NOWN - September 18, 2026 - The Chesapeake Working Landscape: Past, Present, and a Hopeful Future

September 18, 2026 – Dr. Wayne Bell
The Chesapeake Working Landscape: Past, Present, and a Hopeful Future

A history of land use on the Chesapeake Bay watershed, from pre-colonial times to the present, and insights that land use changes provide for bird conservation.

Dr. Bell is Senior Associate and former Director of the Washington College Center for Environment and Society.  A native of Silver Spring, MD, he graduated from the University of Miami, Florida, and earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University where E.O. Wilson infected him with a lasting love of all things ecological.  Retired since 2008, Dr. Bell continues his passion for birds and teaching through the Maryland Ornithological Society Youth program (YMOS), Talbot County Bird Club, and the Chesapeake Forum continuing education program.

6:00 - 8:00 pm  in the Sherwood House   
$10 p/person drinks and desserts provided
Ages 18+

Event Location:  Sherwood House at Cromwell Valley Park, 2002 Cromwell Bridge Road, Baltimore, MD 21234