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Dive into the Forests Team’s reflections and takeaways as they revisit Uhler Tract.
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The purple pitcher plant is a carnivorous forb native to bogs, fens, marshes, wetlands and some pineland forests of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
American bittersweet is a resilient, climbing native vine that’s more than just a pretty face in the spring woods.
The chestnut-sided warbler is a diminutive but beautiful neotropical migrant songbird that breeds throughout the forests of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Thank you to everyone who made the 2025 Volunteer Tree Planting Relay possible! Over the course of the day on April 5, 2025, the Alliance team, partners, and 186 dedicated volunteers planted 1,200 trees across the watershed.
April 5th, 2025 marked the first time I participated in the Alliance’s annual Tree Planting Relay (Treelay), or any tree planting for that matter. It just so happened that this planting was at my very own campus, Bowie State University.
This lemon pound cake with redbud flowers offers a local blend of flavors and a beautiful springtime aesthetic, making it a perfect treat to celebrate the season.
Is there any other sound that is more diagnostic of spring than the aptly named spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)?
Shrub willows are notoriously challenging to identify, but provide numerous benefits to Chesapeake forests and streams!
Despite the challenges, large caliper bare root trees are a fast, cost-effective way to green up cities.