had improved in rivers that feed into the bay from the Appalachian Mountains, including the Blue Ridge, due to the Acid Rain Program of th
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This Eastern Towee was singing heavily on an early spring morning after the rains had subsided.  However a Peregrine Falcon flew overhead causing the bird to crouch and become silent.  Peregrine Falcons have been reintroduced to much of th
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Moonset over the Big Meadows of Shenandoah National Park.  The meadow features the largest concentration of rare plants within the park and is like no other meadow in the world due to certain plants being endemic only within Shenadoah's borders
A species of the tropics, the white morph of the Great Blue Heron, is found within Southern Florida and the Caribbean.  However, for 7 months this lone male made the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western Maryland its home from early summer to mid win
Waterfalls abound here in the mountains, flowing from creeks and streams into the rivers that lead to the Bay. 
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