FESTIVAL FAVORITES
Canadian Interpretive sculptor Eric Tardif – Our 2018 Featured Artist
Eric Tardif, who hails from Gatineau in the Canadian province of Quebec, was at one time a naturalist in Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area preserve along the shores of the St. Lawrence River. The preserve was specifically created in 1978 to protect the habitats for migratory waterfowl, especially migratory snow geese. It continues to be world-renowned for exceptional marshes and plains that support more than 20 different duck and goose species. read more…
Landowner’s Day Educates Local Stakeholders
Jerry Harris, a Board member of Waterfowl Chesapeake, hosted a variety of guests at his annual “Eastern Shore Landowners’ Get Together” on Thursday, April 19th. Of the landowners, conservationists and waterfowl enthusiasts, some faces were the same from previous years and many were new; all were piqued with interest as the group toured local wetland restoration projects in Talbot and Dorchester counties.
The first stop of the day included a walkaround of impoundments created in recent years in part by Ducks Unlimited at a personal property near Cambridge, followed by a look at the new impoundments of another personal property in Trappe. read more…
