A question on steel shot for dove season is answered, a photograph of a Fox River green heron, a decoy sale windfall, and the promise of returning fall Chinook are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
ST. MICHAELS — There is a traditional way sailors say farewell, by wishing “fair winds and following seas,” but it was a stormy, cold and turbulent Chesapeake Bay that accompanied
Dr. David F. Winkler, historian at the Naval Historical Foundation, has been named a recipient of the National Maritime Historical Society’s Distinguished Service Award.
The ship, a 1,095-foot cargo carrier called the Ever Forward with more than 4,000 full shipping containers aboard, has been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay since March 13. It is the largest ship to have ever run aground in the Chesapeake Bay, and freeing it is an arduous and cumbersome process.