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Hear the story of what was once a protection plan for deer spelled annihilation for saplings.

Mud is a testiment to the wetlands of the Chesapeake, and it supports a biological productivity unmatched by anything else.

A kayak trip gets rocked by wild rockfish in spawning season.

Tom ponders how we can celebrate the moments on and elements of the creeks on the Chesapeake.

Tom reviews the scattering of ashes, John Barth's wish that his body be fed to the crabs. It's all ecological, he says.

Tom joins the Joiners - Robbie and son Mike - making their haul as watermen, a miraculous process, Tom says.

Tom recounts the landing of the once prolific Tundra Swan, now a rarity but a certainty on the Bay.

Tom witnesses the flooded streets, the sunken yard, as high tide flushes the neighborhood. Tides can be predicted years in advance - but no one can forecast how high they'll be.

Trappers do what landowners' demand - and that often means wiping out beavers because of ignorance about damming and flooding.

Tom recounts the conquistadors and Columbus, and the way they marveled at the lands they found - and proceeded to destroy them.