Stories by Steve Droter

Visitors praise the park and public access site as a memory-maker and morale-booster.

The Nanticoke Shad Hatchery raises American shad each spring.

These Project Clean Stream volunteers picked up trash in a Marydel, Md., drainage ditch.

Headland breakwaters at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science serve practical purposes for wildlife and residents.

The island hosts shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors and other wildlife.