A boater was rescued Sunday morning after a boat sank in Isle of Wight Bay near Ocean City’s Route 90 Bridge.
A boat crash in the Isle of Wight Bay on Friday afternoon sent one man to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, according to the Maryland Natural Resources Police.
The Maryland Coastal Bays Program is marking 30 years of science-driven conservation efforts to protect the bays behind Ocean City and Assateague Island.
The Maryland Coastal Bays Program reveals its 2023 report card on Thursday. There are five bays that are graded (Assawoman, St. Martin River, Isle of Wight, Newport, and Chincoteague). The grades are based on four water quality indicators.
The Bishopville-Showell area of Maryland has been designated as a Rural Legacy Area, that means that farmland and forests in the northern Coastal Bays watershed will be protected.
