A billion pounds of manure
Tune in to WYPR 88.1 FM in Baltimore this morning at 9:35 a.m. to hear my latest "Environment in Focus" radio progam. This week I talk about the billion pounds of manure produced every year by the poultry industry on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and how runoff of this waste is a major problem for the Chesapeake Bay.
The program describes holes in recent regulations of the poultry industry proposed by the Maryland Department of the Environment. I talk about improvements that could be made in waste management, as outlined by two Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers, Dr. Ellen Silbergeld and Dr. Jay Graham.
To listen in, click here. If you miss it on the radio, you can also go to the WYPR web site to listen to digitally recorded versions of this and past programs.
I report on the environment and Chesapeake Bay. A native of West Virginia, I have focused mainly on Maryland's environment since moving here in 1983. Along the way, I've crewed aboard a skipjack in the bay, canoed under city streets up the Jones Fall from the Inner Harbor, and gone deep underground in a western Maryland coal mine. Recently, I have been covering the growth and development transforming the landscape. I love seafood, rambles in the country and good stories. I hope to share some here.