The mighty Patuxent River, which flows through Maryland (not to be confused with the Pawtuxet River in Rhode Island), is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. The three main river drainages in ...

The Patuxent River Commission, with about 35 members, was formed in 1984, ... Monitor every point of discharge into the river and make sure that the permit holder is held accountable. 3.

— The Patuxent River opened for rockfish fishing on June 1, 2025, ... and off Smith Point. Cobia are beginning to arrive, with their season set to open on June 15, 2025.

The Patuxent River is a crucial tributary of the ... (closes trunk) [Narrator] Fred Tutman's ties to this river run deep. ... Eagle Harbor is the town immediately adjacent to Chalk Point.

If Maryland is “America in Miniature,” then the Patuxent River is the linkage for that miniature America. It is the largest and longest river whose watershed lies completely within the state.

There were 49 steamboat wharves and landings on the Patuxent River between 1817 and 1938, including two — Mackalls Wharf and Sollers Wharf — on St. Leonard Creek.

The crane has defined that work ever since a one-winged bird known as Canus, at the time one of fewer than 50 whooping cranes alive, helped establish the whooping crane program at the Patuxent ...

Fred Tutman has protected the Patuxent River in Maryland for decades. As a Black man in a field dominated by white conservationists, it's been his mission to welcome in more people of color.

In the Potomac, fishing remains productive from Ragged Point to Dahlgren, with blues, redfish, and some flounder mixed in with the stripers. Redfish, in particular, are making their presence known.

Clyde B. “Bernie” Fowler, a former Maryland state senator who worked tirelessly to preserve the Patuxent River and restore the Chesapeake Bay, and was known for his annual “wade-in,” died ...