Mallows Bay in Nanjemoy is one step closer on a long journey toward nomination as a National Marine Sanctuary by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.On the Potomac River, Mallows Bay ...

Conservation groups from around the county came together on Monday evening at the College of Southern Maryland to hear the latest updates on the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary.

In a quiet inlet halfway down the Potomac River, Don Shomette pushes off a muddy landing in his weather-beaten canoe. It’s a trip he’s made thousands of times but as he rounds the corner upon scores ...

The largest graveyard of abandoned naval ships in the Western Hemisphere water is now a vibrant nature preserve that can be experienced up close. From the sky, the ships in Mallows Bay on the Charles ...

Peter Turcik still remembers the shot. Leaning forward in his kayak, holding his camera still, he snapped a vertical picture of the sunken ship, with the setting sun as its glistening background. “I ...