Marshes: The Disappearing Edens
June 29 - December 16, 2007

A stunningly beautiful collection of 40 exquisitely detailed color photographs by William Burt provide windows into the textures, hues, vistas, and inhabitants of marshes from the Chesapeake Bay to Bear Lake, Utah, and Saskatchewan, Canada. Burt is a professional photographer whose images are seen in Smithsonian, Audubon, National Wildlife, and others, and a companion book to the exhibit has recently been published by Yale University Press. The exhibit is coming to CBMM directly from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and will continue on to the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, upon leaving St. Michaels. The exhibit has previously shown at the Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT. Sponsored in part by grants from the Town Creek Foundation and Verizon Maryland.

For more information on the Marshes exhibit, please call 410-745-2916.

More special programs for the Marshes exhibit include:

Lecture and Book Signing, Marshes: The Disappearing Edens
Meet Bill Burt, the man behind the camera that shot the exceptional photographs in the Museums newly opened exhibition. Burt will draw on his experiences mucking through marshes with his photography equipment and the lengths and process he went through to capture the various images that chronicle a fast-disappearing natural environment and its inhabitants. The evening will include a slide lecture, question and answer session, and a book signing after the talk.

Thursday, July 26 6:00 p.m. in Van Lennep auditorium
$8 non-members; $5 CBMM members.

Artist Workshop, The Process of Wildlife Photography
During this workshop Burt will focus his discussion on the photographic techniques, equipment, and processes he uses while photographing wildlife outdoors in its natural environment. This workshop will be geared for photographers and photography enthusiasts.

Friday, July 27 10:00 12:00 p.m. in Van Lennep auditorium
$15 for CBMM members; $25 for non-members.

Workshop, Create Your Own Rain Garden
Adkins Arboretum Trip
Rain Gardens are a great way to turn problem areas into beautiful, easy-care gardens that benefit the environment. Get tips on how to design, plant, and
maintain your own rain garden from Carole Ann Barth, an environmental planner. The class will include an outdoor component so dress appropriately.

Thursday, September 13 10:00 12:00 P.M.
$15 for CBMM or Adkins members; $25 for non-members.

Lecture, Consequences of Global Warming and Sea-Level Rise on Tidal Marsh and Shallow Water Ecosystems
Court Stevenson
Horn Point Laboratory Professor, Court Stevenson will present on the impact of sea level rise on marshes and their inhabitants. This presentation will discuss changes effecting wetlands due to global warming in general and the Eastern Shore in particular.

Tuesday, September 25 2:00 p.m. in Van Lennep auditorium
$8 non-members; $5 CBMM members.

Guided Eco-Kayak Tour of Local Wetlands
Saturday, October 6, 9:00 am to noon
Participate in an eco-kayak tour of San Domingo Creek to Hamilton Islands with Laura Murray, PhD and Terry Hebert of Peake Paddle Tours. Dr. Murray is a professor of marine science with the University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory. The trip covers 3 miles and is appropriate for beginner to intermediate paddlers. Equipment rental is available. Learn about local plants and animals as you paddle through brackish water marshes and by a group of small islands. Watch as osprey fish for their next meal and experience the changing landscape of local wetlands.

The cost per person for the eco-tour and equipment rental is $100 for non-members and $90 for members of the museum. The tour cost per person for participants who wish to bring their own equipment is $75 for non-members and $65 for members.

Registration and full payment is required. No refund will be issued unless the trip is canceled due to the weather. To register or for more information please call 410.745.2916 x133 or x 103.

Lecture, Ecology of the Marsh
Robert L. Lippson
An illustrated talk by the author of Life in the Chesapeake Bay, the most important book ever published on America's largest estuary, covering birds and what they do in the marsh, along with an overview of how important marshes are to the Bay as well as the food and detrital chain that keeps the marsh system cycling.

Thursday, November 8 at 10:30 a.m. in Van Lennep auditorium
$8 non-members; $5 CBMMmembers.

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