Course Library
All Chesapeake Forum Library Courses are available FREE OF CHARGE. After clicking the “Course Details” button to open a course, you will find the YouTube links for the course session(s), and in newer courses, links to any handouts that might have been provided, at the bottom of the course description. Simply click the link(s) to get to the YouTube Video recording.
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- with Douglas Levin, Ph.D
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
A sonar mapped oyster reef reveals geologic history of the Chesapeake Bay from 20,000 years ago.
- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2023
- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023
- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
In collaboration with Pickering Creek Audubon Center, three (virtual) classes that focus on Eastern Shore songbirds that grace the Eastern Shore landscape. No birding experience needed.
- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2024
- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Got waterfowl? Want to see some loons and gannets? How about a warbler or two and maybe even an elusive rail? A “yes” to any or all of these questions qualifies you for this course, with no birding experience necessary.
- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Two classes coupled with two day-long field trips will focus on waterfowl and coastal specialties likely to be seen in selected birding hotspots on Maryland's Eastern Shore. No birding expertise necessary.
- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
Two classes coupled with two all day field trips will focus, respectively, on songbird migrants and shorebird transients likely to be seen on selected birding hotspots in Maryland and Delaware.
- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
Participate in class sessions and field trips to identify local birds while learning ecological concepts that both inform and challenge our working landscape past, present and future.
- with Katie Livie
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Explore the diverse story of Blue Crabs, the Bay’s staple seafood, and their complex adaptation.
- with James Pierson, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2023
- with Lynn Randle
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Summer 2021
Learn about native plant solutions to common gardening questions, as well as the many reasons "going native" is so important to the well being of our Chesapeake Bay environment.
- with Sammi Ocher
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Learn what keystone species are and why they are so important to their ecosystems.
- with Michael Roman, Ph.D.
- & James Pierson, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2024
- with Kristina Motley
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023
- with Kristina Motley
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2023
- with Sharika Crawford, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER. RECORDING IS AVAILABLE. Learn what ended the worldwide Caribbean turtle fishery of a century ago and why this is a cautionary note for the sustainability of fishing the Chesapeake.
- with County Council Member Pete Lesher
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2023
- with Lynn Randle
- & Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
We will examine the benefits of using plants that are native to our area in order to enhance biodiversity and adaptability to our soils while creating a habitat for birds and pollinators through all seasons.