

NAPS Launches Cockrells Creek Cleanup Flotilla (with slideshow)
With clear skies and calm seas, 48 volunteers helped to remove trash from Cockrells Creek during the 2022 NAPS Creek Cleanup, Sunday,...


NAPS Highway Cleanup Clears 18+ Bags of Trash
A crew of 15 volunteers cleared the roadsides and gullies during the Fall 2022 NAPS Highway Cleanup, Sunday, Oct. 16th. Eighteen large...


NAPS Highway Cleanup Takes Out The Trash
On a hot, sunny day, volunteers removed roadside trash during NAPS Spring Highway Cleanup Sunday, May 22, 2022, on Route 200 from...


A Beautiful Day to Celebrate Nature at the NAPS Earth Day Festival
The 7th annual Earth Day Festival in Heathsville welcomed hundreds of visitors to enjoy dozens of exhibits, demonstrations, displays and...


When You Shop, Use Reusable Bags
Those flimsy disposable shopping bags are everywhere – and we're not just talking about every store and shop. Drive anywhere in the...
Changing Baselines
(Published June 2003) “You shoulda seen it when... you could see grass on the bottom in at least 10 to 12 feet of water. oyster reefs...
Flush Tax
(Published February 2005) Stewardship means not only taking practical individual actions to improve our community and especially water...


Marsh Grass for Shoreline Stabilization
(Published July 2005) The current Northumberland County Comprehensive Plan states (p. 5:10) “Vegetation as an alternative to structures...


Septic Systems
(Published May 2004) Responsible disposal of human wastes is a necessary, albeit unpleasant, part of everyone’s life. Here’s how it...


Crabs
(Published May 2002) Oysters and crabs are two marine resources for which Chesapeake Bay is famous. Both organisms have been, and...