Over the past four decades, the American shad population in Virginia — specifically the James River — collapsed. Humans are largely to blame. Dams, pollution, commercial fishing bycatch, water ...

So back in 1995, when state environmental scientists tested 11 gizzard (or mud) shad at Jordan Point, just downstream from Hopewell, they found 206 parts per billion of PCBs in their tissues.

But if you go through the trouble of harvesting turkey wings, you’ll be rewarded with surprisingly meaty cuts that can be served up in a killer buffalo wing recipe. The giblets consist of the gizzard, ...